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AT SPRINGFIELD. 



Mr. Hul)l)ar(l asked Mr. Fassett for his opinion of the 

 effect of the luud upon milk. 



Mr. Fassett replied that he had not experimented exten- 

 sively, hut he thought that the result of concentrated food 

 was to iucrease tlie amount of milk, but not the quality. 

 Turnips ^vill not injure the flavor of milk, if judiciously 

 and regularly fed. 



Mr. nuh])ard instanced a case of a dairyman who fed 

 one-half bushel of turnips a day, and sold his l)utter for 

 fifty cents per pouud ; Init his practice was to begin care- 

 fully, with a small (piantity, and feed very regularly. He 

 thought the feeding of meal made a very decided difference 

 in the richness of the milk. 



Professor Collier called attention to the point of cleanli- 

 ness insisted upon in the paper as being essential to the pro- 

 duction of choice ])utter, since milk is so prone to absorb 

 odors. 



Good cows were also essential to the production of good 

 ])utter. If the Legislature had the power, and would 

 appoint a commission to kill off the poorest half of the cows, 

 the State W(mld ]>e richer a year hence. Dairymen often 

 sold their most profitable cows at a small advance from the 

 average price, wheu it would be better to give the purcliaser 

 something to (h'ive away some of the poorest. 



In reply to a call from Professor Collier, Mr. Chapman 

 responded l)y saying that in a dairy where he had kept an 

 account of the receipts from all the cows, and tested the 

 quality of the milk, the (;ow that had generally been consid- 

 ered the best proved the most unprofitable. 



