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meal than others. With clover hay more corn meal may be fed 

 than if the hay were timothy or mixed. 



What should be the proportion of corn meal, bran and cotton seed meal, 

 with hay, for a cow weighing 1,000 pounds? 



Mr. Cook. — I would not feed more than two pounds of cotton 

 seed meal to a cow per day. It is too constipating in its nature. 

 I should feed oil meal in its stead. 



At what season should a cow freshen to give the most milk during a 

 year? 



Mr. Eastman. — In Sejrtember or October. 



Mr. Gould. — My experience is that the same cow, coming fresh 

 in milk in the fall, is good for 1,000 to 1,500 pounds more milk than 

 when she freshens in the spring. 



Mr. Eastman. — There would be a slight loss at first when 

 the change was made, so I would have the heifer freshen the first 

 time in the fall. 



To Mr. Van Dreser. — What is the record of Pauline Paul's heifers? 



Answer. — I cannot answer the question fully. I think, how- 

 ever, that Mr. Reed of Binghamton, has one of her daughters 

 which has made 30 pounds of butter in seven days. There are 

 others, which I have heard, are good producers. So far as I have 

 heard, Pauline Paul's sons are more prominent than are her 

 daughters. 



What kind of stall or fastening is best adapted for the case and com- 

 fort of the cow? 



Mr. Van Wagenen. — We use the swing stanchion. There are 

 several others and there may be among them some thai are better. 

 J would not use the old, rigid stanchion, and I believe that any 

 one of the tics is better than the swing stanchion, because they 

 permit a cow to turn and lick herself, something she cannot do 

 either in the old rigid or the swing stanchion. Mr. Dawley uses 

 a chain and long staple. It is the best I ever saw. 



