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dissolved South Carolina rock and seeded it to clover. We sowed 

 just enough buckwheat to shade the young clover, but not enough 

 to detract moisture from the clover. I never saw a better catch 

 of clover than the one we got. 



Mr. Woodward. — We got lots of clover last year. We have no 

 trouble. There are four conditions necessary to grow it: First, 

 humus; second, potash; third, phosphoric acid; and fourth, there 

 must be no acid in the soil. These conditions furnished, clover 

 will grow just as well as it ever did. The greatest trouble is a 

 lack of humus. Stable manure and the turning under of green 

 crops will furnish humus, but green manures are too costly 

 with me. 



Dr. Smead said that he believed there was some condition we 

 did not understand which prevented clover from growing. He 

 once plowed up an old lane in which cattle had stood for years. 

 The ground was full of humus, but he could not grow clover on it. 



Mr. Woodward. — Probably there is too much nitrogen in the 

 land. I once moved an old barn, but could not grow clover or 

 hardly anything else on the ground where the barn stood. The 

 cause was too much nitrogen. Clover will not grow where there 

 is an excess of it. 



THE DAIEY. 



Question. — What is the best floor for cows, earth, cement or 

 plank ? 



Mr. Irwin. — We use a combination of stone and clay. We have 

 used it several years. It has cost but little for repairs and has 

 given us excellent satisfaction. 



Mr. Smith. — We have cement floors at the Geneva Station, but 

 plank was cemented into them when the cement was laid. We 

 like such floors better than those made wholly of cement. The 

 cows are tied singly, but they have all the room they need and are 

 fastened with a short chain, which gives them liberty to turn about 

 in part, and lick themselves. 



Question. — How shall we manage to get a better price for milk 

 at the stations ? 



Mr. Smith. — The milk stations are paying, as usual, a very good 

 price. It has been found, and is now, a hard problem to settle, 

 but we know that it could be solved in one way at least. 

 The farmers must combine and establish the shipping stations and 



