ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



late in the winter to late in the spring, and in general the discrep- 

 ancy in one herd would balance up that in another. 



In the better herd, in herd F, the cows would probably pro- 

 duce anywhere from eight to twelve thousand pounds of milk 

 per year; and in herd U they would probably produce about four 

 or five thousand, the best ones. The others will not produce 

 more than thirty-live hundred pounds. 



Prof. Farrington : — Do these figures represent 75 per cent 

 of the cow's production for the year? 



Air. Hopper: — Well, I had not looked at it in that light: I 

 took twenty-seven weeks. In some cases that would represent 

 about 75 per cent of the production in that herd. In other cased, 

 where the animals had milked longer, as in Herd F, it might 

 represent a larger percentage than that. 



The President: — Were these twenty-seven weeks consecu- 

 tive? 



Air. Hopper : — Yes sir. 



Air. Cobb: — When did that period commence? 



Air. Hopper : — About last December. 



Air. Cobb: — I would like to say a few words in regard to 

 this question of soja beans and peas. I was in Tennessee when 

 there was more cow peas sowed separate in that great state than 

 any state in the world. I had two silos for ensilage at that 

 place, one silo for clear corn and the other for corn and peas, 

 and the tonnage of the two silos was nearly equal. The cowpeas 

 when they were cut were probably one-third ripe, ripe enough 

 so they would come out of the pod if you wanted to shell them. 



We have kept a milk record for twenty years of every ounce 

 and pound given by our herds. We fed the ensilage from the 

 corn silo first because it was somewhat the smaller silo. We 

 were only figuring on a small amount of ensilage during the fall 

 months because the cows were running on good pasture. We 

 opened up the larger silo, the silo with peas and corn, about Xew 

 Years. We had read about balancing the protein and feed in the 

 silo with sunflowers, and my boys said, when we came to the silo 

 with cowpeas and corn that we were going to save half the mill 



