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Prof. Shaw. The question is as to how much stress should 

 be laid on palatability, provided the animals take it. I would be 

 satisfied if the animals would take it. I would not care particu- 

 larly how much of a relish they had for it if they vrould only 

 take it. 



Question. Can we gain anything by feeding roots, such 

 as carrots and turnips, under the same circumstances as silage? 



Prof. Shaw. I would say in answer to that, that the en- 

 silage is cheaper. If you look at it simply from the stand- 

 point of making milk it is better because corn can be grown 

 more cheaply than roots, but corn will not do everything that 

 roots will do. As I said before, if a man has a silo, and he 

 feeds ensilage to his cows, he has got to feed a large quantity 

 of corn if he is going to get the results. Now then if along with 

 the ensilage he can feed half a bushel of roots a day he need 

 not give as much silage. If he has the roots it is economical 

 from that point of view. Merely feeding two or three pounds 

 a day I do not imagine will be enough. 



A Member. About five or six years ago I visited some 

 relatives in one of the best dairy districts of the country. They 

 were making first-class butter, and their butter brought the 

 very best prices. They were using nothing but rutabaga tur- 

 nips and hay. As soon as their milking was done they fed the 

 cows a large quantity of rutabaga turnips, and they got a great 

 deal of butter from their herd, and were able to get the highest 

 prices in the market. What do you think of that practice ? 



Prof. Shaw. Well, I can imagine that rutabagas might 

 be fed to such an extent that the customers might complain, 

 but I am satisfied that if fed as you say, that is, fed after milk- 

 ing, that quite a considerable quantity can be fed a day without 

 tainting the milk. 



A Member. I would like to ask the speaker if he would 

 advise us to do away with our dairy cows and grow beef? 



Prof. Shaw. I did not say that. Unhesitatingly, I should 



