Lord Vernon, who was last year President of the British Dairy Farmers’
Association, made a proposal for the institution of experiments, with
the object of solving the following questions: (1) What is the smallest
quantity of food upon which stall-fed cattle can be successfully and
economically kept? (2) To what extent does a further supply of food
repay its cost in the enhanced value of the milk? (3) What relation
should the constituents of the food have to each other to produce milk,
butter, and cheese? It was suggested that these experiments should be
carried out under the superintendence of a Committee of the British
Dairy Farmers’ Association; and Lord Vernon, who undertook to provide
everything necessary for their use, desired that any information
obtained should be published for the benefit of those connected with
dairy-farming.