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MR. SEXTON: You have been talking about breeding animals for 

 the dairy. Now in breeding animals for beef, is it necessary to be 

 as careful in breeding for beef as if is for the dairy? 



PROF. SHAW: 1 would answer that in the affirmative; but would 

 qualify it by this statement, thai I think it not so difficult to breed 

 lor beef as to breed for the dairy, because there are additional 

 factors that have to be considered in breeding for the dairy. In 

 breeding for beef, it is largely a question of form and quality. 



MR. HUTCHISON: I move that a vote of thanks be relurned to 

 Prof. Shaw for his able and instructive address that he has given 

 us this evening. 



MR. II ALL: Will the gentleman who made the motion accept the 

 amendment, and make it a rising vote of thanks? 



MR, HUTCHISON: Certainly. 



The motion was duly seconded and agreed to by a standing vote. 



On motion, the meeting adjourned until to-morrow morning at 9 

 o'clock. 



Harrisburg, Pa., Thursday, 9 A. M., January 25, 1906. 



At the designated hour the meeting was called to order by the 

 Chairman, whereupon the following proceedings were had: 



It was announced that the committee on specialists were not quite 

 ready to report. Also that the report of the Executive Committee 

 would be presented a little later. 



The CHAIRMAN: The next number on our program is the Report 

 of the Chemist, Dr. William Frear, of Slate College, Pa. 



Dr. Frear read his report as follows: 



REPORT OF THE CHEMIST. 



By Dr. William Freak, Stute Colleve. Pa. 



NOTES ON MOLASSES FEEDS. 



Until recently, the waste products from the manufacture of human 

 food, vegetable oils, etc., that have been offered for sale in the cattle 

 food markets have been distinctly nitrogenous in composition. The 

 principal exceptions were oat hulls, sold under the name "oat feed," 

 cob-meal and cotton-seed hulls. These nitrogenous by-products were 

 welcomed as a means by which we might conveniently and cheaply 

 cause our winter feeds to resemble more closely in composition the 

 pasture ration of spring and early summer. We are rapidly learning, 

 however, that by the proper use of leguminous seeds and roughage, 

 we may both improve our rotations and decrease our bills for pro- 

 tein purchased from the feed dealer. 



An interesting tendency in the opposite direction is now mani- 

 fest. Within the last fifteen years — indeed, much more recently in 

 America — a series of factory wastes, low in protein but rich in highly 



