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haying by the middle of June, thus ensuring a second crop on 

 nearly all of the mowing land. Tiie Messrs. Anderson had their 

 first crop housed this year June 25th, and cut nearly thirty-five 

 tons of rowen ; they esteem the early cutting of hay of great 

 importance, and remarked that as they raised but little corn, 

 they fat their cattle principally upon rowen, being enabled by 

 feeding until about May 1st, to get as good prices for their beef 

 as those who make a business of feeding with corn are able to 

 obtain in March ; they attribute much of their success in 

 raising stock, to the fine quality of hay on which they are kept. 

 They pay particular attention to their calves the first winter, 

 giving them the best of their provender, and in every way 

 encouraging a constant growth. 



There can be no question but that the practice of cutting 

 grass early, especially when it is designed for growing stock or 

 cows in milk, might be generally followed to great advantage, 

 but this cannot always be done ; where Timothy is raised, 

 a second crop cannot be expected, without the first is taken 

 off before it is grown sufficiently to make it profitable to do 

 so ; but on almost every farm there is more or less land 

 that may be kept in grass continually to a profit; by top- 

 dressing, this land may all produce two crops of the finest 

 quality of grass, if the first is cut very early, say in June. But 

 little Timothy is raised in Shelburne the land being usually 

 seeded with the finer varieties. Top-dressing mowing lands is 

 almost the universal practice in this locality. 



The pastures of the Messrs. Anderson are quite remarkable. 

 Scarcely a bush or brier to be seen, and the grass, although late 

 in the season, being in some of their pastures almost equal to 

 a mowing field ; they are cautious about over-feeding pastures, 

 and deem it very desirable that a good covering of fog or old 

 grass should be left on the fields through the winter. Their 

 oxen, cows and steers are all Short-horn grades (descendants 

 of " Northumberland " and are models of symmetry and 

 thrift ; their size was truly astonishing. 



Farms occupied by Messrs. Lewis Long, George C. Dole, and 

 G. P. Carpenter, were visited, all having barns on the principle 

 described ; their owners are working farmers, and wxre found 

 taking advantage of this rather leisure season, in making 



