REARING AND FEEDING FARM STOCK. lg| 



I have also a colt that will be a year old in April, that is fed 

 three times in the course of the day, and eats six pounds of hay 

 and one quart of oats ; he has a good, sleek coat. 



The President. I would like to ask the exact weight of the 

 cows and of the calves, or their probable weight, or girth. 



Mr. Lawrence. I suppose that my cows would girth from five 

 to five and one-half feet; they are not large, being half Durham 

 and half Ayrshire. The calves I spoke of are full-blood Ayrshires; 

 of course they are not as large as Dnrhams. 



Question. How often do you feed your horses and other ani- 

 mals ? 



Mr. Lawrence. Three times a day. 



Mr. Walker. Do you give the hay cut ? 



Mr. Lawrence. I do sir, unless the hay is very fine. If it is 

 timothy, which grew large and rank, I cut it, but if redtop, I do 

 not cut that. 



Mr. Parkhurst. Do you wet your meal and mix it with the 

 hay? 



Mr. Lawrence. I usually wet the hay a little, and the meal I 

 give out of a trough made for that purpose ; always scalded meal. 



Question. Do you think that meal thoroughly cooked is better 

 for stock than meal scalded ? 



Mr. Lawrence. I am perfectly satisfied of it; and if I am pros- 

 pered, I mean to obtain a cooking apparatus, so that I can cook 

 both the haj- and meal, and give them in that form. 



Mr. Hersey. Do you weigh all your feed ? 



Mr. Lawrence. My cattle have eaten nothing this year that 

 has not been weighed. If I live until spring, I mean to know just 

 what it cost me to carry them through. When I begin a thing I 

 go through with it. I was taught when an apprentice and learned: 

 to push the fore-plane, that anything worth doing was worth 

 doing well. When I get through the winter, I want to know 

 exactly the facts, so that if I am called upon I can show the fig- 

 ures. If I find my cattle falling away, I shall increase the quan- 

 tity ; if not, perhaps I may in some cases, diminish it. 



Mr. Gould. I have been deeply interested this afternoon, and 

 especially in the paper of Mr. Lucas. I have a rule, perhaps not 

 always safe in its results, but exceedingly convenient and self- 

 satisfactory in its application ; it is this : when any gentleman 

 agrees with me I always think he is perfectly accurate in his 

 11 



