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gether with a small amount of clover hay and grain. 

 The feed for the other lot consisted entirely of clover 

 hay and grain. The milk from both the lots was cared 

 for in exactly the same manner and was standardized 

 to 4 per cent of butter fat in order that there might 

 be no difference in the flavor of the two lots of milk on 

 account of the variation in this respect. 



The people whose tastes were consulted with re- 

 gard to the milk were divided into three classes : ladies, 

 men of the faculty, and students. 



In one case the silage had been fed one hour before 

 milking. Of the 29 ladies who sampled this milk, 10 

 preferred the silage milk, 14 the non-silage, and 5 had 

 no choice. Of the men of the faculty, 27 preferred the 

 silage milk, 20 the non-silage, and 7 had no choice. Of 

 the students, 20 preferred the silage milk, 4 non-silage, 

 and 4 had no choice. 



A preference for silage milk was indicated by 51 

 per cent of the 111 tests made when silage was fed 

 one hour before milking. When silage was fed at time 

 of milking, 71 per cent preferred silage milk, and when 

 fed after milking 51 per cent reported the same pref- 

 erence. Of the total tests, amounting to 372 persons, 

 223 preferred silage milk, 109 non-silage milk and 40 

 had no choice. 



In making an investigation of the entire silo ques- 

 tion, The Twentieth Century Farmer, of Omaha, says 

 that it found one man who, although having three silos 

 on his place, claimed that silage was too expensive a 

 feed for profitable use, and that he would not recom- 

 mend other farmers to erect silos. He told the investi- 

 gator that alfalfa was a much better and cheaper feed 

 and he believed better results could be obtained by 

 feeding more alfalfa and less silage. He was discov- 



