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the silo, he believed that no man could afford to make 

 milk at 3* cents per quart without a silo ; the cost of the 

 ensilage is trifling and the increase in manure increases 

 the productiveness of the farm. 



Mr. Chas. J. Peabody of Topsfield, spoke of his exper- 

 ience with dry fodder corn ; he had made a practice of 

 raising sweet corn, stripping the ears and curing the fod- 

 der by stooking in the field. Cows will eat it all up clean 

 in the winter, and it increases the flow of milk. 



Mr. George E. Herrick of Lynnfield, thought it a waste 

 to give a cow all she can eat; he feeds two or three times 

 a day on hay, and ensilage at night. He has more than 

 doubled his stock within a few years by raising ensilage, 

 and believes in it fully. 



At the afternoon session the subject was "Exports and 

 Imports — Their effect or influence on the agriculture of 

 New England." Opened by Mr. George W. Russell of 

 West Newbury, who had evidently given the subject a 

 good deal of careful study, and evidently came out of it 

 a strong protectionist. In his opening remarks he claimed 

 that every dollar's worth of agricultural products that 

 was exported lowers the price to the farmer, and every 

 dollar's worth of manufactured articles imported hurts the 

 farmer's market. A profitable market, and a near one, and 

 a cheap supply of fertilize]', are the great needs of the 

 American farmer. The great want of the producers of 

 agricultural products is consumers of their products, and 

 producers of articles that farmers want to consume. He 

 said, build up the home market by building the fences so 

 high that all foreign products, both agricultural and 

 manufactured, must stay away. Nothing is raw material 

 that has labor or capital applied to it. We have all the 

 material we want for everything and it is free. 



Others followed in the discussion, but brought out no 

 new ideas in regard to the subject, as the ground had been 

 pretty well covered. 



The 70th Institute was held in the Town Hall, Tops- 

 field, Friday, February 28, 1890. 



