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and instructor of the everyday fa rmer and dairyman, to try in the school 

 of practical experience the results and reports of the experiment stations 

 before advocating them as good m ethods for the dairymen to follow 



Some English professors have been experimenting to ascertain the 

 influence of music upon the dairy Vow, for the purpose of increasing the 

 butter fat in her milk, and they are about convinced that when the music 

 and the temperament of the cow are brought into perfect harmony, the 

 butter fat is perceptibly increased. If this be true, it will make radical 

 changes in their methods. The a airy maid will be again restored in the 

 dary industry in a new role. It w;ill open u(p a new field /for ^he young 

 lady. They will be able to contribute to the profits as well as the pleas- 

 ures of the family. The piano w i 11 be set up in the barn as well as in the 

 parlor, and the sweet girl graduate wil discourse sweet strains, and will 

 play serenades, nocturnes, sonatas, and concertos during milking time. 



Before putting this idea into general practice, I would suggest that it 

 be tried moderately at first and see what effect it has upon the cows. 



Joseph Wink, in Baltimore American, warns you of some of the possi- 

 bilities, in the following lines: 



The meek and lowly Alderney, 



The sad-eyed Jersey too, 



The Holstein, with her stocky shape 



With musically "moo." 



The other breeds of cattle, and 



The ordinary cow 



Will listen with attention, for 



We'll milk to music now. 



We'll play old Schubert's "Serenade," 



Likewise the "Maiden's Dream," 



And every cow in all the herd 



Will furnish us ice cream. 



The band will strike up "Dixie Land" 



Ere that tune is commenced 



The cows will give us milk for war — 



And that will be condensed. 



Or, if we play a lullaby, 



'Twill soon be understood 



And all the kine will let us have 



The best of baby food. 



And when we play some drinking songs 



In one melodious bunch, 



