308 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan., 



I would add that it is the testimony of German -writers on 

 milk that the deep setting system is the best for them. 



Question Box. 



Question. What are the best three grapes for a farmer's 

 garden ? 



Mr. Williams of New Jersey. I should plant for my own 

 use, first the Worden, which is the earliest and best of the 

 black grapes that I know of, in preference to the Concord ; it 

 is larger and better every way. If I wanted three black 

 grapes, I would add the Concord for the second, and perhaps 

 for the third I would take the Wilder for my vicinity. I 

 think it would be hardly safe for me to recommend the Wilder 

 for your climate, for I fear it is too rigid for it. 



Mr. Crosby. I would suggest the Brighton for this region 

 in place of Rogers' No. 4, or Wilder. I think it is a grand 

 grape in every respect. I don't think any better can be had 

 than the other two mentioned. 



Mr. Williams. I will endorse everything the gentleman 

 has said. The Brighton has got a little foreign blood in it, 

 but of the red grapes, it is one of the very best of that 

 character. 



Mr. Wakeman. For my own use, I should take Ives' seed- 

 ling, Moore's early, or Brighton, and the Concord. 



Mr. Hale. If I were planting only three, I would plant 

 first, the Worden, and then the Brighton, which I think is 

 the finest red grape that grows, and the Lady, a white grape, 

 one of the very best here in Connecticut. 



Question. How can our old pastures be brought into a 

 state of fertility ? 



Mr. Gold. I suppose that bone dust is as good as any- 

 thing that can be used for that purpose. Re-seed with or 

 without plowing. 



Question. What is the best grain for sheep in the winter? 



Mr. Gold. Oats may be considered to be the best grain. 

 Corn, wheat bran, linseed meal, might be considered good, 

 and perhaps they would be cheaper, but when you ask for the 



