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use up the profits. The scales and Babcock test are a posi- 

 tive need on the dairy farm. 



New England farmers can grow more of their nitrogenous 

 foods in the shape of clovers, peas, soja beans, and, mixing 

 with the corn in silo, greatly decrease the cost of necessary 

 grain ration, and at the same time remove less of that most 

 costly fertilizing element from the soil, namely, nitrogen, 

 and with the careful saving of farm manures constantly im- 

 prove the condition of the farm. 



Market gardening near the large markets is one of the 

 best openings for the farmer, but, like all other success- 

 ful farm operations, must be grown into and special lines 

 followed for success. In fruit growing there are many ex- 

 amples of what can be done both for those near to market 

 and at some distance from same. The apple can be grown in 

 all sections of New England, and seldom fails to show a profit 

 over cost of production. The peach in some sections under 

 proper conditions has proved profitable, and the demand 

 for small fruits is considerable. Strawberries, raspberries 

 and blackberries are always in demand in our markets, 

 especially for No. 1 goods, and right here comes the point : 

 whatever you have to sell, put it up in the best possible 

 condition to market, as buyers of such goods look at the 

 packages oftentimes as much as at the goods, and the extra 

 cost thereof is more than doubly paid for, besides giving 

 better satisfaction to the buyer. 



The poultry industry is one of the opportunities too often 

 neglected, and should be carefully cared for, even as a side 

 issue, on every farm. I say side issue, for it is a business 

 of itself, but can be profitably carried on in connection with 

 other farm operations, especially fruit growing, and many 

 examples of success are abundant in our Commonwealth. 

 Here also, as in the dairy, careful selection, feed and detail 

 work are the bone and sinew of success. And right here 

 let me ask this question : Why not keep and grow an 

 established breed for the purpose you wish them for, rather 

 than the mongrel? Will not the Leghorn breed lay more 

 eggs in a year than one of mixed breeding? Will not the 

 dairy cow, be she Jersey, Guernsey or Holstein, the animal 

 bred for a specific purpose, give you better results as a pro- 



