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"We lliink a slal)]e better on a level with the earth without any 

 cellar under the stable. Our stable floor is made of pavement 

 and gravel. 



Solon Robinson — I do not agree with the manner of feeding 

 hay. I never see a horse or other animal feeding out of a rack 

 where it has to stretch its neck up in a painful position, and, as 

 the gentlemen says, " working for a living," without wishing we 

 had a society in this country, as they have in England, to prevent 

 cruelty to animals. There is no way so good as feeding animals 

 on a level floor, smooth and clean. I would just as soon think 

 of cutting up sods of the pasture and putting them in a rack as 

 putting hay up in that way, or stuffing it in a box or manger. 



Dr. Wellington — Cows should stand with their heads to the 

 feeding-floor, held by stanchions, no partitions, no separation 

 between the stable and floor, except a narrow board. The 

 droppings should fall on a little ledge behind, and all the urine 

 should run down into the cellar, where, being absorbed by muck, 

 it never gives off any effluvia. The saving of labor and health 

 of men and cows, is an important matter. 



Dr. Waterbury — If cows are fed turnips directly after milking, 

 the milk of the next milking will not be affected. 



Dr. Smith — I have found it of great economy to feed horses 

 upon a level floor. It is the natural position for any animal to 

 eat, and feeding from a rack is only done by putting the horse or 

 cow into a very unnatural position. 



Mr. Porter — We feed a good deal of salt hay and corn stalks, 

 and carrots. We should feed turnips if we could do so without 

 affecting the milk. I never heard before that turnips fed twelve 

 hours before milking would not affect the taste of milk. That is 

 an important fact for cow feeders. 



The subject of " Winter care of cows, and saving manure," 

 will be continued at the next meeting, December 15. 



The Japan squash, of Judge Livingston, was again examined. 

 Mr. H, H. Wheeler, presented red, smooth apples from a seed- 

 ling tree, on his farm, twenty-five years old, which has always, 

 before this season, produced red russets, and no smooth ones. 

 He pruned the tree thoroughly in November, 1856. Can that 

 have done it ? 



