172 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan., 



find they will give more milk, and give a good quality of 

 milk. 



Among other things, we have fed cabbage to our cows, and 

 "we have found that we can make more milk on cabbage than 

 anything else we have ever fed. It does not flavor the milk, 

 but we are pretty careful not to feed any decayed leaves. I 

 will not say that we can make good butter on cabbage, but we 

 can make good-tasting milk, and have not heard any com- 

 plaint from our customers. 



We cut our corn by the use of a Jersey bull, who works 

 nicely in summer or in winter. We use him in a horse- 

 power. 



Mr. Bill. I remember when this matter of ensilage was 

 first started. It was like fire, and it seemed to me it was 

 going to sweep the land, — and it has partially, — before we 

 could get a reaction. I saw into it the first time that it came 

 up in the meeting, and battled it. I believed it was my duty 

 to do it. I regarded it as another cranberry operation, or 

 morus multicaulis operation, or sorghum operation. I see 

 that only a portion of the farmers of Connecticut have gone 

 into it, and expended $300, 1500, or $800, and it may deter 

 others from doing it, until they investigate the case further. 

 It has been an interesting subject to bring before the meeting, 

 and information has come out that will be beneficial to the 

 farmers of the State. 



Question. What is the proper treatment of an animal 

 that has a weeping eye, or a film growing over the eye? 

 What will remove the film? 



Dr. BowEN. It is quite a general practice to blow a little 

 powdered burnt alum into the eye. A better practice, and one 

 not quite so harsh, is to sponge the eye with a solution of 

 borax — about four grains to an ounce of water. Before one 

 attempts any remedy, he had better investigate the cause of 

 the film, and ascertain whether it comes from a wound that 

 the animal has received, or from some injurious feeding. It 

 is very apt to come from the latter cause. I think farmers 

 are apt to overlook that very important consideration in the 



