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tion, followed by some one of the diseases the animal is heir to; 

 still the farmers keep right along, year after year, feeding only 

 that which they have or can purchase most cheaply, despite all 

 the warning and advice they are receiving from the institutes, 

 agricultural stations and the press. 



Is a cement floor for cows desirable in a stable? 



Mr. Terry. — Yes^ but I would not give much, if any, slope to 

 such a floor, and I would have the cement of best quality as well 

 as the sand; and have it well mixed; then the surface made just 

 a little rough to prevent the cows from slipping while standing 

 on it. 



How does Mr. Goiild fertilize his land when he follows corn with corn? 



Answer. — I saw a man plowing under a crop of volunteer oats, 

 self-sown, to-day; the crop covered the ground; if those were mine 

 I would leave them where they are for a cover crop. If I follow 

 corn with corn I always follow corn with a catch crop to cover 

 the ground in winter, which is plowed under in the spring. When 

 I came from home, peas I sowed in September were in blossom, 

 but I don't expect any green peas from them. 



Is there any preventive of smut on sweet corn, if so, what is it? 



Dr. Jordan. — I know of none. :• 



Would it be profitable to grow tobacco on a hilly farm? 



A Farmer. — I am growing tobacco in a limited way on a hill- 

 side farm, and I should like to have the experience of others on 

 like farms. Of course it requires a good deal of manure; about 

 all I make, so that the remainder of the farm does not get much, 

 but I can take |100 per acre from the crop. 



Two or three other farmers said they grew tobacco and could 

 buy manure for |1 per load, and that 25 loads would manure an 

 acre well and leave a good profit. Another farmer said he pre- 

 ferred to use his manure on his corn crop. It is king with him. 



Mr. Cook. — If you can get |100 per acre from tobacco why not 

 buy commercial fertilizers? Buy sulphate of potash, nitrate of 



