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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 
$101 for feed ; had kept 43 cows. While Bishop had used 
five acres of land for each cow. These five acres, at $7o 
per acre, would be worth $35° » 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 $40 per acre or 
$80 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 undei stand 
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 feeci 
for milch cows, and was not expensive in proportion to its 
real value, as compared with other feed. 
