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knew all about it. I think I was among the lirst to advocate 

 giving warm water to cows. If I were making milk in the 

 winter, I would never give my cows water below seventy 

 degrees. 



Mr. Bull. If it stimulates the product, does it decrease 

 the amount of solids? 



Ex-Governor Hoard. Not the daily amount of solids. 

 A cow gives about so much of the solids in a normal condi- 

 tion in a day. If you increase the amount of watery con- 

 tents of the milk the per cent may be a little less, but the 

 daily amount remains the same. 



Mr. yYhitaker. It would reduce the fat per cent of the 

 milk. 



Ex-Governor Hoard. I think it might. 



Mr. Whitaker. Is there a possibility of feeding cows 

 with concentrated food to increase the fat? 



Ex-Governor Hoard. Yes, provided the cow has not 

 been brought up to her normal production ; but if she has 

 been brought up to her limit of fat per cent, it is a pretty 

 hard, thing, in my mind, to increase the per cent of her butter 

 production. If she has not been brought up to it, she may 

 be raised to it. Cows that have a large limit have been 

 made to produce an enormous amount of butter, and men 

 have said that you could do wonders with food ; but the 

 capacity was put into the cow before they attempted to in- 

 crease her product. With the theory that you can create 

 butter fat one way or another by feeding, you could make 

 a Jersey out of a Holstein, or vice versa, as you chose. 

 Little "Jay I See" trots a mile in 2.10 on twelve quarts 

 of oats. That is the speed product of twelve quarts of oats 

 when put into "Jay I See." To get that amount of speed 

 out of some horses I have owned it would take over ten 

 tons of oats, then you would not get it. 



Mr. C. B. Lyman (of Southampton). By milking cows 

 three times a day, will you get more butter fat than by 

 milking twice a day? 



Ex-Governor Hoard. I think so, but not enough to 

 pay the expense. 



Mr. Lyman. Once I wanted to take my cows to a fair, 



