The Press., 1917-03-15

the first speaker of the morning
 County Agent J. E. Clifford, who's
 subject was s'Some Problems of Liv,
 Stock Feeding. '' The county agent
 showed the methods employed il
 formulating rations for dairy cow
 and the necessity of studying eaot
 individual COW in order to feet
 intalligantly. He showed how corn
 silage and alfalfa hay could be fed SC
 as to make practically a balanced
 ration without grain and suggested
 some crops that could be raised besides
 alfalfa which would tend to keep down
 the amount of grain needed. He
 raised the question as to difference in
 the cost of production of high and low
 testing milk, stated that it was not
 solved yet and suggested that it would
 be wise for farmers to consider this
 point carefully, as some cities were
 already buying milk on the butter fat
 basis and others were considering
 same. Mir. Larned then called upon
 A. N. Farnham of Westville, whose
 subject was "The Business Side of
 Vegetable Growing.' MT. Farnham
 is a large market gardener and carries
 as a little side line about 1 500 pigs.
 He spoke in part as follows: 'tOne
 of the first essentials in vegetable growing is to have good seed I be-
 lieve in many cases it is best to grow your own as then you get that which
 is thoroughly acolimated. But always select the hest speoiments for seed and not that which is left after you
 have taken the best for use or for sale.
 What you grow depends on where you are going to sell. Study your markets, as some demand one variety and color and another just the opposite. Do not put eggs all in one
 basket The aphis or plant louse took all my kale this year so we must depend this spring on spring spinach and daudelions. It may oe wise to
 have one particular crop in which we specialize to the extent of marketing that superior. Liability to frost in your locality must be considered and rhe elements must be contended with.
 Do not plant so much of varieties which demand marketing at one sea son so that you are handicapped in harvesting it. Liberal fertilization is essential and this year barnyard manure should be used more than ever in connection with commercial fertilizers. I should use barnyard manure on early, but not ou late potatoes. Eliminate hand labor as much as possible. Right here in Holland county if a few young men got together in a locality they could soon build up satisfactory business in market gardening because of the nearness to the market. '' An excellent dinner was served by the ladies of the Stafford grange, after which several visited the farm of E. O. Pirney to see the excellent steers which he raised without the use of grain MT Pinney makes a practice of feeding out his rowen, etc. to steers aud then selling them for beef These animals were in fine shape and one pair crossed Devon and Shorthorn looked as fitted for sale by heavy feeding and weighed about 4, ,000 pounds. The speaker of the afternoon was Prof A T. Stevens from Storrs, who spoke on "The Farmer 8 Fruit and Vegetable Garden," and ater told what varieties to plant. In his talk he said: "Every farmer should have a garden of sufficient size to supply the family with a succession of first-olass vegetables. In many cases this work could be turned over to the boys or girls of the family with the understanding that they were to receive pay for what was raised. A boy or girl could thus render valuable service to the family and earn a considerable part toward their own expense and by coming in contact with living seed and plants are brought to see the higher power of God. A plot 9Ox12O should supply a family of four with all the needed except late potatoes. For fertilizer, barnyard manure is best supplemented " MT. Clifford spoke briefly on the Improvement of the Dairy Herd.'' He told of the old in the dairy business and their methods of breeding, etc. The new invention of the Baboook tester, and the mechanical with the keeping of records has brought ont change in this line of work. By these, the selection of dairy COWS and their value is deter mined by the actual results, rather than appearance. Scientific feeding had also helped to improve the herd as the amount of feed can be regulated by the amount of milk produced. The tester, scales, etc, have rid the un- productive COW from the herd, there by cutting the feed bill. If farmer does not care to keep his own records and work out his returns he can have this done for him, by joining a COW testing association In this association, such problems that confront the farmer are solved. The meeting was brought to close late in the afternoon. It