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It is no fault of the system, but the fault of the men back 

 of the system and we must take as good care of our silage as our 

 wives have to take care of canned fruit. If we never used the 

 word " silo " and called it feed-can, and called silo contents 

 " canned feed " — that is what we are doing, canning feed for our 

 stock, and we have to use the same judgment the women use 

 when they can fruit, and when we get down to that and live up 

 to it we will remove every particle of objection to the silo. 



Air. Cobb : — I think if the condensaries would use as much 

 effort to enlighten people and educate them in the use of silage 

 and how to take care of it, as they use against them, that we 

 could all feed silage to our cows. 



The President : — Perhaps it is only fair to say this in regard 

 to our last meeting, which was held at Greenville, the headquar- 

 ters of the Helvetia Milk Co. They were probably the only 

 market for the farmers in that section and we did not allow the 

 subject of silage there to run out very broad from the fact that 

 we knew the farmers could not dispose of their milk if we led 

 them in that line very broadly. That is one reason the question 

 was not discussed more fully, but here you may say just what 

 you please and how you please on the subject. YVe know it 

 means cheap feed, and good, wholesome feed. 



Prof. Farrington : — I want to relate a short experience we 

 have had in regard to feeding of silage. Of course we all know 

 that Mr. Gurler has demonstrated that perhaps the best milk in 

 this country can be made by feeding silage, but there are any 

 quantity of people who do feed silage that do not make a pure milk 

 out of it. At our dairy school creamery we get milk from about 

 thirty farms, and of course on these farms are all kinds of 

 farmers ; some have five, some forty cows. It happens that what 

 we might call the best herd that was supplying us with milk was 

 a thoroughbred herd, owned by a wealthy man who prides him- 

 self on his cows. He has a very nice barn and his cows are kept 

 clean; they are carefully groomed every day, the barn is swept 

 out. You do not see the least sign of dirt or filth on a cow. He 

 feeds silage, separates his milk and sends the cream to the dairy 



