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names have lung been on our records as experts in l)utter-niak- 

 ing are passing away and younger ])ersons are taking their 

 places, who are looking to our reports tor int'orniation, it secnis 

 necessary that new reports should be made from time to time, 

 to supply the ^^•ants of our ever changing community. 



The dairv in its different forms holds a prominent ])laee^ 

 among the fjirmers of Essex, and most of the producers near 

 our cities and large villages sell their milk and make but little 

 or no butter and cheese. That a dairy may be ])rofitable, good 

 cows are indispensable. If the milk is designed for butter, the 

 quality as well as the quantity should be considered, and that 

 such information may be had the milk from each cow shoidd 

 be set and churned separately ; otherwise a cow that gi\es a 

 large quantitv of poor milk may 1)0 kc[)t for years unprofitable 

 to the owner and not be known. 



How to get extra cows is a problem difhcult to sohc, as 

 most persons a:c not willing to sell their best cows at a reason- 

 able price. Mr. Dane's premium butter highly recommends 

 the Jersey cows, but as to the quantity made avc are not in- 

 formed. 



Good keeping is necessary, as it has nnich to <lo w irh the 

 quality as well as the quantity of milk. Past<u'es witli a large- 

 portion of Avhite clover furnish good feed in summer. The 

 most of our pastures soon grow dry and the feed shoi-t, then 

 the question is what shall be used as extra feed. 



Your Committee were unanimously of the opinion — lia\ ing- 

 had many years of experience and careful observation — that 

 green corn fodder is the best article that can be used', taking 

 into consideration its value for food, and the ense witli ^\liich it 

 can be raised. 



The writer tried an exi)criment several years ago wliich a\ as 

 substantially as follows : . 



Four cows were selected from his herd when liis pa.-hutvs 

 Avere parched with excessive drought. Two of them were i'cd 

 niii-ht and morning' with iireen coi-n-stalks, as much as tliey 

 would eat. The other two Averc; fed witli Knulish hav of me- 



