216 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



(lisciissioii on this snUJcct Miiion^' llic dniry iiicii. bill I tliiiik it is ;i new 

 thing for tlic Slioilhoin luct'dcis. 



Professor Hill: For one who has a small farm ami wants to haiuUc 

 a laryt' nuniher of animals there is certainly no method of feeding which 

 is so oconomical and which will permit the haiKlliiig of such a large 

 niimher of animals on a limited acri'age. \\'e use the silage at the uni 

 versify. We find it particularly useful in the summer season. Our blue 

 gra.ss pastures burn out about the middle or end of June, and from that 

 time (HI we must feed either green feed or silage. I have felt that \vi' 

 could not possibly get on Avithout silage. 



Dr. Quick: For several years we have fed more or less blood meal, 

 and tint! it very advantageous for calves. AVe always emiiody some 

 blood meal in calf feed. We have fed it this fall in connection witli 

 silage. Professor Hill's farm and ours are located but a few miles apart, 

 and we bought a thousand pounds together and divided it up. We l)oth 

 found it very advantageous. Now we feed it to everything that gets 

 silage. AVe believe it is a magniticeut thing for calves in pa.rticular, and 

 for the whole herd when they are being fed on silage. 



President Bowen: The next topic is taken up liy one who certainly 

 can give us some valuable information, having bred the second i)rize 

 cow of the International Exposition, and one the .iudge thought possibly 

 might just as well have stood first as second. 



Mr. Cotton: I feel as tliough I could tell you very little aliout this 

 business. I am not very old in the breeding of .Sliorthorns. 1 did not 

 have time to prepare a paper, so my off-hand speei'h will be very short. 

 As far as our State classes are concerned, I think they are very benefi- 

 cial, not only to a young breeder like myself, but they, are a great thing 

 for everybody. I feel that 1 have received benetit by showing in our 

 State classes. I showed last year and did very well, I feel as though 

 this is something that should be pushed to the front. AA'hile Me hohl 

 State Fairs hei'e we should have State classes. I do not know tliat I 

 can tell you gentlemen much about breeding Shorthorns. There are 

 older men here who can talk much more interestingly than I can. I am 

 proud of the fact that I am in the Shorthorn business. Like Dr. Quick, 

 I love it because I was born and reared to the business. 'Sly father was 

 a breeder, and I expect to stay in it permanently. As for showing cattle, 

 my father once told me he admired my nerve, but not my judgment. I 

 went out with whatever I had and showed them wherever I could. I am 

 very proud of tlie fact that I I)red Happy A'alley. 



Col. AA'allace: I am in favor of State classes. From the standpoint 

 of a State Board member and from the standpoint of a member avIio 

 wishes to secure attractions for the fair, I am in favor of State classes. 

 You must encourage the young breeders, and you can only do it in the 



