266 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Question: How about the rape tainting the milk? It is con- 

 sidered that it is eight hours before the odors of any of those 

 feeds disappear? 



Answer : It is not so much taking it into the stomach as com- 

 ing in contact with it. That is w^here the taint comes. You 

 may feed rape or anything cf that kind in the manger where 

 the cow udders do not come into contact with it. It is the con- 

 tact that makes the trouble. 



Question : Do you think vorir system of silage is sufficient for 

 feeding the entire season through? 



Answer: No; I do not. I never was fortunate enough to- 

 have ensilage enough to run through the summer. It is cheaper 

 if you have silo capacity. 



Question : Wliy do the condensaries object to milk that is 

 obtained from cows eating ensilage, and how would vou obviate 

 the trouble? 



Answer: Condensaries object from this one point — twenty 

 men take milk to a condensary; nineteen of them are perfectly 

 cleanly and particular and have first-class silos. The twentieth 

 man is a sort of slovenly fellow and his silo was put up in a bad 

 way, he has it full of poor ensilage, and so his one silo and his 

 one bunch of cows will affect the whole product, and to insure 

 themselves against anything of that kind they just bar out the 

 nineteen men because of this tewentieth man's carelessness. 



I just want to say, I do not know as anyl.odv present belongs 

 to my correspondence school. This I^all I answered sixty-one 

 letters, twenty-one from Iowa, — and those twenty-one from 

 Iowa were all about silos, fourteen of the twenty-one were from 

 beef men. I will say regarding this school, you are all perfectly 

 iuic to write me in regard to any of the subjects with which I 

 am familiar, but do not forget the stamp; and I will further say 

 that those of you who have not my book, I have a few of them 

 here and have made a special price on them for meetings of this 

 kind. You may see me later about that. 



Question: Do you think 'it desirable to have these silos inside 

 a building? Don't you think it would last longer inside than 

 when exposed to sun or air? 



Answer : If you farmers were as careful about the lasting of 

 your selfbinders and vour cows and all other machinerv as voit 



