32 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan. 



Mr. Ware. I am surprised that our friend who is so 

 wise in most things should display such poor judgment in 

 paying a hundred dollars for those cows. 



Professor Whitcher. Of course I cannot explain any 

 such thing as that. All I can say is, that I should not 

 expect that cow to come back the next year to twenty 

 quarts a day. If she had dropped down from twenty to ten, 

 I should expect her to continue to give but ten quarts a 

 day. 



Mr. Lynde. That is not so. I have known them to 

 come down to ten quarts, and go up to twenty-two. 



Professor Whitcher. Are you talking about averages 

 throughout the whole year, or are you talking about the 

 best thing a cow can do after calving? Sometimes a cow 

 will come in and give a large amount of milk for a short 

 period of time, and then taper right off. 



Mr. Lynde. That is not what Mr. Perry means. He 

 means that she gives that amount of milk throughout the 

 year, and he can sec no reason why sjie should not do as 

 well the next year as she did formerly. 



Professor Whitcher. I would like to know how com- 

 mon that thing is? 



Mr. Lynde. I do not say it is a common thing, but it is 

 sometimes the case. 



Professor Whitcher. It has never been the case in my 

 experience. I doubt very much if it is a common occur- 

 rence. 



Mr. Chamberlain. Several years ago there was a milk 

 law passed, which established a standard, and some twenty 

 of my cows do not come up to that standard. What shall I 

 do? Mr. Wheeler of Grafton, a very large producer of 

 milk, said the only thing he could do was to turn the milk 

 of his twelve grade cows into butter, and then he had hard 

 work to keep up to the standard. 



Professor Whitcher. That opens up a very dangerous 

 subject for discussion. We have some definite ideas in regard 

 to it ourselves. I do not believe in a law that causes 

 adulterated milk to pass muster, while the pure article is 

 condemned as adulterated. Therefore I do not have much 

 sympathy with the milk laws as they are now. As a matter 



