60 BOARD OP AGRICULTURE. 



There is another point in regard to getting hay in. I never 

 want but one day to make my hay, and I cut three tons to the 

 acre. I cut one day, and get it in the next. But there are 

 exceptions. If we have bad a rain, there is more moisture in 

 the ground, so that the hay will not dry so quickly, and the 

 juices of the grass will not be absorbed so readily. I think that 

 point should be taken into consideration. 



Mr. Allis, of Conway. In our Connecticut River Valley, 

 you know that our special crop is tobacco ; but our farmers 

 have got into the habit of sowing wheat somewhat, and they 

 are raising very good crops — thirty or forty bushels to the acre. 

 They seldom, if ever, plough their ground, after the crop of 

 tobacco is taken off. They merely take a cultivator and run it 

 over the ground until they get it about level, and then sow 

 their wheat and roll it down. Those who have tried this plan, 

 think that their seed is more likely to catch, and their wheat 

 also less likely to winter-kill than if they ploughed. 



Mr. Buefinton. How would the crop compare in quantity ? 



Mr. Allis. I can only say for myself, that I have had better 

 success, after tobacco, in having my grass come up strong and 

 heavy, than I ever did before. I have been told again and 

 again, that I was ruining my farm by raising tobacco, but I 

 have followed it twelve years. I have turned over about half 

 the land that I used to mow to pasturage, and I get a grdat 

 deal more hay than I did before, and of a better quality. I 

 never put tobacco on any piece of land more than two years in 

 succession. Then I seed it down, and follow it up. 



Mr. Bupfinton. How is the manure heap ? 



Mr. Allis. If it is not as big, I endeavor to make it as big. 

 I aim to have it as large as possible. 



Adjourned. 



Evening Session. 



The evening meeting commenced at 7| o'clock. There was 

 a large audience in attendance, among whom were many 

 ladies. 



The Chairman. I have the honor of introducing to you 

 this evening, the Hon. Wm. B. Washburn, the governor elect, 

 who will preside on this occasion. 



