46 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



A. — No, sir, we do not. At the present time we want to 

 see just what the production of milk was per acre. To get too 

 many things in there it would make it too complicated. We 

 wanted to keep the figures right. After two or three years the 

 thing may be we ought to raise our best heifers to supply the 

 herd. 



Q. — Keep the calf as long as you have skim milk 



A. — We take it over to the University creamery. At first 

 we wanted to see what the production of milk per acre would be. 



Q. — How did you feed those cows? 



A. — We raised 8 acres of corn for the silo,8 acres of alfalfa, 

 4 acres of corn for feed to grind. 



Q. — Assume now that our folks here would take to dairy- 

 ing. By and by they were unable to put in the lands the number 

 of tons you suggest, what would be the effect on the rock phos- 

 phate syndicate? 



A. — Too much of a proposition for me. I don't understand 

 the question. 



Q. — I don't know as I can put it any plainer than that. 



A member : — You wouldn't need to buy any phosphate. 



Prof. Fraser : — We haven't put anything on this land at the 

 present time, any phosphate or anything else. I don't know 

 whether necessary or not. We tried to see what we could do 

 with the barnyard manure. 



Q. — You don't need any phosphate if you make the manure 

 on the farm. 



A. — : That is right. Now about the feed. We fed them 

 last year on corn silage, corn meal and alfalfa hay. This year, 



