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flies rather than go out and hustle for grass, and if 

 they do that they will not eat so much, and perhaps 

 not enough to keep up the flow of milk. 



Mr. Tail: I think perhaps they might hustle a little 

 more for grass than they would have to, because while 

 they were standing out in the sun and worrying thev 

 would consume so much of their feed that it would be 

 necessary for them to eat more to make up for it, which 

 they wouldn't have to do if they were standing still 

 comfortably in the shade. 



Mr. Sawyer : But would the flies bother them as 

 much while they were scattered over the pasture as 

 they would if they stood under the trees ? 



Mr. Yail : I think the flies would be quite as numer- 

 ous in the sun as they would be in the shade. 



The Chairman : Mr. Sawyer, did you ever notice, the 

 flies bother you worse in the shade than in the sun ? 



Mr. Sawyer : Always. They don't bother me when 

 I am out driving over the country, but they do when I 

 am on the porch or trying to take a little snooze. 



Mr. Mac Millan: I have had some experience in 

 feeding cattle, though I have not much experience in 

 dairying ; but I have found that, in preparing a bunch 

 of cattle for the market, shade trees are a detriment 

 to them. Your cattle do better and will put on more 

 pounds of beef without a shade tree in the pasture than 

 they will with it. 



The Chairman: Have you watched that carefully 

 enough to know ; have you experimented day after 

 day and week after week, or have you only guessed at 

 the weight that they put on ? 



Mr. Mac Millan : I haven't carried that out exten- 

 sively, of course, but I have weighed some, and I am 

 fully convinced that when my cattle are in the pasture 



