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the work of a stranger without any difficulty when he was 

 present. We should go to the pastures often, keep up the 

 acquaintance, and thus retain the confidence of our cattle. 



Mr. Isaac Damon (of Wayland). I would like to say a 

 few words in regard to summer feeding of ensilage. I find 

 it very helpful in some cases. In feeding summer ensilage, 

 the best way is to have a silo built especially for that pur- 

 pose. The custom now is to build round silos. One of my 

 silos is a large cemented one. It is all right in cold weather. 

 To have good ensilage in the summer, you need a silo for 

 that purpose, and the cows will eat a good big feeding of the 

 ensilage. 



In regard to Holsteins, I might tell a little story about a 

 cow I had, on which I made a milk record. I first com- 

 menced to milk the cow three days after she calved, and she 

 gave fifty pounds of milk. We tried to see what we could 

 do with the cow. I told my boy if he would take care of 

 the cow he could see what he could do with her. He com- 

 menced to take care of her, and she gradually increased 

 the quantity of milk for a few days, until she gave sixty- 

 seven or sixty-eight pounds of milk. She seemed to hang 

 there. As I had a neighbor whose cows had made large 

 records, I oflered the boy a premium if he would beat the 

 neighbor. He took charge of the cow. We milked her 

 three times a day, and gave her all she would eat. Among 

 other things, we gave her milk to drink. When the boy 

 would get almost through milking, the cow would turn, as 

 much as to ask if she was going to have the milk to drink. 

 Once a day we gave her the milk she gave. She gave 

 ninety-three pounds and one ounce of milk in twenty-four 

 hours. If the boy went anywhere on the farm, the cow 

 would follow him. I think there is a great deal in the con- 

 ditions surrounding them and in the way they are used. 



Mr. C. E. Parker (of Holden) . I would like to empha- 

 size one point in the paper, and that is, in reference to 

 having a supply of ensilage to piece out the poor summer 

 pasture. It has been the most trying season I have known 

 for many years. It so happened that a year ago I grew 

 about ten acres of ensilage. My silo would hold only about 

 seven. I filled that, and made a smaller one. I used the 



