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not paying its board? AYouldn't it be well for you to send 

 John to our Agricultural College, that he may come home 

 and instruct you. how to develop and improve your stock? 



The Chair. At one of the fairs this autumn, whore it 

 was my good fortune to judge the stock, there Avas one herd 

 of Jerseys that had all the types, which has been raised by 

 one man. We would like to have Mr. Kilbourn say a word. 



Mr. W. A. Kilbourn (of South Lancaster). The herd 

 under my care has constantly and steadily improved . I can 

 report very successful records, for our main object is to sup- 

 ply the very best of butter and milk and cream that we can 

 make ; and we have continued for many years to raise our 

 own heifers and make selections from year to year, dropping 

 out any that prove inferior, and securing from time to time 

 bulls of the best type that we can find, and this has resulted 

 in a good, well-standing herd, although not noted for the 

 remarkable records that arc produced in some instances. I 

 think we may say that we have a fairly good-looking, fairly 

 productive and satisfactory herd. 



Mr. J. F. Burt (of Easthampton). In regard to those 10 

 Gibson cows, I understood that the agricultural college ex- 

 periment did add to the butter fat. We have been told at 

 our colleges that you couldn't increase the butter fat, no 

 matter how well you feed the cow. Will the lecturer ex- 

 plain ? 



Professor Plumb. This experiment, you will remember, 

 was rather unusual, and entirely different from anything that 

 has been conducted before, in that the cows were tested 

 under adverse conditions at one time, and then they were 

 simply brought right over to another type or condition, so 

 that the effect may have been partly due to the condition as 

 well as the food. 



Mr. Burt. If you were trying to build up a nice herd, 

 would you breed in the same line, or cross-breed j^our ani- 

 mals ? 



Professor Plumb. If there is an}^ impression I dislike to 

 ffive in coming; before an audience of farmers, it is that I am 

 a theorist. Now, I do have very pronounced views on the 

 question of crossing stock, and I would like to be able to 



