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any other element. It is a natural feed for the cow, without 

 which she cannot do her best. 



Mr. : Mr. Chairman, over in my county, Mad- 

 ison county, we have 30,000 cows and I doubt if over half 

 of our fellows feed anything else besides timothy hay. It is 

 so easy for us to have something else other than timothy 

 and we certainly should have it. We can raise clover and 

 on most of our ground you can raise good alfalfa. Let us 

 not make the mistake of feeding timothy hay to our cows. 



Chairman : There is one thing I would like to empha- 

 size that Mr. Dorsey said and that is, the water supply for 

 your cows. Limit the water supply the cow gets and she 

 will limit the production. The milk production is coming 

 down just as you cut down on the water ration. About 

 80% of milk is water and, unless the cow receives in her 

 ration or an opportunity during the day to drink enough 

 water to produce milk to the limit of her capacity, she is 

 not going to do it. 



It does not cost us very much to supply sufficient water. 

 Warm it so that the cow will drink enough of it. Unless the 

 temperature is right, she won't drink it. I will now turn 

 over the meeting to Mr. O'Hair. 



Mr. O'Hair: There has been a lot said about feeding, 

 but I have heard nothing said about soya bean hay. 



Question : I would like to ask for a little information. 

 I would like to know whether any of the dairymen have 

 tried out any experiments on feeding soya bean hay and 

 then feeding it ground in place of bran. 



Mr. O'Hair: In 1923 we had the champion Jersey cow 

 of the state. We had a little grinder to grind her soya 

 bean hay and she did not get anything else in hay. I be- 

 lieve it would pay you to do that and I think the time will 

 come when you will all be grinding your feed. 



I will now call on Dr. J. J. Lintner, with the U. S. Dept. 

 of Agriculture, who will talk on 'Tuberculosis Eradica- 

 tion." ■ 



