No. 4.] BEEF PRODUCTION IN NEW ENGLAND. 83 



pastures. lu other words, a high-bred Shorthorn is not as 

 well qualified to grub her living, or his living, and make 

 beef on a large range of poor feed as some other animals ; 

 and I think Professor Sanborn has struck the right idea in 

 saying the pastures must be improved for the production of 

 that type. ISIore than that, I firmly believe that he is right 

 regarding supplementary feeding during pasture season. I 

 wish to ask him if he feeds any ruffage, anything but grain? 



Professor Sanborn. No, sir. 



Professor Cooley. Which system, in your judgment, 

 would produce the greater profit, the stocking of your pas- 

 tures with beef cattle heavily, so you require a good deal of 

 supplementary feed, or stocking them a little below what 

 the}' would carry and not feeding so much of the supple- 

 mentary feed? 



Professor Sanborn. It would depend on location. I 

 like the English system. 



Question. Will you please tell us in regard to use of 

 ensilage in beef production ? 



Professor Sanborn. It is first-class for beef production. 



jVIr. A. A. Smith (of Colrain). I can see that there has 

 been a great deal of interest in this question. I have been 

 interested in it myself, but I am surprised at what Professor 

 Sanborn has said about the stock which we shall use for beef 

 purposes. I was really in hopes that he would take for his 

 text, "The Shorthorn," and stick to it. We have felt that 

 the registered Shorthorns were the typical animals of New 

 England. 



Secretary Stockwell. I have been much interested in 

 this morning's session ; but it brings to all our minds that 

 the delegate of the Board wdio invited us here, and through 

 whose importunities we came here, is not with us, has not 

 been with us and cannot be with us during the meejiings. 

 In the early summer his health began to decline. To-day 

 he is too ill to take note of what we are doing ; therefore, 

 I Avould move that President Goodell and Mr. Brewster be a 

 committee to draft resolutions of sympathy. 



The motion was carried. The committee appointed re- 

 ported the following resolutions, which were adopted : — 



