860 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Off. Doc. 



to the farm. The first yeiir the dairy yielded an average of 125 

 pounds of butter to the cow. Butter was high at that time and the 

 returns were good. We did not have the advantages of the dairy 

 schools then, but I began to test the milk, not with a Babcock test, 

 but by raising the cream and finding the per cent, of cream which a 

 cow gave. I had one beautiful short-horned cov/, but she gave only 

 a two per cent, of cream. This I had an opportunity to trade and I 

 bought a Jersey bull. This helped considerably and I got a separa- 

 tor and I thinS my best yield was 352 pounds to the cow a year; 6 

 pounds of butter to the 100 pounds of milk the year through. Lots 

 of dairymen exceed that, but this illustrates what I have done with 

 just the little opportunity I had. Anybody can do it if they try. 



QUESTION: At what temperature do you keep the stable? 



MR. DETRICH: At 59. Some persons say, "Oh, yes, you can do 

 this; you Iwve a small farm." A gentleman saw me nine or ten years 

 ago. He was not satisfied with his results and began observing my 

 methods. Every now and then he would adopt this and that plan 

 and it turned out all right. This spring he told me that before he 

 met me all he could sell of his dairy products v/as |900 worth, and 

 that this year he had sold to the amount of |1,900. 



QUESTION: You did not tell us the kind of cattle you have. 



MB. DIETRICH: Jerseys. 



QUESTION: What is the number of tons of silage you average per 

 acre? 



MR. DETRICH: Thirty tons to the acre. We sow rye broadcast 

 and harrow it and top-dress it. 



QUESTION: What time in the year? 



MR. DETRICH: Anytime. The rye is never sowed later than 

 tlie loth of October. We put in the rye, top-dress it and keep on 

 top-dressing it until the field is needed and then go elsewhere and 

 top-dress. The rye will be very heavy. We never sow timothy with 

 it, and there is nothing but rye stubble when we cut the grain. 



MR. NORTON: How much ensilage is a ration? 



MR. DETRICH: About 35 pounds a day. We always have a mixed 

 feed and mix the ration every time, so much ensilage and so much 

 cut hay. 



MAJOR WELLS: Did you ever experiment with two feedings or 

 three? 



MR. DETRICH: By feeding three times a day AVe get more milk 

 in the evening. 



