MR. stone's address. 15' 



Soiling, or feeding milch cows on green fodder, though high- 

 ly approved by many, is not practised to the most useful extent 

 in this county. Usually, every season, the dairy suffers sever- 

 al weeks, in consequence of " parched pastures." The loss of 

 income following, may be effectually prevented by soiling in 

 the barnyard or stall, and a large quantity of manure saved, 

 that, dropped in the field, will be in a measure wasted. An 

 Essex farmer, by this process, kept up the milk of his cows 

 during the most trying period of the past summer, and found 

 ample remuneration for the trouble, in the extra receipts of the 

 dairy. The product of a single acre will suffice for ten or fif- 

 teen cows, and "give them their fill."* Farmers who are 

 deficient in pasture, may, by resorting to green fodder, profita- 

 bly increase their dairy stock. 



If farmers, who have easy access to market, were to raise 

 larger quatities of carrots, and other roots for their milk stock, 

 with a view to a winter dairy, I am confident they would ob- 

 tain a profitable return for their labor. With a sufficiency of 

 such food, and a pint of Indian meal to each cow per day, cows 

 that come in in the autumn, (which they should do for a win- 

 ter dairy) will give a rich supply of milk all winter, and the 

 cream, under the management of a skillful dairy woman, will 

 produce butter of fine appearance and flavor. Fresh made 

 butter, of this character, will always secure a quick sale, and 

 a higher price than the best quality laid down in June or Sep- 

 tember. 



It is gratifying to notice the increasing attention, in all parts 

 of our country, to the cultivation of fruit. I well recollect 

 when the common doctrine was, let each generation provide its 

 own fruit, and many farmers refused to replenish decaying or- 

 chards, because, as they said, their old trees would afford a 

 sufficient supply for their own use while they lived, and those 

 who came after them must take care of themselves. They 

 seemed to have forgotten that those old trees were planted by 

 their fathers, who, had they acted on this selfish principle, 



*An acre of land will yield from twelve to twenty tons of green corn fodder. It is staled' 

 in an agricultural paper, that George Randall, Esq., of New Bedford, has, ihis season' 

 raised tliirty-one tons and eighty pounds to the acre. 



