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hardly necessary to say that the corn is cut before the sap is dry, 

 stacked in the field, the fodder bound in bundles after it is husk- 

 ed, and preserved in as dry a state as possible. 



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Since I have used fodder ilius prepared, I have kept from 

 twenty-six to thirty-five head of cattle, besides horses and sheep 

 during the winter, and have used at least ten loads of hay less 

 than when I kept only twelve. In the spring my cattle were in 

 better order than usual." 



The next statement which I shall quote is that of Amos Shel- 

 don, Esq., of Beverly, Mass, a gentleman with whose eharaeter 

 as an intelligent, excellent, and successful farmer, 1 have the 

 pleasure to be well acquainted. 



Beverly, Jan. 25, 1834. 

 Mr. J. R. Newell, 



Dear Sir : It is with pleasure that I comply with your 

 request, asking the result of my experience on the subject of 

 feeding stock. My stock consists of fifty-one head, namely : 8 

 horses, 4 oxen, 35 cows, and 2 yearlings. This stock was fed 

 in the usual way, with English, salt, and fresh meadow hay, with 

 meal and potatoes, as their case required, until the 1st of Dec. 

 last, at which time 1 commenced chopping my hay. In giving 

 njy experience, I must, in some measure, ask the privilege of a 

 Yankee, viz. that of guessing ; but in this case I think lean 

 guess pretty correctly, as much of the hay has been loaded, in 

 consequence of having to remove it from one barn to another, 

 and calculating the number of days a load would last, the result 

 is as follows : 



700 lbs. of English hay, at | 

 200 " fresh do. 

 100 " salt do. 



3 bushels corn meal, 



8 " long red potatoes, 



10 



Per day, §10 2,5. 



