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giving attention to the quality of the feed for obtaining 

 good milk. The nearer to English hay the better results. 

 K} T e hay cut early had been fed, with good success. He 

 claimed that the Sawyer bean of Japanese origin is the 

 richest feed. The beans pod out on the stock with beans 

 round like peas, and will grow twenty bushels to the 

 acre — with early and late varieties. They can be pulled 

 before they are ripe and make excellent fodder for cows. 

 Apple pummace he believed to be better than beets and 

 mangolds, and had fed Hubbard squashes with good 

 results. Corn ensilage cut in milk is economical feed for 

 new milch cows. Ensilage takes the place of roots which 

 have almost had their day for feeding. Cotton-seed meal 

 he pronounced the cheapest food but it should be reduced 

 with bran or a little common meal. In feeding cows it is 

 a general rule that one-fifth of its value returns in the 

 manure. A warm barn will pay its cost in increased pro- 

 duction of milk. Green corn ensilage with one-third hay 

 is as good as all hay. 



President Ware said that Mr. Thompson of Southboro, 

 had fed his stock on nothing but apple pummace and 

 grain with apparently good results. Considerable discus- 

 sion followed with the weight of evidence being that 

 shorts alone as feed had no merit, but mixed with other 

 feed they improved their value. 



The afternoon discussion on " Fertilizers " was also 

 opened by Mr. Gregory, who with other speakers all 

 agreed that the best results follow their use in connection 

 with other manures. He said potatoes should be planted 

 deep as the roots need moisture. The largest growth of 

 corn he ever raised was by plowing rye into the ground. 

 Farmers could buy fertilizers at a saving of about $"> per 

 ton, by a number of them buying a car-load. \n answer 

 to question, he said he believed liquid manure as valuable 

 as solid. 



James P. King spoke of the value of night soil for 

 manure, should mix with compost, one cord of night soil 

 to two of compost, for onions, at a cost to him of about 



