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steins, and said in a grade cow he would not have over 

 50 per cent, of Holstein blood. Milkmen must become 

 breeders. The number of good cows that it will pay to 

 feed at a profit are becoming scarcer, and tuberculosis is 

 on the increase in all parts of the world. He thought a 

 cow of about 1000 lbs. weight about the right size to keep. 

 He did not believe in a pure bred cow, the Jersey's milk 

 being too rich, but that which remains after the top is 

 turned off is very blue. As a cross he favored the off- 

 spring of a Guernsey bull and a grade cow. Its milk 

 product equals that of the Ayrshire in quantity, and 

 equals or exceeds it in quality. 



He next spoke on the matter of buildings, believing 

 that cheaper barns could be built at a cost of not over $25 

 to -$30 per cow. A bad feature of the Massachusetts 

 barns are the leaky scuttles behind the cows, through 

 which too much cold air comes in winter and is very apt 

 to result in disease. 



Returning to the subject of feed, he said that feeding 

 •ensilage does not affect the taste of milk as it does of but- 

 ter. With cows large enough to eat fifty pounds of ensil- 

 age a dayno bad results are noticed in the milk, and 

 with meal at present prices he would not use the corn 

 plant in any other way, although he believed in feeding 

 some hay with the ensilage. Cotton seed or new process 

 linseed oil meal at present prices, with good manurial 

 value he considered better than gluten meal ; gluten meal 

 is too dry. He gave the following as a good formula for 

 an economical milk feed : Ensilage, from 35 to 50 lbs. ; 

 clover hay, 6 to 11 lbs. ; mixed grain, composed of 15 

 parts cotton seed meal, 15 parts new process linseed ^ oil 

 meal, 20 parts ryo bran, and 50 parts middlings ; total, 7 

 to 10 lbs. One thing that needs remedying is the waste 

 of over production of milk. This should be regulated by 

 the dairies. The milk is needed, and can be used to good 

 advantage at home on the farm, either by feeding to 

 young stock or making butter and using the skim milk in 



