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windows on the lower floor are the same size as those used 

 in houses, and are made of nine by thirteen glass. The glass 

 are placed in the roof, as thick as they can be placed in a 

 monitor roof. The sunshine reaches the cattle all the time 

 that it is shining, so, instead of lacking sunshine, they get it 

 almost as much as those on the south side of the building. 

 His theory and my practice do not quite harmonize, and I 

 believe mine is the better. 



Dr. Paige. I have had a little practical experience, too. 

 Your system may be the l)est for 3^ou to adopt under existing 

 conditions. I think you will agree with me that, if the 

 animals on the one side get the benefit of the sunshine, the 

 temperature must be better from eleven o'clock to two o'clock 

 than it would be if it ran the other way. The point I made 

 was that the variation between the temperature of midday 

 and midnight would be much greater than when the building 

 runs north and south. 



Mr. Sessions. I want to remark that cattle are creatures 

 of habit, as well as are men. Some of us have acquired a 

 habit by which we can smoke poison or chew it, and appar- 

 ently thrive on it. A cow can accustom herself to conditions 

 not the best, and apparently thrive when she might thrive 

 better under other conditions. My own barn was constructed 

 before the subject was agitated at all. My cows used to 

 thrive fairly well, but there was an out about it finally. 

 Tuberculosis got hold of them, and I lost one of the best 

 herds in Massachusetts. 



Secretary Stockwell. The reception to the Board of 

 Agriculture, tendered by Mr. Wm. J. Hogg, president of the 

 Worcester Agricultural Society, will be held in this hall, and 

 the members of the Board and their invited guests are all 

 invited to be present. Members are expected to be present 

 with their wives or ladies. The reception will be from 

 7.30 to 9.30. 



I will now suggest that Professor Maynard be given an 

 opportunity to explain the exhibit of apples which he has 

 kindly prepared for the benefit of those attending this meet- 

 ing." Professor Maynard, as you may know, is the professor 

 of horticulture at the Agricultural College, and horticulturist 

 at the experiment station. 



