The morning times., 1896-11-12

was, therefore, large. There was one
lady in the audience
1t was an evening Of speeches and ad-
dresses. Committee from the National
Grange had visited the president of the
association earlier in the day and ex-
tended an invitation to the professors TO
visit the grange during today's session.
Prof johnson, presucnU OF the organ'zi-
lion, placed the invitation before the meet
ing and it was unanimously accepted. This
mornings session will, therefore, adjourn
promptly at / 1 O'Clock and the associa-
ton will pay the visit in a body.
An address was delivered by Prof. Dab
ney, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture.
Ii dealt with The work OF the Agricultural
Department and recited numerous statis
tics on the classified service of the dc
partment. Promotions and the creation oT
new offices in the department were dis
cussed in detail. Committee reports from
different sections of the country We're also
heard.
CHANGERS WERE PRESENT.
A large number of the delegates to the
National Grange were in the audience,
that body having adjourned Its sessions III
order that those members who desired to
attend the meeting OF the association might
have opportunity to do so.
An interesting address was made by the
grand master OF the grange, Col. Brigham.
He spoke on the mutual objects of the two
organizations and urged cooperation iH
the. work wherever 1t was practicable.
A lengthy paper was read by DR.. True
of the Department of Agriculture, on the
teaching of the industry i'll the State uni
versities and public schools. A its con-
clusion the paper was generously applauded
At this point an unceremonious adjourn
ment was taken The idea seemed to
strike almost everybody that 1t was time
To go home, though the h1irmdn had not
formally adJou rned the meeting. There
were other papers to be read. One OF
these was by Prof. Kingsb;.ry, If New
Hampshire. ON ''aicCi'ri.r i:fs. The
association has been looking forward TO
it as one OF the most interesting papers in
the list II was carried oyer from the
morning session and will probably be read
at today's meeting.
During The meeting the report of the
committee on credentials was received and
adopted. The nominating committee was
also appointed. 1t will hold a meeting at
$50 o'clock this morning in the red parlor
of the Ehbitt House when the new officers
will be named.
The association will visit the President
at O'Clock today and will close its meeting
with tonghts session.
MILK AND HERDS.
At the meeting at . p. N. of the section
of agriculture and chemistry, Dr.. ID. Z
Salmon of the Bureau OF Animal Industr,
read n paper on The Effect Of the Tuber
cuiin Test on the Dairy" He said tht
| test was invaluable in wedding out tuber
| culosis. The use of tuberculin probabl
reduced the yield of milk for time
| owing to disturbance of the herd, but
| there was no other i'll effect.
| He cant Onel AGAINST fpn freuuant t,si
| of the test, as 1T made the cows ac
| customed tn The substance SO that thel
| would fail 10 respond to its presence ant
| show the tubeC uious condition.
A lively discussion followed his paper
| He was asked N regard to disinfection. and
said disinfecting ought not to be left tr
| inexperienced men. To go into stabl,
| and burn a little sulphur and leave al
the dust and accumulations Of organic mat
| ter was about as yalueless as to do nothin,
| at all.
| He had indeed found 1T necessary tc
watch even expert men, or they woult
| do the work So slightingly as to rendel
| 1t almost valueiess.
To disinfect Il stable properly 1t shoult
| be first thoroughly cleaned. There ough
| to be no dust nor litter left i'll the stable
All loose woodwork ought to be removed
| Then the disinfectant ought to be applied
thoroughly to every part Of the place.
| Prof E. B. Voorhees, of New Jersey reat
a paper on the subject, Should Milk B,
Sold on the Basis of quality"
| He said an investigation had been mad,
| in New Jersey. Samples of milk, in num-
| Der log, were taken under various con
! ditions In the four principal cities of tn
State. Milk was found to be about til,
same price in ais cents per quart.
PRICE AND QUALITY.
| nj CHI fI,at
clearly defined classes OF milk in that
| examined. Some of these were so poo
that the buyer got only about two-third.
| as much nutrition for his money when n
! bought the poorest of the grades exam
| ined as when he bought the best
Chairman Georgeson read a paper on
| "How milk may be sold at retail in the
basis of quality He first spoke of VIII at
| constitutes really good quality.
Milk must be umdiluted by water: free
from preservative chemicals; free from
| dust: ii must he from healthy cows. and
| must be free from bacteria OF any kind. All
| this must he observed in addition to the
| proportions of fat and other solids.
The average consumer is not at all able
to determine the character of milk Of
fered him. II is the duty of the city L
attend to this matter for the people. There
| is no higher function of the government. h,
| said than to protect the health of the peu
pie.
The only thing he conld recommend tc
| secure really Wholesome milk for all The
people was for the State to pass laws le-
| quiring strict inspection of milk, sta 5le
and herds, and to enforce them closely.
A { the section Of mechanic art papers
were read as follows: ''some road tests with
bicycle dynamometer,,' by Charles A,
! Perkins, Knoxville. Tenn; 1.-The mechanic
arts in the schools of the South INV II q
Powers, Lake City, Fla; "shop trainins
in its relation to engineering courses, L.
| s. Randolph Blacksburg, Va; ..EducatioI
in mechanical engineering and the arts. ;,
r. II. Thurston, Ithaca. N. Y.
THE SECTION MEETINGS.
The following were nominated for Off.
GERS of the section the ensuing year:
Charles H. Murkland, chairman; w. F. NJ.
Moss, vice chairman; F. p. Anderson. sec.
retary.
The chronological section met at the
| Department of Agriculture. Prof w.
| e. johnson, OF Maryland, showed that
use of germ diseases to check the ravayes
of the chinch bug has heen, to a large
extent, a failure.
Prof. Carl f. Baker, of Alabama. ant
Prof. Girald Mccarthy, of North Carolina
\ reported upon current work at-the. eyneri
| appearance of the San Jose scale on frui,
| trees at two OF three localities in North
| Carolina.
! Prof. w. B. Atwood, OF Virginia. made
| an exhaustive report on the San lose
scale in that State and gave the localities
| and limits of its spread. The subject was
discussed by Dr. Howard, of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, and others.