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can eat and digest it. I also believe this trying 

 to do what she cannot wears out her digestive 

 machinery, and therefore she will not continue 

 to do profitable work as long as she would if 

 supplied with the food in a digestible condition. 

 There is a difference between a cow and a 

 steer. If the cow is a good one we wish to keep 

 her as long as she is profitable. The steer we 

 expect to dispose of as soon as it reaches ma- 

 turity, if not before, and his machinery may 

 stand the wear and tear the necessary time, but 

 that of the cow I believe will not. I cannot 

 offer any figures to prove my position on this 

 point. It is an opinion formed from observa- 

 tion. 



If a farmer wishes to carry all the cattle pos- 

 sible on his farm and buy ground feed for them 

 he should plant his corn thick enough so that 

 it will not ear, as more fodder can be grown in 

 this way. It is possible that a larger profit can 

 be secured from the farm in this way, but I am 

 confident a larger profit can be secured per cow 

 from feeding silage when the corn is planted so 

 as to grow ears on most of the stalks and 

 when it is put in the silo in the dented stage 

 and before glazing. In the early silo work the 

 corn was put in too green. Now we or some 

 of us are at the other extreme and are putting 

 in corn too dry to pack sufficiently close to ex- 

 clude the air, so as to prevent mold and decay. 



