FOURTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART V. 265 



of this state, holding a responsible position with a large milk dealer of 

 Burlington. 



DISCUSSION. 



Question: Do you feed all cottonseed? 



Answer: Yes, sir. 



Question: Does a cow take to this cottonseed meal? 



Question: Cottonseed meal, fed with any other grain, sticks 

 to their gums. It is disagreeahle to them, while perhaps it is 

 palatable, it is disagreeable, and should be mixed either with 

 silage or with other grain to ol>viate the stickiness. 



Question: Arc there any injurious effects from feeding cot- 

 tonseed meal? 



Answer: Yes; if yott feed too much of it. The only draw- 

 back is when some careless person feeds too mtich. Three 

 pounds is plenty to feed any ordinary dairy cow. 



Question: How dO' yott advise planting corn for silage, thick 

 ■or thin? 



Answer: My rule is plant a bushel in hve acres. 



Question: That is about one third thicker than you would 

 naturally follow ? 



Answer: Yes, sir. 



Question : Speaking of rape for dairy cows, a friend of mine 

 stated a couple of days ago that he lost six c^f his best cows this 

 Fall from turning them into a rape field. 



Answer: Well, he turned those cows in hungr}-. The cows 

 were hungry for something green and the result was ine\itable, 

 just the same as though he turned hungry cows into a clover 

 field that had dew on it. 



Question: When is the best time to turn the cows into a rape 

 field? 



Answer: After the milking hour, in the morning, if you can 

 turn them in an hour and a half or two hours, that is long enough. 

 The rape is so easily gathered that they fill themselves sufficien.tly 

 in that leno-th of time. 



