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desired to winter cheaply and had no heavy 

 work. The mixture used was two parts gluten, 

 two parts bran and one part linseed meal, with 

 plenty of good hay. Were I to do the same 

 again I would add one part of what is called in 

 the East provender, half corn and half oats, 

 ground. I have never noticed any ill effect 

 from the use of gluten with dairy cows. Some 

 believe it to make butter soft, or with less body 

 to it. The cream from my own dairy herd has 

 always gone to the creamery, but butter was 

 made from that of the Pennsylvania experi- 

 ment station herd, with which I have been 

 associated, and there was never any difficulty 

 in making a fine quality of butter that con- 

 trolled a good market. * * * During last 

 winter's feeding, with the high price of bran, 

 gluten was made the basis of the mixture, as 

 three parts gluten to one part oil-meal and one 

 part cotton seed. 



C. A. Sweet: Has fed considerable gluten 

 meal of the Buffalo brand to his herd of Jer- 

 seys. Feeds three quarts per day in two feeds, 

 mixed with double the quantity of bran. Has 

 only used it in cold weather and mixed it with 

 water about twelve hours before feeding. He 

 believes it, a wholesome food for the cattle, and 

 that it increases the milk flow. 



H. H. Hinds, in charge of Short-horn cattle 

 in dairy test at Columbian Exposition, says: 



