No. 4.] DAIRYING. 65 



We say there are no perfect horses. No, we have not 

 attained to perfect horses or animals yet. My disposition 

 was to try and see if we could not better that, so that the 

 horse could be scored higher. I hope we will all profit by 

 these criticisms. 



In regard to what Mr. Sessions has just said about raising 

 our stock, I have raised nearly all the stock I ever had, and 

 I have no disease among the cattle, and it is stock that other 

 people want and are willing to pay me for. 



Mr. N. I. BowDiTCH (of Framingham). There is one 

 point Mr. Sessions touched on, and said he had not had ex- 

 perience in, and that Avas, in feeding ensilage in summer, — 

 having enouo:h left over to feed in the summer. I have done 

 that for the last two or three years, and especially this last 

 summer, and it was a great advantage. It was very surpris- 

 ing to me to see how the cattle would come in from the pasture 

 and enjoy a feeding of ensilage. 



Another point that I think is of great importance to farmers 

 making milk, and that is, warming the water for the cattle. 

 It saves grain. There are a number of tank heaters that can 

 be bought for a small sum, and a fire can be built in them 

 twice a day when the cattle are watered. The cows go out 

 and drink and go in and chew their cud, instead of standing 

 round shivering and letting their hair grow towards their 

 horns. 



Mr. W. B. Barton (of Dalton). Ensilage made of Can- 

 ada peas and Japanese millet gives a food which, in my ex- 

 perience, is superior to the green crop. 



My experience with cabbage is similar to Mr. Clark's. I 

 raise them for the cows, and sell very few of them. 



In regard to growing cows for the dairy ; it has been my 

 good fortune to grow what cows we have used for the last 

 few years. I fear a good many of those who attempt to 

 grow their dairies make the error of not continuing in one 

 line of breed. They select a sire and use it one season, and 

 when they breed another time they are very often apt to in- 

 troduce a sire of another breed. I think that is a cause of 

 a great many of our failures in breeding, — not continuing 

 in the same line of breeding. 



Gen. F. H. Appleton ( of Manchester) . There is a phase 



