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pounds of butter, and 6,694 pounds of cheese. For the re- 

 maining six months of the year I estimate one-third as much, 

 or 30,600 pounds of milk more. 



My first green crop which I feed to my cows is winter rye, 

 which I commence to cut and feed in the stable as soon as 

 the grain begins to head, and continue to use it so long as it 

 remains green. Next I use grass mown in early, rich places, 

 where it would lodge and spoil, if left to be cut for the hay- 

 crop. Then I use green oats, which are sown thickly upon 

 rich, well-tilled land. When this is past, Stowell's ever- 

 green sweet-corn is large enough to cut, which I continue to 

 use till frost comes. Corn I consider the most valuable of 

 all green crops for the dairy. The last crop of the year, and 

 the best one too, considering its cost, I think, is the flat tur- 

 nip, which I feed to my cows till the ground freezes. I feed 

 them, strewn upon grass-ground, after the cows have been 

 milked. 



I have commenced a system of improvement of my worn- 

 out pasture-land, by taking out the stones, ploughing, culti- 

 vating, manuring, and re-seeding. Jn this way I expect to 

 restore my pastures to that abundant supply of sweet, milk- 

 producing grass that was produced so abundantly in former 

 years. This I do in small sections, as fast as my regular farm- 

 operations will allow. 



Bakeb, Oct. 15, 1877. 



