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about four dollars worth less feed. She gained 77 pounds in 

 live weight. 



Dairymen of this and of every other country are greatly 

 indebted to the management of this World's Fair for the accu- 

 mulation of so much valuable data. No college experiment sta- 

 tion, state or government, has ever carried on and probably never 

 will conduct such an experiment as this has been. The cows 

 represented a great variety of animals, such as can only be gotten 

 together by an enterprising organization like a World's Fair 

 management. The men in charge of the cows in each herd 

 were feeders and cow-owners of long experience, and the weights 

 and records have been kept with scientific accuracy. 



The careful watch that was kept over the feeding of the 

 cows, and the accurate weighing of everything given to and 

 taken from them, make the records extremely valuable. There 

 was no guesswork in any of the weights, and the entry of every 

 figure was verified within twenty-four hours of the time it was 

 recorded. ■ 



To dairymen in general the most important question to be 

 studied is the economical production of milk. Can the milk 

 production of a certain herd be improved by the changes in feed 

 suggested by these records, and will it not be profitable to make 

 a change in the herd and replace some cows with better ones ? 



There is no fiction in these World's Fair records, and they 

 should stimulate many thousands of dairymen to do better. 

 The standard has been placed many points higher than it was 

 one years ago, and it is to be hoped that these records will not 

 lack for company as time passes, but that within a few years 

 a goodly number of cows will be found in the new class that has 

 been established by the cows at St. Louis. 



The President: — We will hear from our old friend. Jules 

 Lumbard. For the last thirty or forty years there has not been 

 a dairy convention complete without our old friend to sing for us. 



Vocal solo, "I Fear No Foe," by Mr. Jules Lumbard. of 

 Omaha. Responded to an encore, " Maggie," by request. 



