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it gets too acid. I would not want milk around then at all. 

 Get sweet silage and well-ventilated barns and you won't have any 

 spoil. 



Mr. Mason. Q: — Did Borden's object to this silage there? 

 A: — No sir. The Borden people have three factories in 

 Michigan and advocating feeding of silage. I had a letter from 

 Effingham wanting to know if they objected to it. They ob- 

 jected to it down there. I know of no reason why they should 

 object. The doctor objected to it at first, claimed it wasn't 

 wholesome. We got some samples and asked them to pick out 

 the ones that the cows had been fed ensilage. They tested and 

 smelt and picked out what they thought to be silage fed milk. 

 Out of a possible 100, 40 per cent of their conclusions were 

 correct and 60 per cent w^ere not. 



Q : — Isn't that all guess work ? 



A : — Yes sir. 



Q : — What is your average price, 6 winter months, a hun- 

 dred? 



A:— Nov. $1.30, $1.40 for December and January, Feb- 

 ruary $1.35 and April $1.30, March $1.20. 



Q : — What do you pay your help over there ? 



A:— $350.00 to $400.00 a year and find a house and gar- 

 den plot. The dairy on my farm solved the labor question. 

 Hadn't I those cows. I couldn't find work all the year round. 

 By having the cows freshen in the fall you can keep your help. 

 You want him to feed and milk those cows and take out the 

 manure. You have got to have houses for them to live in. 

 You can't depend on the young man. If I were single I would go 

 to see my girl every Sunday night, and wouldn't want to milk 

 Monday mornings. My wife keeps me home. Those married 

 men are better hands on a dairy farm and are more liable to 

 stay. They won't move so quickly. The best of us get hasty. 

 Some of my men have said they don't feel good, and some- 

 times when wages are high and .jobs are easy to get, if they get 

 a little grunty they will go. But if he is a married man and 

 his family is in your house, why he doesn't get grunty and move 

 off. We have got to have houses. It is one of the crying ne- 



