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quart more than he did on the first. That is what should govern 

 the man. 



I believe a good sized cow, seven or eight years old, or more, 

 giving a full flow of milk, may be fed to advantage four quarts of 

 cotton seed meal per day, being worked up to it b}^ easy stages. I 

 have done that and found no difficulty, and have improved the flow 

 of milk by it in large proportion. 



Sec. GiLKEKT : What do 3'ou terra a good ration for a cow giving 

 a full flow of milk, of course varying it with different animals to a 

 certain extent. 



Mr. Harris : I have not practiced feeding what we call the coarse 

 fodders much. I raise a good deal of Hungarian grass and make 

 ha}' of it. Last winter, almost for the entire season, I fed one feed 

 of Hungarian, one of second crop clover, and one of Timothj' and 

 Red Top. With these m}- average feed for my cows was about two 

 quarts of cotton seed and four quarts of shorts to each cow, some a 

 little more and some a little less. 



Question : What time do you cut your Hungarian grass? 



Mr. Harris : Cut it before the seed forms, for the reason that if 

 yon let it go to seed it becomes hard and woodj-, and the cattle 

 don't like it as well as when it is cut green. I believe I cut no hay 

 upon m}' farm which is worth so much to me as Hungarian, cut thus 

 early and properly cured. 



Sec. Gilbert. I would like to inquire if, in your milk business, 

 or later, in your butter business, you have been able to secure the 

 market value of j'our hay fed out? 



Mr. Harris. That question was considered last winter, and I 

 stated then, that I had weighed m}' feeds and tested the matter 

 and according to the best calculation I could make, I found that 

 my hay fed to mj- stock, together with cotton seed meal, shorts and 

 some corn meal, paid me over $15 per ton, and paid for my con- 

 centrated food. 



Question. I would inquire of the Secretary what he would feed 

 turnips with to get the best results, whether it would be coarse hay 

 and straw, or good hay? 



Sec. GiLP.ERT. I stated, you will recollect, that turnips are low 

 in albuminoid compounds, containing a larger proportion of the 

 carbhydratcs. Rutabagas 1.3 per cent., albuminoids, 9.5 per cent, 

 carbhydrates, 0.1 per cent. fat. Thej' should be fed in combina- 

 tion with some material which is rich in that which the turnips lack, 



