WINTER MANAGEMENT OF STOCK. -*•■*• 



<of barley, two and one-half of oats, one of corn, three of 

 potatoes and one of turnips. The roots are stored in the 

 barn cellar. Corn is put in racks four feet wide, ten feet 

 long, and six or seven high, made of slats, the bottom 

 six or eight inches from the floor, with spaces between 

 the slats to admit air, and passage ways between the 

 racks. It will be noticed that his neat stock is all blood 

 stock, more or less pure ; the cow^s mostly Ayrshire. 

 By the kind attentions of Mr. Brooks, we visited with 

 him a number of stocks of cattle in Princeton. At the 

 Boylston place we saw forty-three cow^s in one stable, 

 the stock of Mr. Davis. Mr. W. W. Watson showed us 

 some very fine Durham stock. Mr. Henry Boyles 

 exhibited nine very handsome yearling heifers of mixed 

 blood, and some A'^ery good cows. At Maj. Reed's we 

 saw some very good stock. After returning to Mr. 

 Brooks' and pataking of the hospitalities of his house, 

 we went again to the barn to see the ^- tieing up" and 

 the three o'clock feeding ; and then set our faces toward 

 home, being well pleased with what we had seen, nnd 

 wondering how it happened that any one of the Com- 

 mittee did not stick to farming. 



Jan. 31. We examined into the management of Mr. 

 * George Chandler, of Shirley. Mr. C.'s profit arises 

 from taking horses and neat stock to keep. lie has 

 reduced that business to a system. He is keeping this 

 winter thirty-three horses and three colts, and seven- 

 teen head of neat cattle. He feeds both cattle and 

 horses three times a day, viz : at six, A. M., at noon, and 

 just before dark, and waters twdce. At noon each horse 

 has poured upon his hay tw^o quarts of corn and cob 

 jiieal made into dough. Mr. C. says he wdll keep a 



