158 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Mr. Starkett. I have fed mine for two years past a small amount 

 through the summer, and I am satisfied it has paid me. Another 

 gentleman here says he has tried it and thinks it has paid him. 



Mr. Harris. In regard to pasturing, I wish to say a word. 

 A man ma}' be situated so that he don't have to rel}- much on 

 pasturing. If a man has an acre of land worth fifty dollars, he can 

 do better than to use it for pasture. In the fall of the year he can 

 sow that acre of land, well fertilized, to winter rye. When it is 

 large enough in the spring he can cut it green for feed, until about 

 the middle of June, then what there is left he can cut and cure for 

 hay. Then let him, upon this same land, sow Hungarian grass, five 

 pecks to the acre, and by and by he is going to have some green 

 fodder there. In the fall he may cut at the rate of three tons to the 

 acre of as good ha}- as he puts in his barn. Probably 3'ou are all 

 acquainted with this kind of thing, but if you are not, I assure you 

 it can be done. There is no fiction about it. 



There is only one way to make cows pa}-, and that is by paying 

 them, in advance, plenty of feed, kind treatment and warm shelter, 

 and keeping them cleanly. A man should experiment, as Mr. 

 Robinson has done, and see what results he gets by this and that 

 feed. Feed as high as you find it will pay you, and when you arrive 

 at the point where it does not pay to increase the feed, it is time to 

 stop. Cows should be fed and milked at regular hours. 



Qcjestion. Would you recommend a man with one or two cows to 

 use a creamery? 



Mr. Harris. I think he had better get a small creamery, adapted 

 to the size of his dairy. I use a Mosely creamery. 



Mr. Starrett. The question has been raised as to whether there 

 was danger of over-production of butter in Knox county. I was 

 very much surprised last summer when a gentleman in Rockland 

 told me of the amount of oleomargarine that his firm handled. I 

 didn't suppose any of the stuff was sold here. A man will not use 

 that when he can get good butter. I think as long as that stuff is 

 sold here there is no danger of overdoing the business. 



Mr. UuNTON. I have a great deal of faith in the dairy business. 

 ' 1 have twelve good cows, and I think I can make a living out of 

 ■them when I get them up to the standard where I want them. 



Mr. Leumond. There is a great objection raised to increasing 

 the dairy, on account of the labor for the women. I think the more 



