178 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Afternoon Session. 



The conference of breeders of dairy cattle which was sched- 

 uled for the afternoon session was called to order at 1.30 p.m., 

 with Mr. George E. Taylor, Jr., in the chair. 



Mr. Taylor introduced Mr. C. M. Winslow of Brandon, Ver- 

 mont, secretary of the Ayrshire Breeders' Association, who 

 spoke on Ayrshire cattle. Mr. Winslow was followed by Mr. 

 W. H. Caldwell of Peterboro, New Hampshire, secretary of the 

 American Guernsey Cattle Club, who spoke on "The Merits 

 of the Guernsey." Mr. Caldwell was followed by Mr. R. M. 

 Gow of New York, secretary, American Jersey Cattle Club, 

 who spoke on Jersey cattle. Mr. Gow was followed by Mr. 

 W. S. Pratt of Brandon, Vermont, secretary, American Short- 

 horn Breeders' Association, who spoke on Shorthorn cattle. 



In the absence of the secretary of the Holstein Breeders' 

 Association, Mr. J. C. Poor of Andover presented the merits 

 of the Holstein breed. 



The breeders' conference was followed by the annual meeting 

 of the Massachusetts Dairymen's Association. 



While the dairy meeting was going on in the main hall Mrs. 

 Sarah Tyson Rorer of Colebrook, Pennsylvania, spoke in the 

 lower hall on "Domestic Science Teaching in Rural Districts." 



