122 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



Mr. Judd: No, sir. I feed the corn fodder out doors. In 

 the morning and in the afternoon this winter I have fed entirely 

 out of doors. 



Mr. Boyd: Suppose it is very bleak, snowy. 



Mr. Judd: They will get their corn ration out doors while 

 we are cleaning the stables; then we feed them the rest in the 

 barn every day. 



Mr. Boyd: Do you weigh your milk every day.^ 



Mr. Judd: Yes, I have a ticket for my milk every day. 



Mr. Boyd: Do you not keep a record of the individual cow.? 



Mr. Judd: No, sir. 



Mr. Boyd : Do you find when feeding sheaf oats that way that 

 they digest them all.^^ 



Mr. Judd: I haven't seen any whole oats. They will go 

 through them if they pick out the oats alone, but if they have 

 to take up the straw too, they won't go through them. I started 

 without knowing anything about this business and it has just 

 convinced me. I went to work at first and fed ground grain 

 and kept my cows right in the barn all the time, except to drink 

 and get the stables cleaned out, would not let them out more 

 than fifteen minutes, but I tell you I ruined thousands of dol- 

 lars worth of cows following up that system five or six years^ 

 but I made money at it because I sold them for beef. 



Mr. Stewart: You say to cut your oats green.'' 



Mr. Judd: No, I don't say anything of the kind, I say not 

 fully matured. I cut my oats with a binder and bind them up 

 and I am satisfied that they will keep. I am very careful about 

 that. I go out there every day when it is getting time to cut 

 them and see what condition they are in. When I make up my 

 mind that they are ready to cut, I go in and cut as quick as I can. 



Mr. Willson: Do you say that you get a better grade of 

 milk, richer in butter fat by this method.'^ 



Mr. Judd: I don't calculate that you would get any higher 

 test, but you can keep it more regular. With ground grain she 

 will get fever in her system and burn out the fat, but if you feed 

 by this system, they don't get any fever, and they will average 

 more even through the month and the year. 



