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Mr. Newsom: I would like to say, while we are on that subject, that 

 there is no one set of feeds that can be set down to everybody in the State. 

 A person near a starch factory would say gluten meal, and one away 

 would say something else. Each man must feed what he has nearest 

 home, and can get the cheapest. If you can get clover hay, that ought to 

 be fed; and if you can get alfalfa, to do well, alfalfa ought to be fed. 

 There is no one feed that will suit everybody. You have to do this 

 yourself to suit the surroundings. 



Mr. Burnside: I would like to ask Mr. Newsom if a man can get the 

 best results from the milk cow by feeding silage, shredded fodder or gluten 

 meal, or liran, or whatever he pleases. 



Ml'. Newsom: I think a man can get results that ought to be entirely 

 satisfactory by feeding silage and corn fodder, and then bring up your 

 protein with your concentrated feed; there is no reason why he should not 

 get the best results. 



Mr. Burnside: Do you feed any corn besides the corn in your silage? 



Ml". Newsom: Not vei*y often; we prefer to feed the corn to our hogs, 

 and liuy the concentrated feed for the cows. 



Jlr. Barrett: I would like to ask if the per cent, of protein is based on 

 pure bran— pure hull? 



Mr. Newsom: Mr. President, these tables are based on the average 

 bran that we find on the market; whether it comes from the pure hull, I 

 don't know. These tables are supposed to be a guide to the man that 

 goes out in the market to buy his stuff. These tables are our only 

 authority. 



Mr. Barrett: Can some one answer how much protein there is in what 

 is called ordinary shorts? 



The President: There is about the same as bran. There is very lit- 

 tle difference. There is a little more starch. There is about 12 per cent, 

 of digestible protein in each. 



Mr. Burnside: Bran is more desirable on account of it being light. 

 You want as little shorts or middling in the bran as you can possibly get. 



Mr. Newsom: I think that is true. A feed that will form into a 

 dougliy mass is not a desirable feed; it is not the best thing for a cow. 

 We want something that the cow can digest. 



Mr. Burnside: AVhat are you feeding your cows now? 



Mr. Newsom: Clover hay, corn fodder and, at present, some bran. 



