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Prof. Taft, and has read his bulletins, and the bulletins from South 

 Haven. 



We have other departments that I shall not stop to name. Last, but 

 perhaps not least, we have the farm department itself. We are interesting 

 ourselves in questions of live stock; we are laying especial stress at pres- 

 ent upon the dairy and the care and handling of milk. We are going to 

 issue a bulletin which will cover pretty nearly the whole ground of hand- 

 ling the milk from the time it leaves the cow until the butter is made and 

 packed. I am sure that you people who are interested in "cowology," 

 will be interested in that bulletin. 



In conclusion, let me dispel from your minds the idea that these men 

 are hyper-scientific men; the men who pepform these experiments are 

 practical men in the lines along which they are experimenting. The only 

 way we can experiment in butter making, is by making butter. It is not 

 scientific milk, but cow's milk. We feed cows and we have men that 

 take care of the cows, who are enthusiastic cow lovers, and we feed the 

 cows as you feed them at home, with this addition, that we weigh all the 

 food and watch closely the results. 



We hope in addition to that, to do a great deal of work on the bacterio- 

 logical side, which will be purely scientific, and the results of which will 

 only be intelligible when they reach the results of the results. 



It is our province, ladies and gentlemen, to serve you, and we are try- 

 ing to do it by studying the problems which surround us. Here is some- 

 thing we can ask no man; what do we do? We go to old Mother Nature 

 herself, and ask her the question, and she gives us the answer in the 

 growing crop or the behavior of the animal. You perhaps cannot afford 

 to take the time and money to try the experiment yourself, but Uncle 

 Sam furnishes the money with which it may be done. This Experiment 

 Station is a gift from the General Government to the State of Michigan; 

 we take not one cent of Michigan, except such as the Government derives 

 from import duties, and taxes on whisky and tobacco. 



THE BOILING POINT. 



PROP. P. B. WOODWORTH, AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 



At the Michigan Agricultural College there is an attempt made at 

 teaching physics as a leading branch of agricultural engineering. This 

 question is often asked us, "What part can physics play in agriculture?" 

 I wish to answer that question in part only by giving you a sample class 

 exercise. To accomplish my wish this evening I am to play that this is 

 my class room and you are my students. The subject for the morning 

 is to be "The Boiling Point." Physics, together with most of the scien- 

 tific subjects treated at the Michigan Agricultural College, must be pre- 

 sented in a new manner. We cannot follow any text book, because there 

 are none written to meet the demands of the agricultural student. We 

 have to cut our swath in a new field, without even a rail fence to go by. 

 We always ask and think we deserve your friendly criticism. 



