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some upon the south side. Unless the barn is exceptionally 

 warm, I think we will find better results from those animals 

 that stand on the south side, and get the benefit of the sun's 

 warmth and light in the winter. While I could not go so 

 far as to say that we should cater entirely to the individual 

 cow, I do think that a large allowance is to be made for that 

 individuality ; and, while it may not be more important than 

 the breed or the feed, it certainly is to be considered. I 

 think that none of our essayists would go so far as to say 

 that the different breeds should all be kept for the same 

 purpose ; but, with the breed best adapted to the purpose 

 that you have in view, and with careful feeding, then the 

 next consideration, and perhaps as important as any other, 

 is the taste, the relish and the appetite of the individual 

 cow. 



The Chairman. The lecture announced for this afternoon 

 is on " Grading-up Dairy Stock," by F. D. Douglas of 

 Whiting, Vt., President of the Vermont Dairymen's Asso- 

 ciation. 



GRADING-UP DAIRY STOCK. 



BT F. D. DOUGLAS OF WHITING, VT. 



The future of American agriculture is not a pleasant 

 subject for contemplation, especially for him who fully 

 realizes the nature of the causes which have developed the 

 changed conditions under which it must be pursued. An 

 unwise governmental policy has with reckless haste opened 

 up new lands for settlement, vastly greater in area than the 

 necessities of the nation have required, and stimulated an 

 agricultural vandalism, never before witnessed. Our new 

 territory is being simply overrun, not farmed, in any en- 

 lightened sense, but robbed of its agricultural wealth, re- 

 gardless of the just claims of future generations. 



Westward ho ! has been the cry, until the East has been 

 drained of both men and money, required for its proper de- 

 velopment. The market value of our farm lands has been 

 reduced full fifty per cent, entailing a loss of untold mil- 

 lions, and jeopardizing those other millions of Eastern cap- 

 ital which have been loaned to aid in this ruinous work. 



