FEEDING FOR BUTTER. 53 



Mr. BowDiTCH. Six or seven quarts at the outside, and 

 that only when you feed an equal amount of carrots. You 

 cannot feed that quantity of beets alone without their tasting 

 in the butter. 



Question. How much meal do you feed to a cow? 



Mr. BowDiTCH. To a mature cow, four quarts of meal a 

 day ; younger ones in the same proportion. From two to 

 four quarts. No high feed. 



Question. Once a day or twice ? 



Mr. BowDiTCH. That is the allowance for a day, two 

 quarts at a feed. I generally mix the dry meal, for conven- 

 ience, with my cut roots, feeding them together. 



Question. What hay will bring the most milk, timothy, 

 or orchard grass, or what other kind? 



Mr. BowDiTCH. I would rather have a mixture than any 

 one kind. If I had got to choose, I should say clover and 

 timothy rowen, mixed. 



Question. Do you approve of feeding corn-stalks to 

 milch cows for butter? 



Mr. BowDiTCH. I cannot make as good butter from 

 them. 



Question. Can you feed green corn fodder? 



Mr. BowDiTCH. Green corn fodder makes the poorest 

 of butter. I always increase my feed of meal if for any rea- 

 son I am reduced to feeding corn fodder in summer. 



Question. I would like to ask if by feeding sweet-corn 

 fodder, with plenty of ears mixed in with the stalks, any 

 injurious eifect would be produced upon the butter? 



Mr. BovvDiTCH. I do not know that there would be. I 

 almost always have ears in my corn fodder. I never feed it 

 until it is well tasseled out. I have never found any great 

 difference in feeding sweet-corn fodder and Southern corn 

 fodder. My cows do not indicate a diflerence, and I never 

 noticed any difference in the product. 



Question. Do you churn your cream sweet, or sour? 



Mr. BowDiTCH. A little turned. I cannot make butter 

 that will keep any length of time from sweet cream. 



Question. Have you ever had any experience in feeding 

 Hungarian grass, and if so, will you tell us what effect it 

 has had on the butter ? 



