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6 THE AGGIE SPIRIT man, gave an interesting talk on some of the problems to be met by the dairymen as a league. In particular he advocated that dairymen demand of the milk buyers a sufficient bond to fully protect them from many frau- dulent buyers. Among other things of interest, Mr. Hadley men- tioned instances where the young man from the farm who had spent money and time in school fitting him- self to be a better farmer was, because of conditions at home, forced to look elsewhere for the best oppor- tunities available and the best conditions to be had. The remedies for such conditions, Mr. Hadley right- fully declares to be better business methods on the farm and more farreaching co-operative activities. In the closing moments of the meeting the Holstein- Friesian Club appointed Mr. Putman of Lisbon, N. Y., to represent their interests at a hearing soon to be held before the State Department of Farms and Markets at Albany. Mr. Putman, having power to substitute a delegate and not feeling that he was best fitted to rep- resent the club, named Mr. W. A. Laidlaw in his stead. Mr. Laidlaw is to advocate a compulsory physical examination with a tuberculine test to supplement when necessary, as the best means of eradicating bo- vine tuberculosis. The meeting was adjourned soon after five o'clock p. m. Dean Howe of Syracuse University gave a very in- teresting talk before the Dairymen's League and Hoi- stein Breeder's Association on Friday of Farmers' Week. His main topic was, \Tractors and the need of improving them.\ Dean Howe showed how the pre- sent types of tractors were unsatisfactory to the American farmer. He gave (17) seventeen negative points that are making the tractors popular among the farmers. These points were gathered from all makes of tractors and stated very clearly the things these dif- ferent manufacturers would be compelled to rectify be- fore their tractor would become popular and bought as a paying investment. Dean Howe proposed that the government estab- lish a board of engineers and tractor manufacturers, the most expert in the country, for a purpose similar to that for which the Liberty Motor board was organ-