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Mr. Goodrich: It dopciuN on tlu> weather a soocl doal. Ihcy iritMl 

 some down at Madison, and it h)st 20 per cent. But tlia) was very 

 misleading. I know how tliat was done. It was cut up and slioclied in 

 the fall, and stood there a while without a bit of rain, and then it was 

 hauled into a shed or barn and tMired there under shelter: and then it 

 had lost only about 20 per cent.; and if that Avas put in the silo soniethinj; 

 about lilvO 10 per cent, woidd be lost. Yon know we lose a i;i('at deal 

 more than that every time. 



Mr. Doud: At AVhat slate of maturity do you put it Into IIh' sliockV 



Mr. Goodrich: At aliout the state I inention— maybe a little laiei' lliis 

 year; for corn has been a little slow in maturiusj this year. 



Mr. Doud: Is it better to let the fodder get dead ripe? 



Mr. Goodrich: Don't wait until it gets dead dry. I don't tliiiik Ifosi 

 helps the fodder any. 



Mr. Hursh, of Fort "Wayne: What per cent, is lost usually in the silo? 



Mr. Goodrich: Not over 10 per cent. Poor silage the stock wont eat. 



Mr. Rippy: Mr. Goodrich, do you say you commence feeding light 

 away from the silo as soon as you fill it? 



Mr. Goodrich: No, sir. The stock like it belter after it h,is been 

 fermented a little in the silo. They like it better than they do fresh corn. 



President Schlosser: I would like to have Mr. Goodrich spend a few 

 minutes giving us some idea how to sectire more cows that will in.iki^ 

 ."^nO pounds of butler, and to give his experiences in building tii> ,i herd. 

 We want to learn how to get a good cow. 



Mr. Goodrich: I would rather somebody else would Mow my Iiorn 

 than blow it myself, I commenced in 1875 really to go to work in earnest 

 to build up my herd. I had not kept an accurate account. Afy cows 

 would then average about 150 pounds of butter anually. Tlien I Avent to 

 weighing the milk and testing it. I knew which cow gave the most milk, 

 and the quality, and I soon found out some of the cows were not p.iying. 

 I got a sire. of as good Jersey blood as I could, and after weeding out 

 the poor ones for a few years there was a gain. Then when we began to 

 liave heifers of the dairy breed there was a further gain. 1 kept on 

 testing my cows. As soon as the Rabcock tester was invented T gor 

 that. Iraised lieifer calves from the best cows: I didn't care ;i cent liow 



