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While this is not much, it enables us with careful management 

 to promote a few new things each year and in this way we have 

 three or four meetings instead of one as formerly. 



I think that about winds up the business. Mr. Caven have 

 you any further suggestions to make? 



Mr. Caven : — No, I have not. 



The Chairman: — We are now ready for the question box. 

 There are a couple of questions in writing and we will take them 

 up in order. 



QUESTION BOX. 



Q. No. 1. What is the relative feeding value of alfalfa hay and 



wheat bran? That is, if bran is worth $24 per ton, what 



would be the value of choice alfalfa? 



The Chairman : — The first man ,who will answer that ques- 

 tion will start the ball rolling. Mr. Lee can you give us some 

 information on the subject? 



Mr. Lee : — I am not supposed to tell one kind of feed from 

 another. I am sure some of the men in this association who 

 have had experience in handling wheat bran and alfalfa can tell 

 more about it than L It seems the whole thing would depend 

 on how the man was handling his herd, how he was feeding his 

 bran and how he was feeding his alfalfa. It would depend on 

 whether the alfalfa was fed in place of bran with other feed. 



In order to get the real value out of the two crops a person 

 will have to have some kind of understanding as to how it was 

 to be handled. No farmer can go to work and feed bran alone 

 as concentrated feed and get its real value, unless he is feeding 

 something else to balance it up. It seems to me on proper feed- 

 ing, with the two well balanced evenly, that at the present price 

 of bran, or at $24 a ton, and the present price or a price in the 

 neighborhood of $18 or $20 per ton for alfalfa would bring 

 about the same result. 



The Chairman: — Perhaps Mr. Foster of Springfield, can 

 give us some further information on that. I know he has had 

 some experience in alfalfa and bran. 



Mr. Foster: — Mr. President, this has gone beyond me a 

 little. We are feeding both right now and I do not know the 

 value of one from the other, and I think that is a matter of the 

 contents of the protein and carbohydrates you have to balance 

 your ration, and I believe in feeding both of them together. 



