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when a cow gives six or seven quarts of milk a day, and is fat. 

 Then they change sometimes — milk two years or three. 



Mr. Wakeman — I have found it best to feed hay, Indian meal and 

 ship stuff. One cow gave me milk for two, and another for three 

 years. I feed twice as much ship stuff as meal. Much depends on 

 the kind of cow. The English rule is, not to take a cow from rich 

 land and pasture where she was raised, to poor land and pasture. 



As to Indian corn, the qualities of it vary much in the different sec- 

 tions of the United States. The bread made from southern corn is 

 dry and very palatable; that from northern corn is more moist and 

 heavy. The quality of bread made from any corn depends as much 

 on the modes of cooking it as upon the kind of corn used. I think 

 that the success of the experiment of introducing the use of Indian 

 corn into England, will depend upon these circumstances of quality 

 and cooking. 



Col. Edward Clark — Our northern corn seems to contain more si- 

 licious matter in its composition, than our southern corn. It re- 

 quires much longer immersion in water before it is sufficiently soft- 

 ened. Our flint corn has its name from its hardness. Our southern 

 corn is easily pounded or ground, and is much moi'e easily cooked. 

 When cooked with milk, or with a portion of lard in it, it is excel- 

 lent food. 



Judge Van Wyck — Indian corn helps the soil on which it grows 

 for succeeding crops of grain. It is an excellent crop to precede one 

 of wheat. The soil for corn must be rich — for it is a common say- 

 ing corn is a gross feeder! and the cultivation necessary in a crop of 

 it has the effect of leaving the soil in fine condition for wheat or any 

 other grain. Corn is one of the strongest and best foods for man, 

 and still more so for many animals. It has more of the Jlesh making 

 properties in it than any kind of wheat. Oats and corn ground to- 

 gether form a feed which fattens animals more rapidly than any feed 

 given to them. I believe that the southern corn, for some purposes, 

 is preferable to the northern. It makes a lighter bread, and is more 

 easy to cook. But the Northern is a stronger food thr.n the southern. 

 The stalks of corn fed to cows give the best milk, and more of it 

 than any hay. This effect is probably due to the large amount of 

 saccharine contained in the stalks; sugar is made from their juices. 

 The roots of corn extend far and great care ought to be taken not 

 to injure them in plowing or other cultivation. 



