234 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan., 



Dr. Jexkins. I have not had any experience. I never got 

 so far that I had a lot of it to feed to cows. I know this, how- 

 ever, that Mr. Stadtmueller, on a big farm at West Hartford, 

 has used it. I beheve he is selling milk from thoroughbred 

 Jersey and Guernsey herds, and I know he would not have 

 used it if, in his observation, there was anything about it that 

 was not just right for a good dairy herd. Unquestionably, 

 it is very rich in nitrogenous food, and I should think it would 

 be important as a dairy feed. I never heard the point made 

 anywhere that it was not good for milk and butter products. 

 Of course, Mr. Stadtmueller is raising milk and not butter, 

 and for his milk producing I think he certainly finds it an ad- 

 mirable thing. 



Mr. StR(\whecker. Mr. President, this is an intensely in- 

 teresting subject to farmers in Connecticut whether we 

 ultimately succeed in raising it here or not. I can hardly agree 

 with the Doctor in the statement made during the last part of 

 his address that his paper was a lukewarm paper. I consider 

 it a very valuable exposition of the alfalfa subject. 



It has been my pleasure to have been in a position to ob- 

 serve during the last four or five years considerable in regard 

 to alfalfa growing in central and western New York, and 

 down through southern Ohio. Of course, central New York 

 appeals to us with rather more interest than points further west. 

 They have had splendid success with growing it in Ne^v York. 

 I remember riding from Dunkirk into Buffalo along in June, 

 and noticed at one point that the railroad embankment was 

 thoroughly covered with it. In fact, it seemed to be quite a 

 good solid stand. 



I knew of a party that started to grow it upon upland 

 ground, and after growing some on lower land he found he 

 could get three good cuttings. The good cuttings were from 

 thirty to thirty-four days apart. There is another point that 

 I would like to ask the Doctor's opinion on, and that is in re- 

 gard to getting a good stand the first year when it has attained 



