No. 4.] MILK SUPPLY OF CITIES. 91 



tion of better and richer cows, if you want to improve your 

 milk ? 



Mr. Bradley. We have had experience with different 

 cows. I find that Holstein milk meets just exactly the 

 demands of cooking and for children ; it holds its own ; it 

 goes into market ii\ good condition, and all right ; and 

 you improve the quality to get it up to a higher cream 

 standard, and it is not so valuable in any way except for 

 butter. 



Mr. C. L. Hartshorn (of Worcester). Would you do 

 it through feeding, or breeding and selection of cows ? 



Mr. Bradley. In this town that I was speaking of I 

 would state this fact : before the cows went into this May 

 and June feed their milk was up to the standard, but after- 

 wards it was below the standard. They said more grain 

 failed to increase the quality. 



Mr. Hartshorn. Mr. Bradley has suggested that the 

 first two quarts of milk be fed to calves. Take the rest 

 of that milk, — I want to know if he can tell how the milk 

 would stand then. 



Mr. Bradley. I stated that in the analysis of the first 

 milk it was nearly all water. 



Ex-Governor Hoard. In other words, you have been 

 diluting your milk by keeping that first two quarts in. 



Mr. Clark. I would like to ask if that first two quarts, 

 in Mr. Bradley's opinion, would be beneficial to feed to 

 calves. 



Mr. Bradley. About as good as hay tea. 



Adjourned at 12 m. 



Afternoon Session. 



The meeting was called together at 2.15, Mr. E. W. 

 Wood presiding. 



After songs by the Oberon Ladies' Quartette the chair- 

 man said : The subject of this afternoon's discussion covers 

 the whole subject of dairying, including the raising and 

 feeding of stock, its care and protection and the sale of 



