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well-en oiigli alone, and dp not relish being disturbed in their arrange- 

 ments. But he proposes to pay the road so much a mile for passing 

 the car over the rails, and he will make his profits by the superior 

 condition and full weight of the bullocks when they reach the eastern 

 cities. The pamphlet was referred to the standing committee on 

 the meat supply, one of the members of which has had conversations 

 with leading cattle men and butchers about the city, among others 

 Mr. De Voe, who say that an animal brought to market in some more 

 humane wa}^ would sell for five ])er cent more on account of his good 

 condition, not to speak of the gain from increase in fiesh. 



Gkeen Crops for Soiling Cattle. 

 Mr. Frank D. Curtis read the following paper : The importance 

 of an abundance of green feed for cows is not generally appreciated 

 by dairymen. But a small portion of them practice any sort of soil- 

 ing S3\stem whereby to increase the flow of milk, trusting to the labor 

 of the animal to supply herself, and forage enough to make herself 

 a profitable investment. Great is their faith ! In the summer's heat 

 and the autumn's cold, when flies are multiplied and frosts make 

 herbaire scarce, all is left to the instincts and inclinations of the cow 

 to fill herself and the milk-pail, without coaxing nature and making 

 the enterprise sure by bringing to the feed-box of patient briudle, in 

 a comfortable spot, a supply of succulent green feed, Avhere her ener- 

 gies shall be expended in producing and not in obtaining. To the 

 stock-breeder who is obliged to keep some of his animals confined 

 through the summer, green feed is an absolute necessity. Corn fodder 

 is extensively grown, and is most excellent for our purpose. AVith a 

 clean, rich soil, it may be sown broadcast at the rate of three bushels 

 to the acre. Four bushels of seed to the acre will make finer stalks 

 and prevent the weeds from growing so much, for the reason that the 

 ground will be more thoroughly shaded. Corn fodder raised in this 

 way can be cradled in swaths, and, being bound up in small bundles 

 and placed in stocks, will dry nicely, and is splendid feed after frosts 

 come, and M'ill cure sutfieiently to be put into the mow and kept until 

 winter. For young colts, calves, and lambs during the winter, such 

 fodder is exceedingly nutritious, and almost invaluable. The seed 

 can be drilled in, or covered with a cultivator and the ground rolled. 

 Planting corn closely in drills is the safest way to get a crop for fod- 

 der, as it can then be cultivated, and I should recommend this way 

 unless the ground is very mellow and free from weeds. The disad- 



