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mixed with bran and commeal to each cow; bran and cornmeal in weight 

 about three and one-half or four pounds to the cow. This ration was 

 mixed in the morning and left soali until fed in the afternoon. We got 

 the very best results from this method of feeding, which is a very eco- 

 nomical way of feeding, as the cut feed goes farther and gives better re- 

 sults than when the whole feed is given. 



The President: How much of that thirty -five pounds that you feed 

 at night is cleaned up? 



Mr. Husselman: It is all eaten up that evening. Of course, we do 

 not mix so much bran with it; but there is no loss, because the feed is all 

 eaten by morning. 



Mr. Burnside: You do not like to feed them silage before they are 

 milked? 



Mr. Husselman: No. If your customers detect the least little bit of 

 flavor in the milk they come to you right away, and we find that by feed- 

 ing silage once a day we do not have so much complaint about the milk. 



Mr. Burnside: How much bran do you feed a day to the cow? 



Mr. Husselman: About four pounds, and at the present time we can't 

 buy bran at home; we have to have it shipped in. I bought two tons Tues- 

 day, before I started here, which cost $22 and the freight, $1 a ton; I 

 don't believe we can buy very much longer at that price. We can't buy 

 gluten meal for less than $26. Last winter we tried gluten feed— gluten 

 meal, rather — and I find we did not get satisfactory results from it. I 

 don't know why, but we did not. 



Mr. Burnside: I would like to ask one question in regard to bran. 

 Have any of these dairymen been in the habit of laying in their bran in 

 the summer just before the millers begin to grind their new wheat? I 

 filled my granaries full of bran, just before they begun to grind new 

 wheat, at $12 a ton, and I believe that is the time of year for all of us 

 to buy our bran. The old wheat bran, I never had a bit of trouble in 

 keeping it I have never had a bit of trouble about it lumping. 



Mr. Husselman: We always do whenever we can get the bran. Up 

 until this year we have been able to put in ten tons of bran at $10 a ton, 

 but we could not do that this year. We have bought our bran of one man 

 for the last five years. 



The President: This is a very interesting subject, but it is a quarter 

 to eleven, and we have two other subjects which come up, so I am going 

 to call for the next paper, that by Mr. Shugart. I suppose he will also 

 touch on some of the material we have been discussing this morning. 



