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would contain, and then we fed about so many bundles to so 

 many cows. That is the way we figured it out, that corn will 

 average now from one and one-half to two pounds more than 

 when it was ground, and 13^4 to 14 pounds in whole corn will 

 equal 11 to 12 pounds where ground. Then we feed from 2]A 

 to 4 pounds of oil meal, and then bran in proportion to the 

 productive capacity of the cow. We do not cut the fodder at 

 all, and the cows are all fed fodder, fed outside. The difference 

 in the feeding we make in the oil meal and bran, because they are 

 fed there in the barn while being milked, and we only keep our 

 cows tied while milking them. 



Mr. Glover : — How much butter fat are your cows produc- 

 ing on an average? 



Mr. Nowlan : — It is running now just a little under 4 

 per cent. 



Mr. Van Norman : — What is your average yield of milk 

 in the year ? 



Mr. Nowlan : — You see we have not fed this hay ration a 

 year. I have not the figures to give you on the whole grain 

 ration. 



Mr. Glover : — How much butterfat are you producing per 

 cow on that ration? 



Mr. Nnvlan: — The cows are producing at the rate of 302 

 pounds of butter per year. That is at the rate they produced 

 this last thirty days. 



Mr. Glover : — What per week ? Are your cows making a 

 pound of butter per day, or two pounds, on that ration? 



Mr. Nowlan: — The cows are making about a pound and a 

 fraction. I cannot get down to fractional figures. A little over 

 one pound, I think. 



Mr. Glover : — You are feeding about 12 pounds of corn ? 



Mr. Nowlan : — We are feeding about 16 or 18 pounds, all 

 told. 



