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water. We all know that a cow will give a larger flow of milk 

 on June grass than on any other food. 



What would the offspring be, if a cow milked steadily? 



Mr. Converse. — If I could control conditions I should milk a 

 cow eleven months, but I cannot always do it, so if a cow is so 

 persistent as to milk right along I let her do it. It is dangerous 

 to dry off such a cow. The tendency would be that a calf from 

 such a cow would be a persistent milker. 



Mr. Cook. — I would not dry off such a cow; but I will say that 

 our best cows are those which milk about ten months. 



Does it pay to wet meal to be fed to cattle with water? 



Mr. Co(ok. — I have made many experiments in feeding wet and 

 dried grains, and am convinced that it does not pay to wet them. 



A Farmer. — I wet the grain ration for my cows and am satis- 

 fied that it pays, for the reason that the cow does not waste so 

 much by scattering it while eating. 



Mr. Cook.— The cow will not eat a dry ration so ravenously 

 as she will a wet one, besides, she will wet it sufficiently with 

 saliva. 



Which is the most profitable way a farmer can use his oat straw on a 

 dairy farm? 



Mr. Ward. — As Mr. Converse has said, oats cut at the stage 

 when they have half turned to a yellow color, then cured and 

 threshed, will contain a large feeding value when fed to stock; 

 but, if left till they are fully ripe, the best use that can be applied 

 to the straw is to use it for bedding in the stable. 



Will it injure a cow to milli her all the year around? 



Mr. Pingrey. — I prefer to have a cow go dry at least six weeks; 

 except, perhaps, a heifer. I should milk a heifer as long as I 

 could get a tea-cupful of milk from her. I have cows, however^ 

 that I can milk the year round, but I do not care to do it. 



Mr. Ward. — What would you do in this case — I have a cow 

 due to come fresh in less than three weeks that is giving two 

 large milk-pans full of milk every day. 



Mr. Pingrey. — Milk her. 



