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draw out. There have been a good many people who 

 have fed for records, so that in a short time they were 

 able to put the cow in an unnatural and feverish con- 

 dition, and the milk would be richer, but you never 

 see any of these gentlemen feeding for high records 

 willing to go into a test to last for six months, and 

 why? Simply because they would kill the cow. I 

 tell you, you can put a cow in such a condition that 

 she will give less milk and richer milk, but if you con- 

 tinue it, you will kill your cow. 



Mr Dexter: I am asked to put the question to Mr. 

 Sawyer, then what is the use of our feeding a ration that 

 is supposed to be richer in butter fat than some other 

 ration ? I will only say that I whispered an answer 

 that all rations have plenty of butter fat, and it is 

 simply a question of the constitutional habits of the 

 animal to extract that butter fat. Mr. Sawyer men- 

 tions eight pounds as the maximum. T wish to say 

 that I heard a statement made by Prof. Henry, at 

 Madison, a short time ago, in which it was stated that 

 an animal had produced a percentage of seventeen 

 pounds to 100 pounds of milk. I only want to state 

 that the quantity of butter fat in the feed does not 

 determine this important question. The constitutional 

 character of the animal determines how much butter 

 can be taken out of it, or butter fat, and how much 

 goes to other functions of the body. 



Mr. Saavyer: As I stated in my paper, and as has 

 been stated by these other parties, you take a given 

 feed that is properly balanced, that is, where your 

 coarse feed is not too heavy, nor your grain feed, so 

 that the animal can eat it all with a good, keen relish. 

 Now, then, you take that same grain feed, which I 

 infer contains a much larger amount of butter fat thar 



