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what is left after all the butter has been taken out that is 

 possible. 



In selecting milk for children, I should choose that of the 

 Jersey cow for young children, because there is so much of the 

 caseine in that of the Ayrshire. But when a child can eat beef, 

 then give it Ayrshire milk. In the mother's milk the child 

 takes cream with a small amount of caseine. 



Mr. Flint then withdrew the third Resolution. 



The fourth Resolution was adopted without debate. 



EVENING SESSION. 



The Board met, agreeably to adjournment, and the session 

 was occupied by the following lecture. 



AGRICULTURE AS AN EMPLOYMENT— ITS DIGNITY AND 



REQUIREMENTS. 



BY PROFESSOR P. A. CHADBOURNE. 



There is in the public mind a standard by which all employ- 

 ments are ranked. And while money is as powerful with the 

 American people as it is with other nations, it is not the only 

 consideration, nor by any means the highest, in the choice of a 

 profession. Men may feel compelled to labor simply for a liveli- 

 hood, but where they are able to do it, we see the best of parents 

 choosing for their children, and the best of young men choosing 

 for themselves that profession or business which in their judg- 

 ment ranks among the highest. It is therefore proper that this 

 Board should consider farming as an occupation. We are all 

 satisfied, I doubt not, of the rank which it ought to take among 

 the occupations of men. It becomes us to inquire whether it 

 really occupies in the public mind the place which it ought to 

 have, and what are the conditions by which the business of 

 agriculture shall maintain its proper rank among the industrial 

 pursuits of this Commonwealth and of the nation. 

 . The object of agriculture is well understood. It is to increase 

 the fruits of the earth. The most valuable products do not 

 spring from the earth spontaneously, or if there is some spot 

 where every kind of plant would grow, there is no place where 

 our apples and pears and grapes, garden-plants and grains, 

 would become as perfect in a wild state as they do under the 

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