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amount of the grain raised on the farm ; but that in a succes- 

 sion of years, he will realize the greatest profit by feeding most 

 of his grain crop to his stock, thereby increasing the fertility of 

 the soil by their more enriching manure, depending mainly for 

 his cash returns upon the meat sold in the market. Mr. John 

 Johnston, of Geneva, New York, finds that he cannot keep his 

 land in a sufficiently fertile condition for profitable production 

 of wheat unless he buys largely of oil-meal to feed to his stock, 

 chiefly for the purpose of making more active manure. The 

 English farmers say they don't understand how their brethren 

 on this side of the Atlantic can afford to export their oil-meal 

 cake. Now, if Mr. Ilolbrook, of Vermont, an experienced and 

 successful farmer, is convinced that in the " long run " it is 

 better to have most of the grain crop fed to the animals on the 

 farm, besides all the hay and the other fodder ; if Mr. Johns- 

 ton, of New York, in the heart of the " Genesee country " is 

 satisfied that his land needs the fertilizing effect of a large con- 

 sumption of oil-meal by his stock, and if the English rightly 

 estimate the value of their land by the amount of meat pro- 

 duced for the market, how can we, on this hard New England 

 soil, maintain even, much less improve, its productive power, if 

 we keep up a constant drain upon its fertility by making milk 

 its chief product, and sending it away to consumers ? Let 

 those who are able answer the question. The subject is worthy 

 the serious consideration of all producers of milk. 



C. C. Field, Chairman. 



N. B. Reed's Statement of Herd of Cows. 



White Head is mixed breed, nine years old, calved May 4th, 

 1858, time to calve again March 2d, I860. Was raised in 

 Sterling. She gave the first seven days in June, two hundred 

 and sixty-one pounds of milk, an average of thirty-seven and 

 one-seventh pounds per day. She gave the first seven days in 

 September, two hundred and eighteen pounds, an average of 

 thirty-one and one-seventh per day. Her calf is a heifer ; am 

 raising it. 



White Foot is mixed breed, four years old, calved March 

 27th, 1859, time to calve again March 12th, 18(30. Raised her. 

 Ilcr calf I sold at six weeks old for <jt>10.50. She gave the first 



