
New York AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 33 
- Proposep INVESTIGATION oF THE BreEps or Darry Carrin. 
Shortly after taking charge of the work at the Station I had the 
following bulletin published and sent to many of the leading 
_ dairymen and breeders ofthe State ; in every instance it met with 
cordial approval and assurances of sympathy and cooperation 
with the Station in its efforts to carry forward this investigation : 
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New York Agricultural Experiment Station. 
Upon assuming the directorship of this Station, it has occurred 
to me that there was a wide field for careful scientific investigation 
which could not but prove of immense practical value to the agri- 
cultural interests of the State, and especially the dairy interest, 
which I need not inform you is of almost preéminent importance 
to our people. 
I beg leave to submit to your consideration the following 
points which have occurred to me, and shall be happy to receive 
from you any suggestions by way of criticism of the plan proposed, 
or of amplification of the details of the proposed investigation. 
I shall be pleased to have your suggestions as to how I may 
secure most economically for the Station the animals needed for 
the purpose of such investigation and experiments, and any im- 
formation which shall tend to make the results of the highest 
value to the people of the State. 
1. At a public institution devoted to the advancement. of 
_ agriculture through experimentation, the stock should be represent- 
_ ative animals of the breed from which they are selected. 
2. The dairy interest in New York State being the most 
important branch of the stock industry, it should be the first to 
receive attention, 
8. The average butter yield per cow in this State does not exceed 
130 pounds per year, whereas it should not fall below 300 pounds, 
_. This being true, the Station could do no better service for the 
dairymen of the State than to unite with them in working out the 
' problems of feeding, individual variations'and breed characteristics, 
a with the allied subjects, which, when better understood and 
practiced, shall help to raise the standard and bring the yield up 
a to double the present amount. 
_ 4, The breeds which should first be selected are the J ersey, 
_ Holstein, Guernsey, Ayrshire, Shorthorns, Devon, and one or two 
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