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ods determine the profits or loss of an animal. We have this 

 assurance from our friend, Mr. Glover, who is doing this work 

 in the northern part of the state. He is finding a marked dififer- 

 ence in individual animals, and certainly is doing a great work 

 in that line. 



I have not given you anything particularly new. There are 

 other principles that depend on the ef^ciency of a cow, such as 

 the proper feeding and the proper milking, which are very im- 

 portant factors. 



You probably all understand or know of the experiment that 

 has been carried on in Wisconsin by Prof. Woll — manipulation 

 of the udder to increase the flow of milk. We have taken up 

 that work in Kansas. For the past few months we have developed 

 the ef^ciency to quite an extent on a number of cows, but in 

 figuring out the time that it takes to manipulate the udder and 

 the extra amount of milk that was given, we found that it did 

 not exactly pay. We are making other tests, but do not know 

 what the outcome will be. We are happy to say we have found 

 another scheme that is more economical for the manipulation of 

 the udder. I don't want to spring anything radical on you here, 

 but we are using electricity to develop or stimulate the udder. 

 We have no results at the present time that we want to give you 

 as fundamental principles. We have tried to stimulate the udder 

 by a current of electricity, and we find that with a half cent's 

 worth of electricity we have increased the flow one quart or two 

 pounds of milk. Whether this is due to the natural condition of 

 the cow; whether she could have naturally given that much we 

 are not ready to say. At any rate we are working along that 

 line and expect some results. We don't know whether we are 

 going to accomplish anything, but we trust we will. 



I thank you ladies and gentlemen for your kind attention. 



By the President : — We had on the program this afternoon 

 this professor from Kansas and one of our professors from Illi- 

 nois, but we will have to use them as two pieces of bread for the 



