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creamery perhaps he had better carry the milk and have it sep- 

 arated there, but if two or more miles away, I think it would be 

 better to have a separator and carry the cream to be made into 

 butter, if not convenient to make it at home ; thus saving quite 

 an item of expense in hauling so much milk to and from the 

 creamery. 



Another thing to be considered in connection with this 

 business of which we have not spokem, is the skim milk which 

 is fed to calves and hogs. This helps to swell the amount of 

 cash, and fertilizers to keep up the fertility of the farm, as well 

 as to increase the amount of stock on the farm and the capacity 

 of the farm to keep more stock. 



Perhaps some would like to know how we feed, if so I will 

 say we feed a small amount of hay first in the morning, then 

 milk. After breakfast we water the cows and clean the stables. 

 While the cows are out we clean out the mangers and feed en- 

 silage and grain, ready for them when they come in. Nothing 

 more until night, when we feed another small feed of hay be- 

 fore supper. After supper we milk, then feed ensilage and grain. 



In preparing this paper you will pardon me if I have had 

 too much to say concerning my own experience ; for as I am no 

 scientific man, but a plain practical one, there was not much I 

 could say without speaking from experience, so I have left the 

 theories and the scientific part for those who can do them justice. 



