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their likiuj; of clover hay as that green timothy hay, and Iroiu the 

 cows' actions or responses I am satisiied lliat the majority of the 

 farmers in our State wait at least two or three weeks too long be- 

 fore cutting their timothy hay. 



MR. E. S. HOOVER: On this matter of cutting timothy hay, I 

 find by experience, as already stated, that the better time to cut 

 it for milch cows is before it gets into bloom or blossom; for horses 

 or market 1 think the better time and most profitable is to cut it 

 just before the blossom is oft". The objection I have to cutting it 

 when the blossom is on is that it makes the hay dusty. 1, therefore, 

 do not cut timothy while in blossom, in order to avoid the dust; I 

 cut before or after, whether for milch cows or horses and market. 



MR. BLYHOLDER: You have heard all the questions sent in be- 

 fore this morning's sessions. Those just sent in and any others 

 3'ou may have during the morning we will hold over for our next ses- 

 sion. 



The CHAIRMAN: The next paper on the program is "Commer- 

 cial Fertilizers, their Nature and Use," by Hon. T. J. Philips, of 

 Atglen, Pa. 



MR. PHILIPS: Those who are as familiar with this subject as 

 I am will realize that it is a broad subject, and it is not possible 

 to treat it very fully in the time assigned me, and I propose to 

 limit myself to that time. 



I think it is proper to you to say that this paper has not been pre- 

 pared practically for your information, because I presume that most 

 of the men before me are just as familiar with this question as I am, 

 and I have prepared it more particularly to meet the difficulties 

 and queries that I hear in Farmers' Institute work, and to try and 

 help some of the thousands of men who will read it after you and 

 I have forgotten it. 



The paper is as follows: 



