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the managements of creameries and cheese factories, who pay- 

 in accordance with the test, to pay for the pounds of butter 

 made instead of by the butter fat. I wish that he would inter- 

 pret this law for the managements in order that they may know 

 just what may be expected of them. 



Answer. There have been received at the Experiment 

 Station during the past four weeks a great many letters upon 

 this very matter. I have uniformly declined to interpret this 

 law for the reason that I am not myself clear just what the law 

 means. I do not believe, personally, that it is a wise enact- 

 ment. I think that the intentions of the gentleman who intro- 

 duced the bill and of the committee which amended it were of 

 the best. It is meant to prevent or to make more difficult the 

 "doctoring" of the test, which is a crying evil in the creamery 

 system. I fear, however, that the hopes of its author will not 

 be realized, that it will not be found difficult to defeat the end 

 sought. I may say, however, that no one will be better pleased 

 than myself if my view of the matter proves to be incorrect. I 

 would advise everybody who is in doubt regarding the inter- 

 pretation of this law to write to its author, Mr. J. B. Norton of 

 Waitsfield. I am certain that this gentleman will give to all 

 inquiries a courteous response. 



I trust that the dairymen understand that the law in ques- 

 tion, No. 82, is entirely distinct from No. 8i, which is the child 

 of this Association, and fathered by its committee. The latter 

 enactment has to do simply and solely with the character of the 

 apparatus used in creameries and cheese factories for divi- 

 dend making, and the ability of the operatives of the Babcock 

 test. 



Question — What variety of clover would you grow? 



Answer — Usually red clover. It is often worth while to 

 have a little alsike mixed with it. 



Question — What varieties do not succeed ? 



Answer — Crimson or scarlet clover cannot be grown as far 

 north as this because of climatic conditions. 



Question — Is the oat and pea crop an advisable one to 

 grow ? 



Answer — Yes, it does better than any other soiling crop 

 with which I am acquainted as a means of helping out pas- 

 tures. 



Question — May it be hayed or put into the silo ? 



Answer — It may ; neither, however, in my judgment is as 

 advisable as using it as a soiling crop. 



Question — At what stage should it be cut ? 



Answer— -With the oat-heads in the milk, and the peas in 

 blossom or young pod. 



Question — Will there be a rowen crop ? 



