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upon the subject is available, and the real 

 prosperity and pleasure of dairying, as well 

 as the common safety of the people, depend 

 upon observing it. Why not have the 

 State make it known and compel us all to 

 observe it? Indeed, why not have the 

 State propagate the most desirable and 

 profitable animals of the farm, and actually 

 aid farmers in propagating such for them- 

 selves? There are a half dozen German 

 states which have more money invested in 

 buildings and grounds for a veterinary 

 college alone, than the State of New York or 

 its people have invested in veterinary sci- 

 ence since the Mohawk began to pour into 

 the Hudson. The Imperial Government of 

 Japan has recently been studying the mat- 

 ter of hens, and, with its customary habit 

 of taking care, has just sent two trusted 

 representatives to England to select the 

 best specimens of two breeds which it has 



