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one case and in the other case, where it produces an ear, it 

 simply gets ripe. If you have as many stalks as can be 

 grown without ears in the one case, and you grow 

 just what stalks you can to make a reasonable crop in the other 

 case, I am inclined to think that you will have as much nutri- 

 ment in the one case as in the other, only you will have more 

 bother. 



I was particularly pleased with the remarks made by your 

 Secretary, Mr. Brown, when he stated that it should be the aim 

 of every farmer to raise all the food that he can possibly raise 

 on his own farm, and not send to Minnesota or to the west to 

 buy grain. I do not think that that can be too strongly em- 

 phasized. 



The President. I wonder if any man -here has tried to 

 any great extent the sowing of oats, and then cutting them just 

 as they were turning for fodders, straw and all. 



A Member. I have tried that for two years and I like it 

 very much. 



The President. Do you find any better way of using your 

 oats? 



A Member. No sir; I think it is one of the best fodders 

 we have. 



Secretary Brown. We have not had an oat thrashed in 

 twenty-five years. Every spear of oats that grows on my farm 

 is cut in the milk and cured and fed to the cattle in that condi- 

 tion. 



A Member. I think they are worth a great deal more with- 

 out thrashing. I have tried it both ways, and I would rather 

 have my oats in that shape than hay. 



Prof, Shaw. I would like to ask if any of you farmers 

 have grown cow peas along with your oats and fed them in 

 the straw? 



A Member. It seems to me to be a little too cold in this 

 climate to do that. I think it requires a little w^armer climate. 

 I have tried it once or twice, but not very successfully. 



