22 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



The Chairman. The lecture of the morning is to be 

 given by one of the best-known institute workers of the New 

 England States, Dr. Twitchell of Maine, who is here and 

 will take the platform and address you on the subject printed 

 in the programme, viz., "Milch cows, structure as relating 

 to production." 



Dr. Tw ITCHELL. Mr. Chairman, Mr. Secretary and gentle- 

 men of Massachusetts : I am strongly tempted to use a little 

 closer term, and say " old friends." As I have been looking 

 over the audience I find many whom I have met in years past 

 and with wdiomi have enjoyed social intercourse. 



I am not here to-day to instruct you upon this great ques- 

 tion which is at the foundation of success in your principal 

 industry in the State of Massachusetts. A friend said to me 

 as I left home yesterda}^ morning, "Are you going to Massa- 

 chusetts to tell them what to do?" I said, "Oh, no; I am 

 simply going up to talk with them a little." My desire this 

 mornino; is to promote a discussion, and if I am successful in 

 that I shall have accomplished my full purpose. 



