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producer and consunier realize what it costs to produce milk, 

 and that the producer cannot sell it for less than cost, I be- 

 lieve that the whole problem will work itself out. At the 

 experiment station we have simply figured the feed cost of 

 raising a dairy cow, and find it to Ix^, for Jersey's and Jersey 

 grades, from $50 to $05. We feed no new milk after the 

 first three weeks, but have dei)ended solely on skim milk and 

 hay. We have not tried to figure the labor cost, as we are 

 carrying on experiments, and our labor cost is necessarily 

 high. 



Mv. jST. B. Turnek. In Berkshire County we have a 

 good deal of good pasture land, though rough and rocky. 

 My plan is to take coavs that arc milking, and are going to 

 freshen in the fall, get them to own a calf each, and turn into 

 an out pasture. In the fall I have a big yearling and a cow 

 worth more tha]i when she went to pasture. The calf will 

 work the cow harder than we would if we milked her, but 

 she will stand it without scouring. For the next two years 

 I should not reckon my hay and pasture as high as does 

 the lecturer. I should be glad to take in yearlings at 15 

 cents a week. I should have them freshen before they are 

 two and a half years old. I think you get a better cow that 

 way, by letting the udder grow and expand with the cow, 

 before her body is done gi'owing. 



Dr. LiNDSEY. The opinion among practical dairymen 

 in the past seems to have been that it pays to buy rather than 

 to raise dairy cows. Many of our dairymen depend entirely 

 upon cows that they buy. That is one reason that cows are 

 so high, because so many of them have been brought in and 

 kept a year or less, and then turned into heef. I would ask 

 the lecturer if he finds it to his advantage to raise his owi 

 animals. 



Mr. PiERPoxT. I find it so, for the reason that I cannot 

 find cows that I can buy for less than $100 that will make 

 a profit. 



^rr. E. II. FoRRTSTATX. TTow much gTain is it advisable 

 to feed a large yearling heifer ? Is it not better to feed more 

 heavily on grain after she has had her first calf, and get a 

 good growth at that time ? 



