474 STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Mr. Tyrer is sound on the turnip question. In England this is the staple crop 

 with stock growers, and here the more roots we raise the more stock we can 

 raise, and the more manure for our fields and orchards. Corn does well among 

 orchards and orchards well among corn, and I see no difference between sowed 

 corn and that planted in hills. In regard to sowed corn it is a mistake to sow 

 too close. The closer the corn is grown the less valuable it is. It wants light 

 and air, and to be in a condition to produce corn. I prefer a large growth of 

 stock, and if this is cut at the proper time you have the whole substances for 

 forming the ear as well as the stock. 



Mr. Brinkmau. — I admit we ought to raise roots and green fodder, but I 

 think no more fodder than to summer cattle, nor roots than to winter them. 

 If you want to go into the business extensively, you must manure heavily. 

 Near a city you may do this, but most of us keep cattle for use only, and raise 

 crops for a living, relying mainly on our trees. We must raise clover. Subsoil 

 the land, plant to clover, and you have a heavier crop of roots than hay. We 

 must increase the fertility of our soil. 



Mr. Drew. — Our corn crop is one of our most valuable crops. We tie the 

 fodder in bundles, set it up In stocks, and draw it in as we need it. Our or- 

 chard we planted in corn till the trees began to bear, thereafter the trees had 

 the whole benefit of the ground. 



Mr. Marshall. — We gave them, in addition, nearly all the manure we made. 

 Our wheat crop was nearly a failure, but our mixed crops, corn, roots, potatoes, 

 etc., reached nearly 4,000 bushels, showing the value of mixed husbandry. 



Mr. Brinkman. — We can't get corn fodder to use before the first of July, but 

 we can use clover earlier, and ten acres of clover can be raised as easily as one 

 acre of corn. If that is so, I think we had better stick to clover. 



Mr. Montague. — I cut clover from middle of June to middle of July, then 

 sowed corn is fit to feed to cows. The New York dairymen passed a unani- 

 mous resolution that green corn fodder was very profitable feed for cows. 



Mr. Gray. — I use about three bushels of corn to the acre. Prepare the 

 ground early, harrow it, have my furrows about three feet apart, drill in the 

 corn by hand, drag just before the corn comes up, then cultivate three or four 

 times during the season. I put in the corn at different times, as may be con- 

 venient. I cover by laying the plow down and dragging it over the rows. 

 The cost is not more, I should think, than $13 per acre. Farmers sometimes 

 complain of want of time. Plow early, as early as possible, and put in what 

 you can. One acre, with ordinary pastures, will keep several cows in good flow 

 of milk. 



Club then adjourned to meet at Old Mission, Monday evening, February 1. 



GEO. L. ROBERTS, 

 Recording Secretary. 



