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point. I don't know a more thrifty set of farmers than those of 

 Long Island, Avho have practiced selling hay all their lives, and 

 buying manure, which they haul from the city, or get by water 

 nearer their farm.s. There arc many men upon Long Island who 

 have grown rich selling hay. They keep very few cattle, and 

 consider this a very good system of farming, and I am inclined 

 to agree with them. If you look at the hay market in the 

 adjoining square, you will find it full of wagons loaded with hay, 

 which I think answers the question. 



Mr, Robinson. — I don't believe any system of farming can be 

 as prosperous without feeding stock upon the farm as with. I 

 don't believe any farmer can afford to haul such coarse manure 

 as they do from this city, and haul hay from their farms ten or 

 fifteen miles distant. 



Dr. Trimble. — I believe there is no greater error in farming 

 than hauling hay to market and buying manure to haul back 

 again. There is no county in the United States where farmers 

 are more prosperous than in Chester county, Pennsylvania — there 

 the farmers won't sell hay. They grow hay, and feed it at home, 

 and fatten bullocks to sell. This system enables them to graze 

 large numbers in summer which is profitable. Many farmers in 

 England have proved the value of feeding hay at home. The 

 practice of selling hay is sure to exhaust thg farm. 



Prof Nash. — Farmers near towns may possibly afford to haul 

 manure, they cannot do it thirty miles, nor can they afford to 

 sell hay at any price and buy manure. I am sure from personal 

 observation, that Long Island farmers could pursue a more pro- 

 fitable course than selling hay. 



Mr. Pardee. — I have noticed on Long Island, where farmers 

 appear to be thriving in spite of bad management, if they grow 

 rich by selling hay, it is at a slow pace. I am well satisfied 

 that some of those who make $500 a year by that, would make 

 $2,000 just as easily by a different course of farming. I am 

 sure that no farmer can afford to haul hay ten miles, and haul 

 manure back again. 



Wm. S. Carpenter. — I believe it is a good practice to sell hay, 

 and if some farmers followed the practice of feeding all at home, 

 they would run out. Cows often eat their value in hay in one 

 winter, and a ton of hay will not make more than three dollars 

 worth of manure. 



Mr. Pardee. — Let us see about this. Suppose hay is worth 



