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one acre keep one cow. Sowed his rye at different times, 

 as well as corn, so as to have green feed at all times. He 

 had come to this meeting on purpose to learn about soiling. 

 Most men were land poor ; they were compelled to. spread 

 their manure too thin. Used three bushels of seed per 

 acre for drilled corn. 



Geo. p. Lord : Said clover was used by many. Also 

 Hungarian was much in favor, as two crops per year could 

 be raised. He used two bushels of seed per acre for drilled 

 corn, and when full-grown could see only the first row, 



Bingham said after cutting his rye he then used the 

 same land for corn, thus raising two crops per year. Kept 

 his cows in the stanchions 20 hours out of the 24. By this 

 style of farming, the small amount of land used called for 

 less labor — he used no pasture at all — and the land tilled is 

 consequently very rich and productive. 



Thos. Bishop : Thought this mode of farming, looked 

 g'reen. How 10 acres could feed 60 cows in summer was a 

 mystery. He used a large piece to feed 30 cows ; did not 

 believe in this wheel- barrow style of farming. Ten acres 

 could not keep three cows ; it could not be done. He was 

 one of the doubting Thomases. 



Bingham : Fed meal all the summer. Used orchard 

 grass and red clover. 



Dr. Tefft said he noticed that Ben. Butler said we of 

 the United States were land poor, while in France ten acres 

 was considered enough, where the whole country only about 

 equaled Texas. France, in 1876, exported ^186,720,000 of 

 butter and cheese, while we only exported ;^ 1 7,789,000 ; 

 theirs are small farms ours are large ones. 



