70 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan. 



with a single acre. All the manure that has been put upon 

 that acre has been six or eight loads of sea- drift. It is quite 

 light land, and with that six or eight loads of sea drift and 

 the rye that I plough under I keep it going year after year ; 

 and, if I should state the cost of the corn I have obtained, 

 I don't suppose there are many here who would believe it. 

 I gather the corn when it is just glazed over, and cut the 

 fodder up and put it into the silo. Professor Goessmann 

 tells us that it is worth four dollars a ton put into the silo. 

 I kept an account of the cost of the corn grown on that acre 

 last year, and it figures up thirty-two dollars and ten cents, 

 including ploughing, cultivating, seed, taxes, interest, and 

 everything of the kind. I have plenty of sea-drift, and 

 there is no expense connected with that except that of haul- 

 ing it. I had eight tons of green fodder, which is worth 

 thirty-two dollars, according to the professor's estimate of 

 the value. I had forty-five bushels of com, that cost me 

 just ten cents. 



Qlestiox. I would like to ask Dr. Fisher if he thinks it 

 is advisable to keep apples out of doors in some cold place ? 



Dr. Fisher. Xo, sir. The trouble is, that the tempera- 

 ture is not uniform ; it is cold niorhts and warm dav-times. 

 That is what we want to avoid. It is better to put them in 

 the cellar, although it may be warmer than the average tem- 

 perature out of doors, because of the uniformity. I have no 

 difficulty in keeping Hubbardstons until the middle of 

 Febnuiry, Greenings until the last of March, and Baldwins 

 until the middle of May. 



Secretary Sessions. TVhat is the advantage of your cold 

 storage house ? 



Dr. Fisher. It is of no advantage, except that it is very 

 uniform in temperature. There is no ice in it for refrigera- 

 tion. I cool it down by opening it when it is colder outside 

 than in ; I shut it up as soon as the temperature outside be- 

 comes warm. "When we have cold nights in the autumn I 

 have no difficulty in cooling the apples down, but if warm 

 days come on I find it difficult sometimes to cool them down. 



Question. A good many people head their barrels up, 

 thinking the apples keep better in that way. What is your 

 idea about that ? 



