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of weather and season. Every bit of space was taken in the 

 machinery building, with one of the most remarkable exhibits 

 of dairy machinery ever brought together in one place. 



The cattle, of which there were nearly 1,000 in the following 

 breeds, — Jersey, Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, Holstein and Guernsey, 

 — were assembled from all over the country, and were certainly 

 a splendid lot of animals. It was an inspiration to go among 

 them and see to what extent careful selection and breeding has 

 been carried. It is to be hoped that the lesson taught at this 

 dairy show will impress itself upon all those interested in 

 dairying to the extent that more pure-bred sires will be used by 

 our farmers; and it seems fitting at this time to impress upon 

 our Legislature that no greater service to the dairying interests 

 of the State can be rendered than by the placing of pure-bred 

 sires at many convenient places for use by those farmers who 

 will avail themselves of them. The lesson of the dair.y show to 

 Massachusetts should be larger production and the elimination 

 of the unproductive cow. 



The Board through its executive committee was represented 

 at the show on October 18, and had the honor of escorting the 

 Governor and his party, together with Ex-President Taf t, to 

 the show on that date. Many other members of the Board 

 were present on the same day. 



Exhibition of the Board at the Dairy Show. 



Early in September the management of the dairy show 

 requested the different State departments of agriculture in New 

 England to make exhibits in connection with the exposition. 

 Several meetings were held at which representatives of the 

 Board were present, and it was decided to go ahead with the 

 plan. 



As no buildings were available, an appeal was made to the 

 Governor and Council for money to erect a building and place 

 an exhibit. Twenty-five hundred dollars was appropriated 

 from the appropriation for "extraordinary expenditures," and 

 of this sum $1,500 was used to erect the building. Plans were 

 not finally decided upon until about three weeks before the 

 opening of the show, when it was decided to put up a small 

 exhibit of the best quality crops in which our State excels. 



