196 ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



Mr. Nowlan : — You can figure it out. On a year's basis, 

 it would average about $32 per month. 



Mr. Young: — Feeding at this time of year? 



Mr. Nowlan : — It would cost us about that, between $30 

 and $32 at the present time, the way we are feeding now, count- 

 ing time and interest on money. 



Mr. Mason : — What breed of cows have you ? 



Mr. Nowlan : — It is pretty hard to tell ; some Holsteins, 

 some Jerseys, some Shorthorns. We have some full blood 

 Jerseys and Holsteins and some grades of the two, but the domi- 

 nating breed would be about half-blood Holsteins, quarter Jer- 

 seys and quarter Shorthorns. That would be about the average 



Mr. Young: — What is the limit of age of your cows? 

 Will young cows masticate this better? 



Mr. Nowlan : — Yes, the younger cows are the better results 

 you get in feeding like this, but we figure now on getting rid of 

 our cows when they are between five and eight years old. It 

 depends on how they stand feed and production. 



Mr. Mason: — Did you ever have any experience in your 

 dairy business in trying to make milk on a small ration of about 

 six or seven or eight pounds. 



Mr. Nowlan : — I was brought up on that and it took me a 

 long time to find out differently. If a person had just a few 

 cows, three or four or a half dozen, a good place to keep them ; 

 wanted to spend plenty of time in taking care of them and pre- 

 paring the feed, etc., that might work very well, but we could 

 not do it. I do not believe we got any better results for the 

 amount of time, expense, etc., of preparing the corn, when we 

 fed it that way, than we do now. I know the yearly production 

 of milk is greater with heavier feeding. 



Mr. Van Norman : — Might I ask you again to sum up the 

 day's feed for your cows under present methods, kinds of feeds? 



Mr. Nowlan : — We husked out a few bundles of fodder so 

 as to get an idea of the average amount of grain that each bundle 



