130 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



AFTERNOON. 



At the opening, the Secretary explained the rehvtions of feeding 

 the farm crops to stock on the farm to the fertiht}' of the soil from 

 which they are taken. The claim is made that the crops of the 

 farm may be fed to good stock and return to the feeder their market 

 value in cash from the income of the stock fed. At the same time 

 a large part of the elements of fertility contained in the products 

 fed out is retained in the form of the voidings of the stock kept. 



Mr. Shaw, of the Penobscot County Farmers' Club, then read 

 the paper on "Profits of Feeding Hay," which was presented at the 

 Piscataquis Institute. After the reading of the paper, a gentleman 

 present asked the following question : 



How can witch grass {Triticum repens) be eradicated? 



Bexj. Lincoln, of Dennysville, replied that in 1881 he plowed 

 witch grass sod immediately' after haying, and between that time 

 and winter plowed twice more, harrowing thoroughly' each time. 

 This gave the grass no time to recover and establish itself again 

 after being disturbed b}' the plowing and working of the soil. This 

 3'ear, 1882, it was in root crops and without an}- appearance of the 

 grass. The past autumn the experiment has been repeated on 

 another field, and at the present time the grass appears to be all 

 destroyed. 



EVENING 



Was given to a lecture b}' Francis Barnes of Houlton, subject, 

 " Having a Purpose," no report of which is given. 



An interchange of courtesies and an expression of thanks for 

 attentions received closed a successful institute. 



