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farmer should have several acres of rye green in August 
that cows may have plenty to eat all the time. He had 
seen an acre of ground so well manured that 1,500 
pounds of hay was taken from a lot containing one acre, 
which had kept one cow all season. 
Geo. Sands : Said he was stubborn enough to argue 
that top dressing paid. He had tried it enough so that he 
could safely hold to his own opinions in this matter of 
manuring land. He used only top dressing and would say 
that if any gentleman thought top dressing would not do 
for all grains and grasses, he could prove him wrong 
very quickly. He gets his manure out in the Fall and 
Spiing, and has tested it in many ways. 
C. C. Buel^ . Was in favor of sufficient tillage and 
would like some experiments in this matter tried. 
R. M. Patrick thought the speakers were wandering 
from the subject. His idea on this question was to get 
out manure to the fields as soon as possible. He thought 
this the only sensible way to dispose of manure. The most 
of it would of course have to be spread on the fields in Win- 
ter. He considered the labor question an important factor 
in the economy of farming. Getting out manure in the 
Spring was inconvenient and hard on teams so that the 
Winter was the best time by all odds to draw out. 
Clark : Considered broad-tired wagons very useful 
for hauling manure in Spring. Every farmer should have 
one of them. 
At this point T. McD. Richards was seen in the 
audience and was called upon to read his paper on Topic 5, 
How May Manure be Most Profitably and Economically 
