250 AGRICULTURE OF MAINE. 



I had the individual records of those cows for nearly two years 

 U.- show just what they had produced in milk, butter fat and 

 net profit. The result of this free advertisement was the sale 

 of two grade cows for $275 and the assurance that if ithey 

 proved satisfactory he should come back for more. 



Ques. What breed of cows do you have? 



Ans. The most of them are Holsteins. 



Ques. What kind of grain are you feeding? 



Ans. I feed a combination which varies sometimes but the 

 basis is 200 pounds of bran, 200 pounds of Ajax, sometimes 

 200 and sometimes 100 pounds of hominy, 100 pounds of cot- 

 tonseed meal and 50 pounds of oil meal. We vary the propor- 

 tion a little for some cows. 



Ques. Why do you use hominy? 



Ans. I use it in place of corn meal. I think the cow needs 

 something to keep her body in good flesh, and i't is generally 

 considered that hominy is not as heating as corn meal. It is a 

 safer feed than corn meal for a heavy milking coiw. 



Ques. Is there any difference scientifically between hominy 

 and corn meal? 



Ans. I think that some of the heating properties are taken 

 out, like starch and ammonia, in hominy, but I am not sure of 

 this. I feel that it is a safer feed. 



Dr. Woods. As a rule, in the goods from which hominy 

 comes as a by-produot a rather better quality of com is used 

 than in the ordinary feeds. A part of the hominy is being man- 

 ufactured for human food ; and it is almosit impossible to tell by 

 chemical analysis the difference between a poor corn which has 

 been ground up and a better grade of corn from which part of 

 the starch has been taken out for human food purposes. If 

 hominy was made from exactly the same corn the resulting 

 product from a hominy feed might not be very different from 

 thalt of a straight com. I should very much question whether 

 in any accurate feeding test, especially in such a formula as 

 that mentioned, we would find any practical difference in the 

 safety of the hominy and the corn meal. As the hominy feed 

 is usually drier, — contains less water — 100 pounds of it will 

 analyze a little bit better than the ordinary corn meal. The 

 corn we buy at this 'time of year will carry a high percentage 

 of water, and it is not nearly as economical as that which is 



