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to compare a fresh cow with a stripper for quality of 

 milk. 



Mr. King : Does the method of feeding add anything 

 to the increase of butter fat in the milk? 



Mr. Gurler: That is a big field, but I will express my 

 opinion; I think you can affect the percentage of fat 

 in the milk. 



Mr. Sawyer : How much ? 



Mr. Gurler: You understand lam hiring my help 

 on the farm, and I go there only occasionally, but when 

 I was on the farm some twelve years ago, I did a good 

 deal of experimenting in that line. I started out to 

 establish some facts if I could. 



The Chairman: When the chemists all agree and 

 such scientific men as Sawyer and the rest of these fel- 

 lows, why do you still hang onto that idea of yours? 



Mr. Gurler: I tell you when it is the chemist against 

 the cow I am going to stand by the cow. 



Mr. Sawyer: Do you feel satisfied that the tests you 

 made ten or twelve years ago would satisfy you now? 



Mr; Gurler. No, I should go to work differently 

 now; I would try to apply more advanced methods and 

 implements to it, of course; but I was careful, and I 

 believe accurate in my conclusions then. 



Mr. Graham: I would like to ask if any of the gen- 

 tlemen here have had experience changing from timo- 

 thy ha}' to clover hay, and have noticed how it affected 

 the milk? 



Mr. Gurler: I haven't had any experience in that 

 line. I feed a mixture of clover and timothy, not 

 much timothy. I don't think much of meadow, just 

 enough to give me rotation, so I renew the land. I 

 don't grow a crop of hay for profit, for I can feed 

 cheaper in the shape of corn and put it into the silo, 



