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siderations together here under our conditions in Massa- 

 chusetts, — the comparatively low price of our milk and the 

 comparatively high price of beef, — we are beginning to see 

 the value of getting these two factors in an animal together. 

 When we can produce an animal which will make good in the 

 dairy and pay for her feed, and at the same time make a good 

 carcass of beef that will sell for 10 or 11 cents on foot, there is 

 something in it. I would say parenthetically that this is the 

 class of cattle we have when we are breeding dairy Shorthorns. 

 And the consideration for our meeting this morning is our beef 

 question in New England. It is to be presented to you by 

 Professor H. H. Wing, professor of animal husbandry of the 

 New York State College of Agriculture, whom I will now 

 introduce to you. 



