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fed to working oxen and horses tliey could not do so much 

 work on it. He said his practice in feeding cows was to feed 

 in the morning with good hay — after milking turn them out 

 to drink aud give them another foddering of hay. He then 

 took two quarts of oil meal and two quarts of corn-cob meal 

 and added a pail of boiling water, and, when the meal is 

 well mixed, put in two pails of cold water ; this he gave to 

 each cow — fed again at noon and watered at night. He gave 

 salt three times a week, and fed out what southern corn grew 

 on an acre of ground. He said potatoes made more milk 

 than anything else, but the milk is not as good as when fed 

 on tui'nips. 



Mr. Harris Abbott said he thought much depended on the 

 regularity of feeding — giving very nearly the same variety 

 every day. He thought the poor hay would work in well, 

 if a proper quantity of good hay is used. He gave his young 

 stock the same quantity of hay as the older. 



Mr. Kimball, of Temple, said to feed cows for milk it was 

 necessary to use green corn fodder as soon as the grass be- 

 gan to fail. He never allowed his cattle to graze his mow- 

 ing fields. He had, during the last year, fed out less quan- 

 tity of meal and shorts and more roots. He had given his 

 cows, carrots boiled, and mixed with meal, in the form of 

 swill, and found they did well ; gave more clover than usual. 

 He thought the greater the variety of feed for cattle the bet- 

 ter. For horses that labor clover hay is not as good as 

 herdsgrass. He thought farmers ought to raise on the farm 

 very nearly what is consumed, both in the stable and house. 

 Carrots he had found very valuable feed for cattle and horses. 



Mr. Z. A])bott said his usual method had been to feed in 

 the morning with hay and other fodder combined, and then 

 with one l)ushel turnips and one bushel carrots for nine cows, 

 and at night one quart cob meal and two quarts of shorts 

 with boiling water poured on it for each cow. His cows had 

 averaged two gallons of milk a day through the winter; sells 

 about $50 worth a mouth. 



