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Mrs. Lamont: We get rid of her just as fast as ever we can; that is 

 all. 



President Schlosser: You do not try to make beef out of her? 



Mrs. Lamont: No, sir. We do not sell her to a neighbor as a family 

 cow. Some people have bought our cows for just what they were. We 

 have had one or two self-sucliers, and have sold them as such. I do not 

 think the neighbors did that when they sold them again. They sold them 

 because they came from our herd. 



Mr. Hall: How do you dispose of calves you do not want to raise? 



Mrs. Lamont: We generally get .$1 each for them. We like to let 

 them go just as soon as ever we can. Sometimes we get a little more 

 than that for them. 



Mr. Fidler: At what temperature do you separate your milk? 



Mrs. Lamont: At from 80 to 90. When cold, we put a bucket of hot 

 water in it. We pour it into the milk. I don't know that that is the 

 proper way, but I believe it is better than letting the cold milk go 

 through the separator. 



President Schlosser: How much must a cow produce a year to be 

 profitable? 



Mrs. Lamont: We have not had to be very particular. We have not 

 been very long in the business, and we wanted to raise all the calves 

 we could. This year each cow has averaged 300 or very nearly— perhaps 

 298 pounds, if they do as well as they are doing at present, for the re- 

 mainder of the month. We do not intend to keep a cow that does not pro- 

 duce 250 pounds a year. 



Mr. Doud: Have you some cows that give 400 pounds of butter a 

 year? 



Mrs. Lamont: We have one cow— she had her calf last .Tanuary, and 

 she will be fresh this month— and she has given 8,000 pounds of 4Vt per 

 cent. milk. We reckon that as at least 3.W pounds. She is a young cow. 



