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week than he would by following his theories for a 



lifetime. 



DISCUSSION 



The Chairman: Mr. Sawyer is at your demand. Mr. 

 Allen, do you believe what he says? 



Me. Allen: No, sir, I do not by a long ways. 



Me. Hostetter: You said, Mr. Sawyer, that the 

 quantity of milk could be fed into a cow, but not the 

 quality. Now, I would like to know if you could make 

 a twenty-five pound Jersey cow give fifty pounds by 

 feed? 



Mr. Sawyer: A Jersey cow that gives twenty-five 

 pounds isn't likely to increase very much. 



Mr. Hostetter: Well, one that gives ten pounds, can 

 you make her give twenty -five? 



Mr. Sawyer: That depends on the cow. I should 

 want to know about the feed the cow is already get- 

 ting. 



Mr. Allen: Did you ever actually make a cow that 

 was giving twenty pounds of milk on good, fair feed, 

 did you ever so change her feed as to make her give 

 thirty? 



Mr. Sawyer: I don't know as I did. You are put- 

 ting the limit right there. As a general thing, I will 

 guarantee that you can go home, and inside of three 

 days, by a change of feed you can increase the quantity 

 of your milk very perceptibly. Now, whether it 

 would pay you to do it, is a question for you to decide. 



The Chairman : Some men it might pay. It wouldn't 

 Mr. Allen, because he feeds already so as to get every 

 drop from his cows that they are capable of producing. 



Mr. Allen : My experience has been different from 

 Mr. Sawyer's. I don't know that you can take all 

 cows, but you can take some and make them give 



