No. 4.] DAIRYING. G3 



the cows have less garget, and will give more milk than with 

 any other food for the same money. 



As I stated to-day to a member of the Board, you cannot 

 lay down any conditions for every farm. If I had some 

 farms I would have a silo, and if I had some others I would 

 not. On my farm I have not built a silo, because I thought 

 I could get food for the cattle cheaper. I do not suppose 

 many of you know how much food can be got from a load of 

 cabbage. Some of you will say it will not make good milk. 

 You may feed green rye to a cow, and when you begin, 

 if you feed all she will eat, the milk w^ill taste. When 

 you first give it to them, any feed will affect the milk. I 

 have not raised any fodder corn for a long time, because I 

 could not afford to, on my form. I raise sweet corn to feed 

 the cows. I am near the market, and sell all the ears I can ; 

 then I do not care how many are left on the corn to feed the 

 cows. It is the best food you can give them. In this way 

 I can make it pay. 



The feed one can get from an acre of cabbage is wonder- 

 ful. I take the cabbage to market, and feed the trimmings 

 to the cows. I begin by giving a very small feeding after 

 milking. Alw^ays feed the cabbage after and never before 

 milking, and it will make very rich milk. There is no ques- 

 tion about it, and the milk will be sweet, too. This has 

 been my experience. 



In farming, each one has to use his own brains and his own 

 way, and then he will make a success. I have heard of men 

 trying to talk like somebody else, but they make failures. 



When I was seventy-two I let my son take the farm, and 

 kept only three or four acres, — just enough to keep me out 

 of mischief. The last three or four years that I sold milk I 

 kept an average of sixteen cows. I did not raise cows, and 

 very seldom let them have a calf. In looking back, I found 

 the gross sales of milk for the last three or four years were 

 one year a little over $2,700, the next year a little over 

 $2,800, and the last year a little over $2,900. I do not 

 know as that is a large average. I sometimes think a little 

 practical talk is a help to us. I have had a great deal of 

 help from farmers' meetings, and especially from our ex-sec- 

 retary. He always gave us something worth hearing. 



