96 AGRICULTURE OF MAINE. 



Ques. What will timothy hay net at present? 



Ans. Twenty dollars in our market. I feed but very little 

 of it as we have corn, clover and hungarian. 



Ques. Can you get hay through from the West now? 



Ans. I do not know. I got mine through before the market 

 went up sharply, and I see it is reacting. I presume clover hay 

 can be taken from states where there is no infection. Clover 

 hay at $13.50 instead of making a loss with good fodder and 

 good cows will give you a profit. 



Prof. HuRD. I would like to say that it is impossible to get 

 clover hay through from the West. You can get it from 

 Aroostook county for $8 or $9 a ton. 



Ques. Do your oats and peas lodge? 



Ans. Not ver}- much. 



Ques. What proportion do you sow, and do you sow them 

 together ? 



Ans. I sow a scant bushel of peas and a strong two bushels 

 of oats, and sow them together. It is held to be a better prac- 

 tice to sow peas a week ahead, but we cover a lot of ground and 

 I let it go. 



Ques. Are the peas and oats fed as hay? 



Ans. They are. I have not husked an ear of corn for 30 

 years nor threshed a bushel of oats and peas. 



Ques. Do you have any trouble with peas moulding when 

 they are sowed at the same time? 



Ans. There is nothing ideal. We get along very well ; some 

 years they are difficult to handle but nothing so difficult as to 

 offer serious objections. 



Ques. What would you feed the heavy milking fresh cow 

 to make her hold her flesh ? 



Ans. I am feeding now one-third cottonseed meal, one-third 

 bran, and for the first time for years I am feeding some corn 

 meal. I have a very nice grade of corn meal. If you get your 

 ration too large in protein I think it is helped by a little corn 

 meal. I feed about 1-3 in weight. 



Ques. What would be the limit in feeding cottonseed meal? 



Ans. I feed as high as six pounds a day ; anywhere from 

 two to six pounds for the total day's feed. I feed only twice a 

 day. 



