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practical farmers, was that good, rich, nutritious food produced rich, 
excellent quality of milk. 
Prof. Daniells said he was glad to be on the practical side. Ex 
periments made by chemists in France and Germany had fully 
established the fact that quality of food did not appreciably affect 
the quality of milk, only the quantity. 
Mr. Hazen said in makino- careful exoeriments with the lacto- 
O j. 
meter, he had become satisfied that cows kept upon upland pasture 
would produce three to five per cent, richer milk than the same 
cows kept upon marsh land. 
Mr. Porter desired the professor to say whether good butter could 
be made from straw and marsh hay ofily as food. 
Prof. Daniells — Experiments carry conviction. The return of 
butter on poor feed would not affect quality, only quantity. The 
color might be affected favorably by rich food. 
Mr. Wood sustained Prof. D.’s views. Had read the account of 
experiments, and believed they established the point. Milk might 
be affected in color, and perhaps in taste, but its absolute quality 
was not changed by the quality of the food — that was only affected 
by the milk producing qualities of the cow. 
He did not think the test with the lactometer an infallible guide. 
Chemical experiments must be more accurate. 
President Stilson desired Mr. Hazen to state to the convention 
whether his product of milk was greater upon upland than on low¬ 
land pasture. 
Mr. Hazen — I get more milk from lowland pasture with the same 
kind of grass as the upland. 
Adjourned to 7^ P. M. 
Evening Session. 
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO. 
BY J. S. STICKNEY, WAUWATOSA. 
Do you know of anything more quieting to one’s overwrought 
nerves, more soothing and comforting to homes and expectations 
not fully realized, better calculated to bridge the vexations and un- 
