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I am truly sorry I cannot send you any f^vafts or grape vines. I 

 have given many away, and ray grape roots are all in the ground. 



Your most humble servant, 



R. L. COLT. 



Mr. Wakeraan. Let us take up the regular subject, Dairy Hus- 

 bandry, as soon as we can. 



Elisha Tyler, of Detroit, offered some remarks to the Club. 



Oliver Smith. In relation to the subject of analyzing corn cobs, 

 in order to obtain a knowledge of their nutritive qualities, 1 pro- 

 pose a direct method, and that is to feed animals on the ground cob, 

 by which we bhall decide, in a manner which no chemical analysis 

 can approach, the question of their qualities; we well know what 

 the corn does in lattening the animals. 



H. Meigs. The dairy liu>;bandry is an important subject; who 

 does not know the great diOlreuces in the qualities of milk, of but- 

 ter and of cheese. We once paid four and even six shillings a 

 pound for English cheese; we now make as good here for one shil- 

 ling. Let our practical men speak and tell us all how it is done. 



Mr. Pike, of New Jersey. Much has been said about corn stalk 

 fodder for cattle; practice and theory in this matter do not well 

 agree. The practice has been very generally to sow the corn broad 

 cast. I have found that the stalks in this method become deficient 

 in quality, they are too aqueous (watery) and do not condense their 

 juices. When sown broad cast there is no such thing as cultivating 

 them, I recommend sowing in drills, some eight inches apart; they 

 may then be cultivated, and they acquire firmness of constitution, I 

 tried to cure these young corn stalks for fodder, I exposed them for 

 a week in the field, I gathered them and set them up against my 

 fences, I then stacked them, but found in a short time, that they 

 heated in the middle of stacks. Those sowed in drills were nearly 

 double the size of those sown broad cast, and were much more nu- 

 tritious and cured much better. 



Mr. Abraham Wakeman. I hardly need speak of the importance 

 of dairy husbandry, so much bad butter, bad cheese, and all so badly 

 kept, find their way to our tables, that great amendment is extremely 

 to be desired, and by strictly following right instructions, all may 

 be greatly improved. I have in former years been conversant with 

 this matter. I have milked from fifteen to twenty cows a day, and 



