No. 4.] GRASS AND CLOVER. 119 



Afternoon Session. 



The afternoon session was called to order at 2 o'clock by 

 Secretary Ellsworth, who introduced Mr. John Bursley of 

 West Barnstable as the presiding officer. 



The Chair. This is a bit of surprise for me, but I will do 

 the best I can. I assure you the subject before us is one 

 that all of us who have anything to do with agriculture here 

 in New England or Massachusetts are interested in, — the 

 subject of " Grass and clover production," by Prof. W. D. 

 Hurd, Acting Dean, College of Agriculture, University of 

 Maine. I now have the pleasure of introducing him to you. 



Professor Hurd. I listened with a great deal of pleasure 

 this morning to the discussion on sanitary milk production, 

 and I noticed in the discussion of this subject one thing that 

 most of the Massachusetts farmers were saying was this, that 

 they ought to have a higher price for milk, — or at least all 

 the arguments tended in that direction. Now, it seems to 

 me — and I will try and bring it out in this paper — that it 

 doesn't make any difference whether we get a higher price 

 for our milk, or lower the cost of production. It seems to 

 me we can do the latter in all the New England States by 

 paying attention to the feed. 



