156 BOARD OP AGRICULTURE. 



Mr. Robinson. This year I feed ra^- cotton seed meal dry, and 

 find just as good results. I put in a little salt. At one time I 

 asked a gentleman from Augusta what he did for cows when they 

 had the garget. He said : "I don't have any cows that have the 

 garget ; I feed them salt and they are not troubled with garget." 

 And I find it so myself, if you give them plent}- of salt. 



Question. You don't find any difficulty in making a uniform 

 quality of buttei? 



Mr. Robinson. No, sir ; I think most people bu}' too small 

 creameries. You want it large enough to put in a good sized piece 

 of ice. 



Question. Do you find any difference in the cream rising in the 

 summer and winter? 



Mr. Robinson. There is no winter and summer with my creamery ; 

 it is just so cold the year round. 



Question. At what temperature do you have 3-our cream? 



Mr. Robinson. The cream is about 64 now, I think. I think 

 you must have your tempei-ature a little higher where a creamery is 

 used than where it is set in pans. 



Question. Do you have any fear of your market being injured 

 by several of your neighbors going into the business? 



Mr. Robinson. No ; I think the more good butter 3-ou sell the 

 better the demand. 



Sec. Gilbert. What butter worker can 30U recommend? 



Mr. Robinson. "We use the Eureka butter worker. I don't know 

 ..as that is the best. The greatest objection I have to it is that it 

 takes up too much room. 



Erastus Lermond, member of the board from Knox count}' : 



I thiuk well of the dairy business. 1 think it should be the lead- 

 ing business of farming. I can see no better way to bring up the 

 fertility of our fai'ms than by keeping cows ; and kcoj)ing larger 

 quantities than we do now is what we need to do. 



I was asked to speak of the local adaptation of this county for 

 dairying. I think this county is as much favored in this respect as 

 any in the State. I don't know of any favorable condition that tlie}' 

 have in any part of the State that wc have not. We have excellent 

 .feed here, and a great variety of it. Tliere is no better laud for 

 raising hay that I know of than there is in this- county, especially 

 along the sea board ; and we have ponds and lakes for storing ice 

 handily. We have an abundance of good water, and that is essen- 



