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making butter, but the owner must market it; three and one-half 

 cents seems to be the usual price when the creamery both makes 

 and sells. It costs me just as much for making their butter as if 

 I sold it somewhere else. Deduct that price per pound for the 

 price it is sold for. 



Do you know anything of the value of " Speltz " as a forage crop, 

 highly recommended by a seed dealer? 



Mr. Smith. — I know nothing of it, except that, as a rule, all 

 these new-fangled things are no good. Go slow; don't invest your 

 money in them. It would be much better to fit a piece of land 

 well and then sow alfalfa. It is one of the best forage crops one 

 can raise. 



"What will keep cider all winter, from working? 



Mr. Litchard. — It is said that a good prohibitionist can keep 

 it by putting in a little "sassafras;" I don't know how much, 

 however. 



Mr. Cook. — Heat it up to 130 or 140 degrees, strain it, add a 

 few raisins, then put it into clean bottles and stop them tightly; 

 in that way I am told it keeps very nicely. 



What is practical farming? 



Mr. William Eastman. — A farming that will pay in dollars and 

 cents; nothing short. 



Mr. Cook. — What might bring success to one farmer might not 

 to another, and I think we ought to consider something else be- 

 side dollars and cents. But it has been my observation that the 

 man who looks after little things and economizes, does best. It 

 is a question of individuality and moral honesty more than any 

 other. 



On what crops is a weeder adapted? Can they be used on sugar beets 

 and strawberries? 



A Farmer. — On any common crop. 



Mr. Chapman. — I have used the weeder on strawberries and 



raspberries, and I know of a man who used it on three acres of 



