NRE na Rone T ONT DREN te MeN ON MELE 
New York AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 63 
- under the general management of the officers of the State Dairy- 
man’s Association, a dairy school extending through four days, 
and the large attendance and steadily increasing interest during 
the sessions could not but carry conviction to all that this was an 
effort in the right direction and one which was heartily appre- 
ciated by those whom it was sought to benefit by the practical 
instruction given. 
_ Careful notes were taken by the enrolled students, and examina- 
tions held upon the points presented, so that although the school 
was carried through the short period of but four days, it was in 
its entire conduct rather a school than an institute. 
In view of the success which attended this first effort at the 
Station, where it was evident so much conspired to add value to 
the instruction given, I can not but repeat my recommendations 
of a year ago in the hope that a school may be established at or in 
connection with the Station, of at least a month’s duration, 
where, in connection with our well-equipped dairy, practical 
instruction in butter and cheese making may be given, and where 
the characteristics of the leading dairy breeds and their relative 
adaptability to the needs of different sections could be carefully 
studied and all the details of care and feeding could be thoroughly 
taught and fully exhibited in practice. 
_ In view of the great importance of the dairy industry in our 
State, the wide range in the quantity as also in the quality of the 
manufactured products as shown by the intrinsic and market 
value of butter and cheese, these differences being due almost 
entirely to ignorance of the fundamental principles of milk, but- 
_ ter and cheese production, or a failure on the part of those 
engaged in this industry to appreciate the importance of a care- 
ful observance of these principles, it seems to me that it would be 
wise if there should be established a dairy school somewhat 
similar to those already established in several of the leading dairy 
sections of Europe. In this school, excluding military instruc- 
tion, the classics and modern languages, there should be given 
instruction only in those technical branches directly relating to 
the science and practice of dairying. 
Such a school should be located upon a good didges farm, pro- 
vided with cows of several breeds, with facilities for giving daily 
instruction by personal inspection and study, on the part of those 
in attendance, of the several technical operations of the dairy. 
