302 State Board ov Aghicui.ture, &c. 



ing on the place, until each became odorless. Thid accumu- 

 lation was used as a top-dressing for grass, being spread on 

 evenly the next fall, and it provcdof great benefit. During 

 four _years my cows were stabled at night, summer as well 

 as winter, and the trenches and cellar were supplied with 

 sufficient absorl)ents, loam, muck, scurf, leaves, sawdust, 

 straw, anything at hand, maldng about as much manure in 

 summer as in winter. Nor was the hog-pen forgotten, the 

 swine making as much value of manure, by means of absorb- 

 ents, as they themselves were worth when dressed. 



After stabling my cows at night in this manner for four 

 years, and top-dressing the mowing, the grass crop had 

 increased in it so that tlic mowing and pasture were very 

 unequal in their production of grass. Although the pasture 

 contained three times as many acres as the mowing, the feed 

 in summer was not sufficient for the stock required to eat 

 the hay in winter. I therefore determined to try and 

 improve the pasture by turning the cows out at night, not 

 forgetting to give them a little more meal every day. This 

 item of meal I consider a very efficient means of increasing 

 the grass crop, and think that the produce of the pasture 

 has nearly doubled since adopting the foregoing method. I 

 have much more faith in meal than I have in commercial 

 fertilizers, as I have always found it true to kind and true in 

 its operation. 



Another item of importance is to cut the hay green, an 

 the manure made from feeding early cut hay is much more 

 valuable than that which is made from late cut hay. 



Never use the mowing for grazing purposes, either in 

 fall or spring. 



