No. 4.] MARKET MILK. 45 



Mr. Bridgmajst. I figure that the cost of raising a heifer 

 is about $45, with skim milk at 33 cents a hundred pounds, 

 and labor. You cannot get more than $5 for a good grade 

 calf, so why charge yourself more than that for one. I have 

 two heifers now, two and two and a half years old, that will 

 give a good 7,000 pounds of milk the first year, and they 

 would not sell for $100. If it really costs $100 to raise 

 them, it is better to buy, as you can pay from $00 to $75 and 

 get 7,000 pounds of milk the first year. I usually keep cows 

 two years, and get considerably more milk the second year 

 than the first. 



Mr. Bowman. I was looking over the dairy farms in 

 Rhode Island the other day, and I find they arc feeding beet 

 pulp, costing $24 a ton. Is beet pulp a good thing to buy at 

 that price, or is it better to buy ensilage ? 



Dr. LiNDSEY. Dried pulp is worth more than ensilage, 

 but it is not worth $24 a ton, — not over $16 or $17. Beets 

 are exhausting to the soil, and unless you have plenty of room 

 to raise all your feed I should raise corn for ensilage, raise 

 what hay I could and then buy the rest of the hay and grain 

 needed to make a balanced ration, in the form of cotton-seed 

 meal, wheat bran, etc. 



Evening Session. 

 An evening session was held at 8 o'clock, at which Charles 

 W. Bosworth, Esq., of Springfield, IMass., delivered an in- 

 teresting and eloquent address on " The horse on Massachu- 

 setts farms." By request the lecture is not included in this 

 volume. 



Second Day. 



Secretary Ellsworth. It is my pleasure to introduce 

 as the presiding officer for this session the First Vice-Presi- 

 dent of the State Board of Agriculture, Mr. John Bursley 

 of West Barnstable. 



Mr. Bursley. Mr. Secretary, ladies and gentlemen, I feel 

 that an introduction is hardly needful with many of you, be- 

 cause I have met you on these occasions for so many years. 



