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venient or eveu practical arrange the stable for cows on the 

 south side of the barn, taking care that the rear be well 

 glazed, and in winter with double sash. Experience will 

 demonstrate the importance and favorable results of this 

 arrangement. 



Greater profit is always obtained, and more permanent 

 results stamped upon any industry by exporting manufac- 

 tured goods. The exportation of raw material for any con- 

 sidei-able length of time is exhaustive. The raising of hay, 

 grain, potatoes, and such bulky crops, for shipment, results 

 in sapping the fertility of our farms. Is it not the part of 

 wisdom to correct this evil before irreparable damage is the 

 result? A ton of first-class, early cut hay, or its equivalent, 

 should produce forty to fifty, or even more, pounds of but- 

 ter, which of course could be shipped at much less cost than 

 the crude material. The amount of profit, aside from the 

 less cost of transportation, would depend upon the relative 

 amount of intelligent care and forethought in making and 

 marketing. The same train of thought, in a somewhat mod- 

 ified form, is applicable to the manufacture of cheese. Gen- 

 tlemen, these suggestions are believed to be of importance 

 and entitled to your early and earnest consideration. 



I do not mean to say that it pays to produce two or three 

 pounds of inferior butter to the cow, per week. Nor is it 

 quite profitable to keep cows whose product of cheese is 

 much below a good average. With cows that average 250 

 to 300 or even more pounds of butter, or 400 to 600 pounds 

 of cheese, per year, the result is difierent. Not only will he 

 who adopts the latter course obtain a large and excellent 

 manufactured product from his crude material, but with care 

 he will readily find a market for all such product at a good 

 price, while the man who is satisfied with poor cows and a 

 poorer product will be obliged to accept whatever price may 

 be offered. 



Farmers of Aroostook, just here is a point which to me 

 presents itself as of vital importance. We are told of your 

 farmers who are growing 3,000 to 5,000 bushels of potatoes, 



