568 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



of the country they are so d.irk a man can hardly do his work at this 

 season of the year -without a hintern. I tliink there should be two rows of 

 cattle facing each oilier, and get the stock in a long string the full length 

 of the barn. 



Frank Taylor: Do you have the ends of the barn to the bank, or the 

 sides of the barn to the bank? 



Henry Schlosser: The side of the barn. 



Mr. Reamer: Has any one used any of these dumps to take the offal 

 back and forth out of the building, and if so, how successfully? 



Mr. Kippey: I have seen them work. They seem to work all right. 

 You can shove them along behind the cows and load them, and shove 

 them out, and raise them up as fhey go out, and dump them into a wagon; 

 and I think they are quite convenient. But we did not adopt that plan. 

 We just drive in, as I have said, right in between the cows, and clean out. 



Mr. Reamer: You deliver right to the field? 



Mr. Rippey: Yes. 



Mr. Reamer: Do you use a manux'e spreader, or not? 



Mr. Rippey: No, sir, we have not got to that yet. I have often 

 thought we would. 



Mr. Reamer: We tried one of those this year, and it was very success- 

 ful. 



Mr. Rippey: I think so. The agent at our place sold two carloads at 

 our town last summer. Those were the first ever sold at our place. 

 Some speak very highly of them. 



George Schlosser: How successful would a manure spreader be where 

 the snow is a foot deep or maybe six inches? 



Mr. Reamer: There is nothing but what has its drawbacks. But I 

 want to tell you, you can get your manure on so many more acres. I 

 know our manure this year went as far again as before. We have the 

 results to show for it. 



Mr. Goodrich, of Wisconsin: The manure spreader is all right where 

 there is neither deep mud nor snow. It is a great convenience. I never 

 had everything I wanted in my barn. I don't know as anybody ever did. 



