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.with a chain around the neck to one of these uprights; the next 

 cow to the upright opposite. This prevents the cows quarreling, 

 or stealing from one another, while both can drink from the same 

 basin. The fastener is known as the Ohio patent, and costs about 

 20 cents each. We think the arrangement the best of anv we 

 have yet seen. The only trouble with the Bidwell stall is, that 

 it almost completely hides the cow, so that, if you want to show 

 her she must be taken out. 



Question. — What about the swinging stanchion? 



Mr. Smith. — It is a very good one; an improvement on the old 

 rigid stanchion, as it allows the cows more freedom; but it is not 

 as good as those mentioned. 



Question. — Do you get all the cream when using the water 

 separator? How does it compare with other methods? 



Mr. Gould. — It is a fact that it will skim milk from cows Ions? 

 in lactation more closely than will some other devices, which i3 

 not saying much for it. 



Question. — I have a small farm. How can I get the most 

 money from it? 



Mr. Smith. — That depends; if a man were near a city, possibly 

 he would get most from small fruits or milk, according as he 

 had a market. 



To Mr. Gould. — What is the best device for fastening cows 

 in the stable? 



Answer. — I have about concluded that the best way is to cut 

 off the cows' horns, then put five cows in a box stall. A chain 

 around the neck snapped into a rope, and fastened to a swing 

 stanchion, is a good fastener. I do not know just which method 

 I prefer. The chain will prevent the cow from stepping back 

 and into the gutter. 



Mr. Smith described the fixtures used at the Geneva Station 

 stable, which was a chain around the cow's neck, snapped into a 

 ring which slipped on a bar in front of the cows. It is preferred to 

 the old way of having the ring slip up and down on a perpendicu- 

 lar rod. 



Question. — Would it be proper for the State to send out speak- 

 ers who are not successful farmers? 



A Farmer. — I do not think we would care to listen to them. 



Mr. Cook. — That is an old question. I have not heard it in 

 five years. 



Question. — What do you think about fall plowing? 



