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the respective crops and products — the quantity and manage.- 

 ment of the live stock — and the quantity of labour employed — 

 to be detailed. 



For the best thirty dollars. 



For the second best - - twenty Jive dollars. 



For the third best - - - - t's)enty dollars. 



the fourth best ... fifteen dollars. 



II.— DAIRY STOCK— SOILING. 



For experiments in feeding; m?lch cows on green crops, from 

 the middle of June to the middle of October, by supplying them 

 to the full with those crops, in their stables, without turning 

 them to pasture. Feeding cattle in this manner is called m/in^. 



For (he best, - - - twenty dollars. 



For the second best, - - - fifteen dollars. 



For the third best, - - - ten dollars. 



The whole process to be detailed. 



REMARKS. 



The green crops may be rye fsown the preceding year) oats, 

 barley, millet, Indian corn, clover and various grasses. Any 

 sorts of grain sown to produce fodder for soiling, after being 

 harrowed in, should be rolled, to make the surface and the 

 ground smooth for mowing. The clover and upland meadow 

 grounds, destined for soiling, will be better for rolling, with a 

 heavy roller, to make a smooth bottom, without which the 

 mowing cannot be close; and if not close shaven, the thickest 

 part of the grass will remain uncut. 



If the soil be rich and the surface smooth the grass may be cut 

 when only three or four inches high, and will then yield a good 

 swarth. Such ground well set with the grasses which pro- 

 duce what is known among us as English hay, and inclined 

 to moisture, may in this manner be mown three or four times 

 in a season. The cutting of the rye, oats, barley and millet 

 should commence as soon as they will yield a good swarth, and 

 be finished Jbefore they have passed the flowering state. If 

 mown before they flower, they will shoot again ; and if the 

 growth be rich, yield second crops. 



