DAIRY MEETING. 1/3 



Ans. Well, where are you going to buy your good dairy 

 cow? Is there any spot in the United States where men are 

 raising first-class dairy cows? The man who makes a practice 

 of buying his dairy cows has to take what some one else casts 

 off, except that there will sometimes be a closing out sale when 

 he will be able to select the best. It is a hard matter to 

 start out today and buy ten cows or twenty cows that are profit- 

 able cows. More cows must be raised, and raised on the farm. 

 There must be more horses raised, right here in the East. 

 There is not a section in the whole United States, and I have 

 been pretty well over it, that is capable of raising as good cattle . 

 and horses as right here in the State of Maine, with your clover 

 and natural grasses, and your low priced land. Right here in 

 Maine horses are doing the work on farms that would not sell 

 for $20 an acre that were raised on farms in Iowa worth $80 

 an acre. If you have good cows, and good calves, raise the 

 calves and you will be something ahead. When you buy a calf 

 you are getting an unknown problem. 



In regard to feed, I think a good deal of refuse apples, — small 

 apples after they become soft and ripe. I am no authority on 

 feeds, but I raise a few apples and have a small dairy and this 

 season I have fed quite a few apples ever since August, and 

 my cows have done unusually well. Apples are nourishing and 

 appetizing. They ensure better digestion of the other class of 

 more nitrogenous foods which the cows are eating. 



