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drier. If we could foresee this and had storage room so that 

 we could buy corn of the 1912 crop we would get in 100 

 pounds of it more nutriment than in 100 pounds of the corn 

 we are buying today, because it has not dried out ; but in the 

 summer of 19 14 it would be the same kind of corn we are 

 talking about. At this time of year it is not economy to buy 

 much corn if we can help it. Hominy meal might analyze as 

 good as the straight corn meal we are buying. 



Ques. How much of the grain do you feed to a cow? 



Mr. Hodges. I feed as a usual thing about one pound of 

 grain to four pounds of milk until I reach about 14 pounds of 

 grain. If a cow gets pretty low in production and is quite a 

 ways from calving I give her perhaps more than is economical 

 if she happens to be thin. If she is in good order I dry her up, 

 and I do not always feed grain all the time a cow is dry. If she 

 is in pretty goo'd condition on ensilage and roughage, especially 

 if I have clover hay, I would not give her much grain. If I 

 thought she needed it to get her into good condition, I should 

 feed her some other mlixture to get her into shape to calve, it 

 you put fat on a cow's back when she is dry she will take it 

 off and give it to you when she is giving milk. 



