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according to the milk the cows were giving, a pound of this mixture to 

 every three or four pounds of milk. 



Q. What rough feed did he feed them 



A. Silage and mixed hay. 



Q. A pound of grain to 3 pounds of milk? 



A. Yes. 



Q. You said that he increased the price of his cows; you said the sell- 

 ing price ran up to $90 or such matter. 



A. The increase in that cost was about 70 per cent. The man up in 

 the Cedar Falls Association got an increase so that his average was 

 $131.50. 



Q. Didn't you forget one fact, that the testing association cows 

 wouldn't have increased so much in selling price without at the same 

 time increasing the sale value of the neighbor's cows? 



A. Yes; that is very likely true. Other cows sold higher because of 

 the cow-testing association, so that it would count much more than the 

 33 per cent. 



Q. How do you figure the cost of pasture? 



A. Different ways in different communities. It depends upon what 

 the man is doing. For instance: In renting pasture it costs $1.50 a month 

 for pasture. If the man owns land it ought to carry a fair rent on his 

 land whether that be a dollar or any other sum. The charge in the as- 

 sociation is from $1.25 up to as high as $2.50 a month for a cow. It de- 

 pends upon the community. 



Q. Why shouldn't it be $3 a month? That is 10 cents a day for feed- 

 ing the cow in the summer time. 



A. $2.50 is cheap, especially for some pastures where they have right 

 good pasture. 



Q. Our neighbor charges 10 cents a day for pasturing a cow and I 

 think it is cheap. 



A. It is for summer when the pasture is good, but along in July and 

 August when the pastures are dry it is not worth so much. 



Q. How did you get around the time in testing those cows? They 

 don't milk 12 months. 



A. That is a good question and that is the purpose of the cow-testing 

 association. We charge the cow when she is dry just the same as when 

 she is giving milk, because if a cow is dry six months in the year she 

 ought to give enough milk in the six months she is producing to pay for 

 the feed bill and still make a profit. 



Q. You don't figure the increase in the calf? 



A. No; the main object in the cow-testing association is to cut out the 

 poor cows and give you a chance to select and breed up your herd. If 

 you figure the calf it will make it run up much higher. 



.\ow, the main thing I am here fur today, uocording tu the program, 

 is to say something about the fair exhibits. I think probably most of 

 you men saw the exhibits that we had at the fair grounds last year in 

 the cow-testing exhibition. Those of you who saw it will agree with me, 



