258 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



In bulletin 103 of the Kansas Station, pa.s:e 253, there is given the coeflScients 

 of digestion of soy beans when fed with kaflr corn. 



The "Wisconsin Station reports unpleasant consequences in the flavor of the 

 butter from the feeding of soy bean silage. When the silage was fed at this 

 station a characteristic and unpleasant flavor was noted in the butter. The 

 silage appeared to have kept in good condition. It was brown in color, not badly 

 fermented nor soft but normal in texture and condition. The bad odor seems 

 to be inherent in the silage itself and not due to abnormal fermentation. 



There were 7,036 pounds of soy beans cut into the silo with an equal weight 

 of corn. In this silage the same unpleasant odor was noted. Inasmuch as the 

 soy beans do not grow tall and do not therefore stay bound in the bundle with 

 the corn when cut with the harvester and inasmuch as repeated experiments at 

 this station show that the vines of the Red Speckled and of the Southern Prolific 

 beans cling to the corn and are harvested with it, it is suggested that one or 

 the other of these legumes be used instead of soy beans for enriching in protein 

 the corn in the silo. 



THE DISCUSSION OF THE MILK PROBLEM FROM THE STANDPOINT OF 



PRODUCTION.* 



CHABLES E. MABSHALL. 



[Bulletin 228.] 



The milk problem, as it pertains to the supplies of towns and cities, may be 

 approached from two directions — the one as the consumer considers the ques- 

 tion, and the other as the milk producer regards it. In our discussion of this 

 problem, it is the purpose to approach it from the standpoint of the milk pro- 

 ducer, because we believe this side seldom comes to light, and is less understood 

 than that of the consumer. By doing this we hope to bring out some of the 

 facts which will enable us to consider the whole milk problem more sanely and 

 conservatively than is usually the custom without a knowledge of what the 

 producer has to contend with. It is a pity that the city consumer, and usually 

 the inspector, know so little concerning the cost of producing milk and those 

 steps in manipulation- necessary to the securing of a pure milk. Since this 

 knowledge must furnish the appreciative spirit and rational interpretation, 

 may we be permitted to view the situation in a concrete form and supply facts 

 which are not usually considered by sanitarians? 



If, as is sometimes recommended, a model stable is erected, such as is fre- 

 quently taken as a type in sanitary contentions over the milk problem, we 

 shall find that there must be something like $15,000 or $20,000 invested in 

 buildings for a proper conduct of the dairy. It is not required that so much 

 money be invested in stables to secure pure milk, but is the actual investment 

 In some instances, and may be properly considered here. Pure milk may be 

 obtained with moderate priced buildin.gs, and we shall show later how greatly 

 the expenses may be reduced by moderate capitalization. t 



•This paper was read in part before the "Conference of Health Officers of the State," June 2, 1905. 



tit should be borne in mind thit the cost of milk is subject to wide variation, becanse of the 

 varinl)le conrlitions and factor.s wbich control it. Our piirpo'^e is to put in definite form, so far as 

 feasible, estimates which will r^-'present fairly ths usual cost of millt production, as.gained from va- 

 rious sources, and subjected to the criticism of competent practical men. 



