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a little staring and there will be a tendency in the animal to 

 become tender in the fore feet. The same ill eifects which 

 follow from feeding excessively of cottoa seed meal, gluten 

 meal, and the like. 



Question. What will be the result on a milch cow? 



Dr. Sturtevant. The result of over-feeding is detri- 

 mental if long enough continued, but there are some individ- 

 ual cows that can stand it without showing any ill effects. 

 In speaking of these thino-s, we must speak of the average 

 herd. We recognize the fact that there are some people 

 who can eat almost anything without injury, and there are 

 some cows that have such good appetites that they can eat 

 anything without injury. But my remarks apply to the 

 average herd and to the average feeder, and, so far as 

 ensilage is concerned, to the average quantity which, in 

 ray own experience, I have found to be safe. 



Question. What kind of green feed is best combined 

 with ensilage to produce a whole cattle feed? 



Dr. Sturtevant. You are out of my line now, sir. 



Mr. Myrick. Apple pomace is fed in the Eastern part of 

 the State, and I would like to inquire if there is any one 

 here who has fed it. 



Mr. Shepard of Westfield. Have you ever experimented 

 with sprinkling air-slaked lime on your hay? There is a 

 farmer in our vicinity who cuts his grass in the morning, 

 when the dew is off, and his men cart it directly to the barn, 

 when it is in a very green state, and he sprinkles a small 

 amount of air-slaked lime on it. He says that his hay does 

 not heat and comes out very green in the winter and is very 

 palatable. I would like to know if anybody in the hall has 

 ever practised that and can tell us what the result has been. 



Mr. Fitch. If you will call upon Mr. N. B. Douglas of 

 Sherborn you will probably have the best authority in 

 Massachusetts upon the use of apple pomace. 



Mr. Douglas. I did not expect to be called upon to say 

 a word upon this or any any other subject, although I am 

 frequently asked in regard to this matter of apple pomace as 

 cattle food. It has been considered a bi-product of cider 

 making. I have been using it in my own herd for four 

 years and I find that, taken in connection with other feed. 



