The Question Box. 371 



Will it pay the farmer to cut bis bay and straw for feeding to bis 

 horses and cattle? 



Mr, Van Wagenen. — Our system is to cut all the straw with the 



hay, feeding three times a day with the ensilage and grain all 



mixed. In so doing we are able to get rid of something that is 



not worth much to feed alone and is too good to waste for bedding 



our animals. We use steam power and a 16-inch cutter. 



To Mr. Converse. — Wbat is the difference between tbe Jersey, Holstein 

 and Ayrsbire breeds? 



Answer. — The Jersey came from one of the channel islands 

 and gives milk richer, as a rule, in butter fat, than does any other 

 breed. The Holstein comes from Holland and gives milk con- 

 taining the smallest per cent, of butter fat, of any one of the 

 dairy breeds. The Ayrshire comes from Scotland and is a 

 medium between the other two breeds. 



Will it pay to feed the average cow .?18 bran? 



Mr. Powell. — I guess it would be an even race. The average 

 cow brings an income of about thirty dollars per year. I find the 

 average in several counties to be about that figure. Such a cow 

 will not pay for much bran at eighteen dollars a ton. 



With bran at $18 per ton, corn meal at $19 and hay at $11, which is 

 the cheapest cow feed, and in wbat proportion should each be fed? 



Mr. Cook. — I know of no way by which to compare corn meal 

 and wheat bran. They are entirely different. If you have corn 

 ensilage or timothy hay, it would be the height of folly to buy 

 corn meal. If you have neither the ensilage nor timothy, but 

 clover, then put in some corn meal. But I prefer good wheat 

 middlings to the bran. It is not right, theoretically, but I have 

 noticed that when I substituted them for the bran, the cows in- 

 variably gained in their milk flow. 



How is milk secreted? Is it secreted in tbe udder. If not, where? 



Dr. James Law. — Milk is secreted in the udder, the process 

 being, as in other glands, a selection and transformation of the 

 appropriate constituents of the blood by the microscopic cells 



