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down to business and facts. As the Germans and French 

 people do, we lacked knowledge as to soils, etc. We ought 

 to know why bran is not good feed to make butter ; we do 

 not. We only know such is the case. As to the low 

 prices, no one rule could be adopted. No two farms were 

 alike ; every farmer must make a rule for himself Science 

 at best was nothing but good common sense. 



S. N. Wright : Was a small farmer. Began with 125 

 acres; now used but 85. Had paid out since last January 

 ;^ioi for feed ; had kept 43 cows. While Bishop had used 

 five acres of land for each cow. These five acres, at ^70 

 per acre, would be worth ;^35.0 ; which, at ten per cent., 

 would be ;^35. Now this is as much as an average cow 

 will yield net. Where is the profit of such farming ? He 

 could keep one cow on two acres, worth $^0 per acre — or 

 $%o per cow for land — the use of which at ten per cent, is 

 only ^8. His labor was no more than Mr. B.'s, but his 

 profits were much larger. 



A. GuLiCK said the only way was to use all the manure 

 we can and raise all we can — if you are a dairy farmer, 

 then make all the milk you can. The average farmer gave 

 too little attention to manure. He here gave an account of 

 sickness in his herd, which so far he could not understand 

 or explain. 



S. W. KiNGSLEY : Wanted to know the value of salt 

 as a manure, as experimented with by the Kishwaukee 

 Farmers' Club. 



L, W. Shelden said exact figures had been kept, and 

 would, when completed, be given to the public. 



S. N. Wright said that oil cake was an excellent feed* 

 for milch cows, and was not expensive in proportion to its 

 real value, as compared with other feed. 



