316 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
quality of our cows or does a great part of it come from our expensive 
vnd wasteful methods of feeding. Our experience teaches us that the 
quick solution of the matter is to change our methods of feeding. This 
we can do in one year, w^hile the grading up of our herds will take several 
years. Allowing $5.00 per acre rent on land, $7.00 per acre for growing 
the corn and $1.00 per ton for putting into silo, corn silage can be grown 
in Iowa for $2.00 per ton, figuring only twelve tons per acre. Eight tons 
of corn silage w^ill keep a cow a year. This would be keeping a cow 
one year for $16.00, leaving a nice margin between that and $35.00. 
Now, don't understand me to say that I think any cow will do her best 
on corn silage alone. But I do say that the cows of Iowa will do much 
better if fed all the silage they will eat than they ever have done from 
the old methods of feeding. We are not going to quit producing beef in 
Iowa and we are going to continue to increase our milk and butter yield, 
by growing all the corn we can grow on all the corn land we have and 
put enough of it in silos to winter all the stock on the farm. Then get 
scales and test machines and weed out the poor cows and during the 
years that it takes to grade up your herd they will still be making you 
some profit. I thank you. 
President: Our constitution and by-laws, which I believe are 
about 17 years old needed to be revised and I appointed a committee 
to look them over. I believe Mr. Kieffer is chairman, and we will 
hear from him. 
Mr. Kiepfer: We, your commitee, appointed to amend the 
by-laws of this association, beg leave to make the following report : 
Moved that the by-laws be amended by adding to Section 2 thereof the 
following: "The treasurer shall give a good and suflacient bond in such 
sum as the executive committee may require; said bond to be subject to 
the approval of the executive committee. 
Moved that Section 5 of the by-laws of the Iowa State Dairy Associa- 
tion be amended by striking out the last sentence thereof, which is as 
follows: "And that there be but one class of creamery butter recognized 
in the contest of the exhibitors at the convention of this association, 
which shall include both separator and gathered cream," and substitute 
the following: "And that there be but two classe3 of creamery butter 
recognized in the contest of the exhibitors at the convention of -this 
association, one of which shall include butter made from whole-milk and 
the other to include butter made from gathered cream. 
That Section 6 of the by-laws be amended by dividing said Section 6 
at the word "committees" in line 7, by numbering the same Section 7. 
Preceding the said word "committes"; then add to said new Section 7 
after the word "industry", the following: "Said legislative committee 
to have the power and authority to appoint two additional members when 
in their judgment it is deemed necessary." 
P. H. KlEFFEB, 
H. J. NiETEET, 
The amendments as read were approved. Committee. 
