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the facts should be known. Now, it is true that if milk is 

 heated to the degree which I have indicated, that is, until it 

 just begins to simmer, if it contains the germs of tuberculosis 

 or of any other disease, it effectually sterilizes that milk, kills 

 those germs, and renders that milk safe for the infant and 

 safe for any one. 



Now, just one step further. If it is true — and that it is 

 true will not be questioned by scientific men — that the tis- 

 sues of an animal which is affected with tuberculosis contain 

 the germs of that disease, if it is true that those germs are 

 in the blood and in the tissues of that animal, if it is also 

 true that a thorough cooking of those tissues will destroy the 

 germs of that disease, how important it is to the welfare of 

 the people that the meats which they consume should be 

 thoroughly cooked before they are set upon the table or eaten 

 at our meals. 



Adjourned to 7.30 p.m. 



EvENixG Session. 



The meeting was called to order at 7.30, Mr. Cruickshanks 

 in the chair. 



The Chairman. I have a very pleasant announcement to 

 make to the members of the Board. It is that the secre- 

 taries of the boards of agriculture of the six New Eno-land 

 States are now present in this room, a thing that has prob- 

 ably never happened before in the history of this Board. I 

 have now the pleasure of introducing to you the Masonic 

 Male Quartette, who sang so acceptably to us last evening, 

 who will favor us with a song. 



The quartette gave a song, which proved so acceptable 

 that the audience demanded another, to which the quartette 

 very kindly responded, and were heartily applauded. 



The Chairman. The lecture this evening will be by Prof. 

 Win. H. Brewer of Yale University, upon " The Farm and 

 Farmer the Basis of National Strength." I have the pleas- 

 ure of introducing to you Professor Brewer. 



