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is, it is cut along the latter part of June, perhaps the middle 

 to the latter part. It consists of clover, timothy and red top. 



Mr. Duffy. "Well, now, that of course would depend alto- 

 gether on the quality of the hay, and I wouldn't want to 

 say offhand I wouldn't buy it, but I actually believe from 

 my experience to-day that if I had some corking good cows 

 I could afford to buy the alfalfa. I still believe that I have 

 stood in my own light when I would not buy beet pulp and 

 sell timothy. I had one of the best fields of clover two years 

 ago I ever raised, and for some unknown reason it was filled 

 with alsike, but I have taken it out and am feeding alfalfa, 

 and I know I am doing the right thing and I am getting 

 big returns. I wouldn't dare to feed that hay. 



Now, about ten days after we got through haying at my 

 farm, a friend of mine invited me down to Storrs. It was 

 around the 25th of July; we went from Hartford in an- 

 automobile to Storrs, and I was perfectly astounded to see 

 the dairymen along the road putting in hay to feed their 

 dairy cattle. Why, they couldn't expect to succeed. They 

 have no right to succeed and don't succeed. 



Now, people say dairying doesn't pay, and they are trying 

 to find out what is the reason. Well, there are men who are 

 making dairying pay, even at the prices for market milk in 

 Boston and Hartford; men are making money producing 

 milk of that kind ; but there are also others who are not. 

 The men who are making the money are the men who are 

 working along the right line, in that and eveiy special line 

 of agriculture. In Connecticut they are making money, but 

 they know how to do the thing and do it right, and the fellow 

 who is kicking and says he can't make it pay has got to think 

 it over and change his method. 



Mr. Lee. I would like to ask about beet pulp. Do you 

 shorten your grain ration ? Do you feed the pulp wet ? 



Mr. Duffy. Feed it wet, and do not shorten the grain 

 ration very much. 



Mr. Lee. It is rather expensive, but mighty good. 



Mr. Duffy. When you get $400 or $500 worth of milk 

 by feeding it, what do you care ? If you can increase your 

 yield, what difference does it make ? 



