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until winter comes. In the latter part of the fall he often 
uses some other feed. These corn stalks, however, have 
often on them enough small ears to answer the place of 
other grain. He raised less hay each year. The place of 
hay was being supplied by corn stalks. He sowed con¬ 
siderable Hungarian each year, and likes it as a fodder. At 
the present time is feeding field corn stalks instead of sweet 
corn. Uses with it cut straw which makes a good com- 
bination. 
Sometimes fed for grain feed equal parts in bulk of 
ground corn and oats. Put this grain feed in front of cattle 
between the mangers. It makes a good storeroom and the 
feed is always convenient. His grain feed he always got in 
while the roads were good. 
Cohoon : Had found it very difficult to save seed from 
his sweet corn. 
Lawrence : Had never had trouble keeping his. He 
picked it when ripe and hung it out of doors to cure, and 
never put it near the fire. 
Larkin : He had tested sweet corn a number of times 
to see if fire heat would destroy the germs. He had even 
dried it in the oven, and got it so hot that it was colored, 
yet it grew all right when planted in the spring. He planted 
his corn with a planter or drill. 
Cohoon: Planted it with drill about as thick again 
for fodder as for husking porposes. 
Topic No. 8 was then taken up, and R. M, Patrick read 
the following paper upon the subject; 
