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The second door was then thrown open and a Holstein cow 

 shown, the lecturer continuing : — 



"This is a Holstein cow. She cost £2 more per annum to 

 feed than the Jersey cow, or £12. She produced butter fat 

 valued at £17 > or milk valued at £38. The milk from a Jersey 

 cow contains a larger percentage of butter fat, but the 

 Holstein is the milk producer for this fresh milk district. This 

 cow, by record, produces over 1,100 gallons of milk per 

 annum, or about ten times her own weight." 



The lecturer then went on to explain the build of the cow, 

 the udder, the milk veins, and the general characteristics that 

 mark a good cow, thus supplementing the points mentioned 

 in the preceding lecture. 



From 50 to 200 farmers were present at every station. 



At an evening meeting the Railway Industrial Com- 

 missioner of Erie, who had accompanied the train, said that 

 he had noticed a wonderful change in the interest taken by 

 the farmers in this train, compared with that taken by them 

 in the first train on milk production, some three years ago. 

 Even when a similar train for improving maize growing went 

 through last spring a great many farmers were too shy to go 

 into the coaches, but this time as soon as the train arrived at 

 the station the farmers rushed into the coaches and took a 

 lively interest in the whole matter. 



These trains are provided by the railway companies with 

 the object of developing the agriculture of the district through 

 which their lines run. In this particular case, the railroad 

 company were endeavouring to promote the trade in fresh 

 milk for the Chicago market, by encouraging farmers to keep 

 cows for milk production rather than for butter. 



The annual Agricultural Statistics are issued in four parts, 

 and Part I. of the volume for 1909, which has recently been 

 published [Cd. 5064, price 5<Z.], deals 

 Report on the Acreage with the acreage and live stock re- 

 and Live Stock turns, the preliminary figures of which 

 Returns of 1909. wer e given in this Journal for October 

 last (p. 571). The tables are preceded 

 by a report by Mr. R. H. Rew, in the course of which it is 



