No. 4.] COLLEGE AM) STATION'. 137 



THIRD DAY. 



The meeting was called to order at 9.50 a.m., by Vice- 

 Pres. Francis H. Appletox of Peabody. 



After several selections by the Oberon Ladies' Quartette, 

 the chairman said : One-third of our cows pay their way, 

 one-third are kept at a loss and one-third bring in the profits. 

 Feeding must of necessity be one means of increasing the 

 profit from our poorer cows by increasing the total bulk of 

 milk, and thus increasing the total amount of fats received, 

 which yield us the profits from our cows. Another thing, 

 which to my mind we in Massachusetts give too little 

 thought to, is the improving the quality of our cows by 

 better breeding, and thus increasing the total amount of fats 

 they yield. We are very largely dependent on those out- 

 side our borders for our milch cows, and we should do 

 everything we can to promote the interests of the breeder, 

 and encourage our farmers to breed live stock for our milk 

 supply that shall be better able to yield us fat in the milk, 

 and also increase the quantity of milk, so that we may have 

 a greater bulk of fat. It gives me great pleasure at this 

 time to present to you Dr. J. B. Lindsey of the Hatch Ex- 

 periment Station at Amherst. 



Dr. Lixdsey. I wish there were a few more farmers 

 from our local farms here, for I fear that possibly what I 

 have to say to you as members of the Board of Agriculture 

 you are already familiar with. Nevertheless, what I have 

 written I have written, and so you will bear with me while I 

 discuss the subject assigned to me. 



