No. 4.] SOILING AND SUMMER SILAGE. 63 



]\rr. Adams. When yon sow the rye in the fall, after tak- 

 ing oif the corn, do you plow the ground again or just use the 

 cutaway harrow ? 



Mr. Daniels. The cutaway and spring-tooth harrow. 

 We use a grain drill and find that drilling the grain is a 

 whole lot better than broadcasting it by hand. The drill 

 helps to j)ulverize the soil so that the crop has a better chance 

 to grow. 



Mr. J. J. Erwin. Can you raise better corn on sod land 

 than on old land ? 



Mr. Da:niels. Yes ; that is why we do it. 



Mr. S. F. Reed. I would like to ask Mr. Daniels if I 

 understood correctly that it was about an even thing in the 

 matters he has described to make milk at 5 cents a quart ? 



Mr. Daniels. Yes, I believe it is. The milk producers 

 of Massachusetts are on the losing side of the game with 1 

 cent more a quart and sending milk to Boston. You coidd 

 do a whole lot better by organizing the little creameries that 

 we had a few years ago, or by separating the cream, sending 

 that into market, and keeping the skimmed milk on the farm 

 for raising the dairy cow that the trade demands. The cow 

 that will produce 10,000 pounds of milk per year is the 

 profitable cow, and you can raise her for less than you can 

 buy her. There is not much margin in milk at 51/4 cents a 

 quart because hay is so high. 



Mr. Reed. What is a grade cow, that will give 10,000 

 pounds of milk, worth on the farm ? 



Mr. Daxiels. At least $100 ; probably more. A cow that 

 produces 5,000 pounds will probably turn the wheels of your 

 machines only, and the other will give 60 times as much 

 prol;t as the cow that gives 5,000. That is the actual com- 

 putation as I figured it out, the difi^erence in value of the 

 2 cows. 



Mrs. Adda F. Howie. Do you raise all the roughage for 

 your entire herd ? 



Mr. Daxiels. Yes, we have 72 acres of tillable laud and 

 carry 100 head. 



Mr. Reed. What was the cost of grain for one year for 

 that herd ? 



