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Professor Saxborx. I have not yet. There is no objec- 

 tion to it. The system of feeding corn by the Western men 

 I like quite well. They have mills that crack it and grind it 

 coarsely. I have always been accustomed to grind it finely, 

 but subsequent observation has convinced me that corn that 

 is ground coarsely is better than very finely ground corn. 



]Mr. Bliss. I do not quite understand what the professor 

 says about grinding. When he runs across our own ideas, 

 we want to understand it thoroughly. In our section our 

 farmers are after the millers constantly to have them grind 

 finely. Now, is it a fiict that the meal is better for dairy 

 purposes to be ground coarsely ? 



Professor Saxborx. Perhaps I may have been misunder- 

 stood. In regard to grinding coarsely or finely I draw my 

 conclusions from the experiments carried on at the stations. 

 I have fed both kinds, and sometimes ground corn gave more 

 increase than unground, but nearly all the time the whole 

 corn gave as good results as the ground. The corn that 

 passes whole is picked up by the pigs, and almost invariably 

 I have o1>tained more from one hundred pounds of whole 

 corn including the gain of the pigs than from one hundred 

 pounds of ground corn. Now, as to whether it should be 

 ground coarse or fine, I am convinced that corn coarse 

 ground is better for this reason. If you feed bountifully and 

 have swine follow the cattle, nothing is wasted. 



Mr. Pratt. Do jou. find that cattle eat the fodder up as 

 well when the ears are upon the stalk? Are they not 

 inclined to pick ofi*the ear and reject the fodder? 



Professor Saxborx. We find that they eat it all up. 

 There is no doubt that they eat good dry fodder as well as 

 they eat ensilage. With strippers I used this dry fodder at 

 the New Hampshire college farm. There I used to get every 

 pound of it eaten. 



!Mr. F. A. PAiiiViER (of Stockbridge). Have you ever 

 used sweet corn fodder for your stock ? 



Professor Saxborx. I have used it in the silo ; that is all. 



Mr. Palmer. What do you think of it for feed ? 



Professor Saxborx. The particular lot I fed did a little 

 bettor than the other fodder. 



Mr. Palmer. We farmers come here from all over the 



