WHEN TO CUT CORN FODDER. 119 



One word about corn fodder. I ana glad that has been spoken 

 of. For three years I have planted my corn fodder early. I 

 became satisfied that I got nothing for the corn fodder fed to my 

 cows. I do not think I ever received a pound of milk for all I 

 fed to them. But for three years, as I said, I have planted my 

 fodder corn early, and let it stand until the ears began to form. 

 The moment the ears begin to form, I begin to cut and feed to 

 my cows, and I find that in this way I increase my milk. I was 

 glad to hear that idea thrown out by the doctor. It corresponds, 

 again, with my experience. I think it is science. 



Adjourned to two o'clock, P. M. 



Afternoon Session. 



At the opening of the afternoon meeting, the chairman, Mr. 

 Goodman, of Lenox, stated that the first subject for discussion 

 was 



FARM AND GARDEN VEGETABLES. 



He then proceeded to open the discussion generally, as fol- 

 lows : — 



There is probably no subject which is of more interest to the 

 farmer, not only as a producer, but as a partaker of the good 

 things of the earth, than this subject of garden and farm veg- 

 etables. We all know that " God made the country, and man 

 made the town," and the first country that was made was for- 

 tunately a garden, and the first man, I am sorry to say, did as 

 Charles Lamb said he would have done, " sinned himself out of 

 it." And we find that that feeling has come down to the pres- 

 ent day. There are a great many more people to-day who are 

 willing to sin themselves out of farms and gardens, and rush to 

 the cities, than there are people who are content to remain in 

 the primeval paradise. Now, what we are trying to do as a 

 Board of Agriculture, what the intelligent and cultivated men 

 throughout the country, who are engaged in the pursuits of 

 agriculture are endeavoring to do, is to restore this feeling ; to 

 make men believe that they can live as happily and pleasantly 

 on their farms in the country, and fully as profitable, as they 

 can live in the city. And this matter of profit is the one which 

 strikes us most forcibly, in relation to the policy which we are 

 to pursue in our farming operations. 



