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I might have said that the water for my stock is driven up a 

 hill two-thirds of a mile by a hydraulic ram. We turn the water 

 on in the morning and again at night, but do not keep it before 

 them. I give them nothing whatever at noon. 



Ones. Do you turn your cows out. 



Ans. Not in the winter. I have a barn which is very light. 

 It is 38 feet wide and has a wide walk and a wide passage and 

 it is as light as out-of-doors. And while it is not according to 

 my theory we grow lazy and do not turn them out much. 



Ques. What is the cost of your chemical fertilizer? 



Ans. \\'e use one for clover and another for potatoes. It 

 varies from $23 or $24 up to $35 or $36, according to the pro- 

 portion. 



Ques. What do you use for potatoes? 



Ans. I use a 3.6 nitrogen, some over 4 of ammonia, and 

 about 9 of phosphoric acid and about 8 of potash. That is not 

 your Aroostook formula, but I am a firm believer that we have 

 over-estimated the value of potash. We are putting too much 

 in and too little phosphoric acid, and I want a little more nitro- 

 gen than the Aroostook people. 



Ques. Do you ever get any bad results from phosphoric 

 acid ? 



Ans. Yes ; my farm is short of that and I began to use it 

 very liberally and also used muriate of potash. I am discarding 

 the muriate and the soluble phosphoric acid, and am using 

 simply insoluble or partially soluble phosphoric acid Those 

 forms of fertilizer hurt my soil and I have cut them out. 



Ques. Do you use any lime ? 



Ans. No, sir. My soil is slightly acid and I have used lime 

 and it helps us some, but when I can get ashes at right prices 

 I like to treat my clover with ashes, instead of the lime. Of 

 late years ashes have cost too much and I buy a plain phosphate. 

 The acid of the soil will dissolve this. Then we are using basic 

 slag, and I think we are handling this problem so that we can 

 have clover on the farm. 



Ques. What is the analysis of the fertilizer you use for corn ? 



Ans. From memory, I should say that where I use it with 

 manure I use 4 per cent potash (I put on more potash than any- 



