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MILK AND BUTTER FACTOR. 



Believing that the time is in the very near future when 

 dairy products will become a prime factor among our valued 

 industries, I present the following regarding corn as a milk 

 and bulter-producing factor. 



I quote in substance from a series of experiments made 

 by Prof. Henry of the Wisconsin Agricultural Experi- 

 mental Station. These experiments were made to ascer- 

 tain : First, The relative values of corn fodder and mixed 

 hay for,producing milk and butter. Second, The relative 

 values of corn fodder and clover hay for producing milk 

 and butter. Third, The amount of milk and butter an 

 acre of corn will make when fed to milk cows. Fourth, 

 The value of an acre of corn when turned into milk and 

 butter. 



Four excellent butter cows were selected and divided 

 into lots of two each, of equal capacity for producing milk 

 and butter as near as could be judged. In the first trial, 

 the ration of lot one was five pounds of corn meal and 

 seven pounds of bran per cow daily, in two feeds, fed dry, 

 and as many corn-stalks as they would strip. The ration 

 for lot two was the same as that of lot one, except for the 

 corn-stalks, mixed hay was substituted. After feeding 

 carefully fora week, the ration was continued and the milk 

 and butter product saved for fourteen days. At the end 

 of this period the hay and corn-stalks of the two rations 

 were changed about for the two lots, and the trial re- 

 peated. 



Six weeks were required to complete the test with mixed 

 hay and corn-stalks, and, this done, the whole trial was 

 repeated, except that clover hay was substituted for the 

 mixed hay, the corn-stalk ration being continued. 



Comparing corn-stalks with the mixed hay, when sup- 



