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Sec. Gilbert. One individual can judge of that as Avell as 

 another. It certainly cannot be realized unless it is saved. Farmers 

 sometimes think they cannot dispense with the keeping of hogs — 

 they sa3' they are so valuable lor making manure, they realize so 

 much value in manure from the feeding of hogs. Let me sa}' this, 

 that it matters not practically, whether you feed a hundred bushels 

 of corn to hogs or cattle, so far as the resulting manure is concerned ; 

 only your practice is such with the hogs that 30U save practically all 

 of it, while the practice of some farmers is such in the case of 

 feeding it to cattle, that they lose the most of it ; and cons(^quentl3- 

 the two practices give widely different results. It makes but little 

 difference what class of animals you feed your fodder to as regards 

 the resulting manures. Our practices make a deal of difference as 

 to the amount we realize from them. 



AFTERNOON. 



The exercises were opened with music, after which a pa})er on 

 "Profits of Feeding Ilay" was read by Mr. J. E. Shaw, secretary 

 of the club, which will be found in the report of another Institute. 



The subject of the paper was taken up and further discussed bj' 

 C. H. Cobb, member from Androscoggin county. 

 Mr. Cobb : 



Mr. President., arid Ladies and Gentlemen : — I feel somewhatembar- 

 rassed in attempting to speak upon this subject this afternoon be- 

 fore this club, made up of farmers of so high a reputalion, and 

 many of whom have had a larger experience than myself. The sub- 

 ject of discussion is, whether we shall sell the hay from our larms 

 or feed it to stock. The paper has shown that it should be, and 

 has been in many cases, fed profitably. In the section of I he State 

 which I represent, the farmers generally feed their hay to their 

 stock and then sell the product in the manufactured form. This has 

 proved satisfactorj' in the majority of cases, and the manner in 

 which this has been done is b^- keeping such stock as would pay 

 them best. An important point for every fiirraer to consider is, which is 

 the most profitable stock for him to keep upon his farm. 



