224 BOAED OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan., 



Mr. Augur. I think tliere is no certainty about that ; they 

 may or may not. There are so many otlier circumstances 

 that intervene, that I think that cannot be calculated on with 

 certainty. 



Question. To obtain the bests results in feeding green 

 corn-stalks to milch cows, should they be wilted before feed- 

 ing, or fed as soon as cut ? 



Mr. Hart. They should be wilted, according to my ex- 

 perience. 



Question. How long ? 



Mr. Hart. From twelve to twenty-four hours. 



Mr. Spurr. I have fed a great many green corn-stalks, 

 and the only advantage in wilting them that I can see is in 

 the less weight we have to handle. I have tried the experi- 

 ment of feeding them to cows as soon as cut, and feeding 

 them after wilting for twenty-four hours, and I could never 

 see any difference, except that it is less work to handle the 

 stalks after they are wilted, because there is less weight. 



Mr. Hart. I adopted that practice because my cows 

 would eat waited stalks better than fresh cut. 



Mr. Cheever. Feed your cows with such food as they 

 like. If they like wilted corn fodder better than freshly-cut, 

 give them that. If they prefer green corn fodder, give them 

 that. 



Mr. Webb. My experience has l)een that they prefer 

 wilted corn fodder to any other. After it has been wilted 

 twenty-four hours, they eat it with a better relish and with 

 less waste. 



Question. One of our farmers has for a number of years 

 applied solely horse manure to his land, and the result is not 

 satisfactory. The soil is a sandy loam, well located. Is the 

 kind of manure the cause, and why ? 



Mr. Gold. I do not understand the drift of that question : 

 whether it is the manure that is at fault, or the land that he 

 puts it on. 



Mr. Crosby. My experience has been that fresh horse 



