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them whole, the digestive fluid is such that the corn is assimilated. One 

 of the most successful handlers of beef cattle always, when he begins 

 with young calves, will throw a handful of shelled corn in the basket. 



Mr. Newman: I see the difference between the gentleman on the left 

 and the one on the right. "We are a dairy convention and I would like 

 to ask the gentleman on the left what effect he finds in feeding that corn 

 in heifer calves — how they develop when one and two years oltt. I am 

 speaking as to what kind of milch cows they make in the future? 



Mr. Latimer: I cannot answer that question. I find that the calves 

 I raise make better cows than any that I buy. One of the last year old 

 heifers that I milked gave me 45 pounds of milk for several days on 

 grass alone with her first calf. 



Mr. Gurler: What breed of a cow was that? 



A. Gray Holstein. 



Q. Did you know the percentage of fat in that milk? 



A. No sir. 



Mr. Eikert: I bought a cow from this gentleman right here. I don't 

 know how she was raised, but she was five years old. She was the highest 

 priced cow and is the best cheapest cow I ever had. 



Mr. Monrad: I would like to hear from Prof. Davenport on this 

 subject. 



Prof. Davenport: I have not had the experience in raising dairy cows 

 with shelled corn. 



Q. Would you advise feeding calves whole corn? Or would you advice 

 feeding them shelled corn? 



A. I would put oats in the corn. 



A Member: If you will reduce the ration of oats and give them plenty 

 of clover they will give better satisfaction. 



Mr. Latimer: I feed plenty of clover hay, a little corn, and a little 

 oats, but they seem to do better and look better to have the corn with the 

 oats than with the oats alone. 



Mr. Coolidge: I would like to state that perhaps the breed of cattle 

 has something to do with this matter. I think Mr. Whetmore raised 



