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the average production of average cows of average breeds. 

 As regards the exemption of May and June, I have much 

 respect for the opinion of the professor, for he has studied 

 this question, perhaps more experimentally than I have, my 

 information having been more that of a compiler. A bulle- 

 tin of the Vermont experiment station in 1891 says that 

 feeding watery food does not make watery milk. The Wis- 

 consin station found that inducing cows to drink immense 

 quantities of water was followed by a reduction in the qual- 

 ity of the milk. 



Mr. A. Bradley (of Lee). I was called into a neigh- 

 boring town to give a little counsel in regard to the quality 

 of milk. They were having trouble. This was in May or 

 June. The feed in the pastures was very flush, and the 

 milk standard was not reached by a good deal. It led me 

 to infer at once that the feed had a great deal to do with the 

 quantity of milk, and that in getting the quantity we did not 

 get the quality. I find that in butter an increase in the 

 milk does not correspondingly increase the quantity of but- 

 ter. We can bring a cow to about such a point in butter, 

 and by increasing the food increase the milk, but we do not 

 get an increase of butter. How would you advise to feed, 

 in order to get the quantity of milk and also keep the qual- 

 ity ? There are times when there are unusual demands, and 

 by feeding we can get the quantity but we do not get the 

 quality. I have had milk tested at Amherst a great many 

 times. I have sent the first two quarts of milk of the cow, 

 the middle two quarts and the last two quarts. I found that 

 the first two quarts was a little better than water, — only a 

 very little, — while the middle milk was good and the last 

 milk was very high in richness. The idea was suggested at 

 once to take the first two quarts of milk and give it to the 

 calves. We want to know how to feed, and get the quan- 

 tity and quality at the same time. We want our whole 

 dairy to go right into the market, and we want to hold the 

 quality right along with the quantity. 



Ex-Governor Hoard (of Wisconsin). Does not your 

 proposition presuppose that all the cows were alike individ- 

 ually ? Is not the solution of your proposition in the selec- 



