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such as care, handling, feeding and production. This State pro- 

 duces an immense quantity of milk, some of it used right near where 

 it is produced, and some that is shipped. At the present time we 

 offer no course in that work, but there is much that can be taught 

 that will be beneficial even from the point of view of dollars and 

 cents. 



As I conceive, our education' should do two things, broaden the 

 young man's grasp and increase his earning power in taking advan- 

 tage of these opportunities, and it will be my purpose to work to this 

 end. 



It is said that we cannot get people to the State College because 

 of its location. I hope that will not deter you gentlemen from 

 coming there; some of you already know that the State has been 

 liberal in its appropriations for equipments and in the way of a 

 building for dairy husbandry work. I hope to make the work 

 merit its continued support, and I hope I may have the privilege of 

 meeting you there personally, and of welcoming you to an investi- 

 gation of our work there now and in the future. 



COL. WOODWARD: Mr. Chairman, with your permission, I would 

 like to contribute another experience, or make another statement. 



The CHAIRMAN: We shall be glad to hear from you further. 



COL. WOODWARD: I know that you have enjoyed this because 

 I know the feeling that exists throughout the State; I know that 

 you have enjoyed the experience of learning that you have a man 

 at the head of that work who is amply qualified to promote its in- 

 terests throughout the Commonwealth. Now, what I am going to 

 speak of, it has not been permitted to speak of earlier than this be- 

 cause the situation has been such that it could not before be made 

 public, but at the meeting of the Board of Trustees last night cer- 

 tain action was taken which permits me to bring this to your atten- 

 tion now. If the question of dairying is important, and it is, the 

 question of animal nutrition in all its breadths and depths and 

 lengths is more important, because the greater includes the less. 



Your servants and the servants of the whole people of the State, 

 the Board of Trustees of State College, have felt this and appreciated 

 this for a long time, and those of you who follow these questions 

 closely, know that we have in the service of the State a man who is 

 recognized throughout the United States, as the authority upon 

 animal nutrition. He is recognized by the Department of Agricul- 

 ture as an authority upon that subject, and because of that recogni- 

 tion by the Department of Agriculture, some years ago the Depart- 

 ment undertook to buy and to co-operate with the Board of Trustees 

 of the College in the establishment of a new, scientific instrument, 

 specifically known as a respiration calorimeter. Most of you have 

 seen it there and investigated it, but I do not believe that very many 

 of you know very much about it. I could not explain it to save my 

 life, and I do not believe that my friend, Dr. Tower, could tell very 

 much more about it than I can. It was placed there by the National 

 Department of Agriculture, the first and only one in the work, be- 

 cause they recognized the ability of the gentleman whom I have 

 mentioned, because of his deep research into the question of animal 

 nutrition, a research not approached bv any other man in the United 

 States. 



