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cessities of the present time. It is one of the main reasons why 

 the young men are leaving the farm. They are bound to get 

 married, and if there is no house for them to Hve in in the 

 coufitry, they will go to town. 



Q : — What condition should the corn be in to put in the 

 silo? 



A : — It should contain the greatest amount of food value, 

 and that is just when it comes to maturity. Just as the ears 

 begin to glaze. Harvest when putting in the silo, a few days 

 earlier than when going to shock it. 



Q : — You say milk regularly. If I milk at four in the 

 morning and five in the afternoon, would it make any difference? 



A : — No special difference if you don't change. I had one 

 man that didn't vary five minutes in commencing to milk, five 

 in the morning and five at night. You would find him at five 

 o'clock in the morning with his watch in his hand waiting for 

 it to come just five. He was five minutes late one night and it 

 almost broke his heart. Those cows did not vary five minutes 

 in being milked, and they kept up better in their flow than any 

 other cows I ever had. 



Q : — How many tons of silage to your acre ? 



A : — From ten to eighteen tons. 



Mr. Hull : — I thank you. 



By the President : — Our program is not over yet. Mr. 

 Hopper of the University of Illinois will continue this cow ques- 

 tion. He has done a great deal in the southern part of the state. 



TESTING DAIRY COWS AND TESTING ASSOCIATIONS. 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen*.' I will not detain 

 you a great while. It has been shown in a previous discussion 

 that certain exterior physical characteristics are often a very 

 safe guide as to the production of a dairy cow. However, these 

 outward indications are sometimes misleading and it becomes 



