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air. Would always raise clover; could not run a dairy 

 without it. The bunches, when dry, should not weigh over 

 fifty or seventy -five pounds. . 



H. W. Mead: How is orchard grass for hay ? Oris 

 it only adapted for pasture ? 



Boies : Had tried it for hay, but could not succeed in 

 getting a good stand; it easily killed out. 



Mead : Had also experienced the same difficulty. 



M- H. Thompson inquired if anyone had experimented 

 with Alfalfa ? 



Me. Wattles, of McHenry, had found it good for low 

 land, but not woll adapted for high rolling lands. 



Mead: Had also tried Alfalfa, but did not succeed; 

 land might not have been right. 



Boies: Had also tried Alsac, but with no success. 



Mb. Peeey said it must be sown on dry land; had seen 

 it at Champp-ign; it was not a success, but he thought that 

 on dry land it would do better. 



Wm. Feaziee: Had also tried Alsac, but with no 

 success. 



Boies said he did not sow white clover; it was natural 

 to our soils and would creep into any meadow if it had a 

 chance. 



Topic No. 9, " Is it profitable to keep more cows than 

 , the farm will sustain," was now called for. 



I. Boies said he had always argued to keep more cows; 

 he looked at it a little differently now; now he would say 

 keep more cows on less land. E. W, Stewaet of Cata- 



