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bushels were exported last year besides home consumption. 

 The wheat is threshed, winnowed, stacked and sacked by 

 machinery in the field. 



At this point Mr. Ware invited the audience to ask any 

 questions they wished and he would try and answer them. 



The opportunity was embraced by many of those present 

 and about an hour was spent in this way, and the general 

 feeling was that it had been a very interesting and instruc- 

 tive meeting. 



The 69th Institute was held at West Newbury, at the 

 Town Hall, February 14, 1890. The subject for discussion 

 in the forenoon was "Stock Feeding in relation to the 

 Dairy," opened by Mr. J. Otis Winkley of Newbury port, 

 who said that milk and butter are the principal sources of 

 income to the farmers, and that nothing excelled good 

 stable manure for fertilizing the land and increasing the 

 crops. The most profitable stock for butter was the Jer- 

 seys, but for milk he preferred the Ayrshires. The speaker 

 said stock raising in Essex County does not pay financial- 

 ly, but found that the extra cost of raising had well repaid 

 him in the quality and knowledge of the animals com- 

 pared to those he bought in the market. Different feeds 

 are required for butter and milk production, but the speak- 

 er confined himself to a general feed, and a variety for 

 quantity and quality; one part of corn meal mixed with 

 two parts of shorts he had found to be reliable for gen- 

 eralTpurposes, although he recommended Gluten. Cotton 

 seed meal he believed to be injurious, roots were a good 

 relisher and healthful, but do not increase the flow or 

 quality of milk. For forage crops he believed fodder corn 

 to be one of the best and the cheapest and large quantities 

 can be grown at small expense. He did not believe in 

 forcing or over feeding dairy stock as it shortened their 

 usefulness. Regularity in feeding and watering is very 

 important as the stock is more content and yields better 

 profit. 



Mr. James P. King of Peabody, referred to the first 

 speaker's use of corn fodder and vigorously defended 



