No. 4.] 



DAIRYING. 



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Care and management of milch 



cows, 1890. 

 Dairy temj^erament of cows, 1890. 

 The agricultural situation, 1891. 

 The Channel Islands and their 



agriculture, 1892. 

 Home-grown or purchased cattle 



feeds, 1892. 

 The handling and feeding of dairy 



cattle, 1893. 

 Summer and winter feeding of 



dairy cows, 1894. 

 The milk supply of Massachusetts 



cities, 1895. 

 The necessities and demands of 



modern dairying, 1895. 

 Rational stable management, 1895. 

 The dairy interests of the United 



States, 1896. 

 The food value of dairy products, 



1896. 



Private dairying, 1896. 

 Creamery experience, 1896. 

 Making milk for private trade, 1896. 

 The Babcock milk tester, 1896. 

 Concentrated feed stuffs, 1896. 

 Milch cows, — structure as related 



to production, 1897. 

 The milk supply and the public 



health, 1897. 

 Why milk sours, and how souring 



can be prevented, 1897. 

 How can New England compete 



with the west in dairying ? 1898. 

 Grasses and other forage crops, 



1898. 

 Catch-crops, 1898. 

 Milk and cream, 1898. 

 Stable management, 1898. 

 Tuberculosis and the milk supply, 



1898. 



Most of these papers were presented by experts or eminent 

 students of the dairy problem. 



To succeed as a dairyman in this day of critical consumers, 

 a man must be alert, industrious, painstaking; and a student. 

 He must love his cows and his business. Dairying should 

 be dignified as a profession ; and he who achieves a marked 

 success in it is worthy of as much honor as the successful 

 lawyer, merchant, manufacturer, soldier or statesman. In 

 this paper I have endeavored to give an outline of some nec- 

 essary things in successful dairying, in the hope that some 

 of the points may provoke discussion. The most valuable 

 instruction often comes from the audience, when it is allowed 

 to criticise, discuss and ask questions. If you will now do 

 your part, the hour will not have been wasted, though this 

 paper may have only re-stated well-known truths. 



The Chair. I think it is quite clear that the experience 

 of ten or twelve years ago is still fruitful in aivino- to us 

 practical points of instruction, to which almost all of us 

 will do well to take heed. We will be glad to hear from any 

 one who has questions to ask or statements to make. We 

 will be fflad to hear from Dr. Twitchell. 



