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as to cut for hay if it does not fill; and the second crop will make 
the very best feed for sheep. Right here my experience may be of 
interest. For the past two years I have fattened sheep on clover 
hay alone, not giving any grain. Yes, fattened them. I know pos¬ 
itively about it, for I bought the sheep by weight and sold by 
weight. When put in last year they weighed, the two hundred, 
the number I fattened, on an average, 92|- pounds. They were put 
to hay about the 20th of November and were sold about the 20th 
of February, and weighed 106^ pounds. Paid $3 per hundred and 
sold for $5 per hundred. So it may be seen the first crop may be 
used for cattle feed to advantage, and the second for sheep. 
Ten acres of second cut of clover will fatten eighty sheep, and 
after the clover has been fed to the sheep and made a good 
profit in the feeding, it will lose only one-fifth of its value, as 
has been computed, for a manuring agency. Thus the ten acres 
will fatten the eighty sheep and the refuse matter and the drop¬ 
pings will fatten from five to six acres of land if properly applied. 
And the first cutting fed to cattle or horses, with a suitable amount 
of grain, will give a good profit, and their droppings, if properly 
composted with the refuse, will fatten another five acres of land. 
We are not done with this business yet. That clover field has 
now been cleaned of weeds, and the roots have come to their great¬ 
est perfection as an agent for fertilization. 
Right here I wish to impress an idea, for here is the vital point in 
this business. 
When these clover roots have come to this perfection, it is waste 
to let them remain. The point is to utilize it by breaking, and the 
roots now rich in that essential perfection of fertilization so neces¬ 
sary to promote the growth of wheat, may be used with profit. 
You can now raise wheat of the best quality if it can be raised 
anywhere. Certainly you have, by this course, put the land in the 
best possible condition for it. 
To sum up, never let anything go back from the best condition 
in which you can make it. That would be waste, whether an ani¬ 
mal or the land. Add to it and make gain. 
Adjourned to 9 A. M., Friday. 
