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A : Imagine that a cow is giving 40 pounds of 4 per cent 

 milk, it takes one pound of protein to support her body for twen- 

 ty-four hours and it takes another pound to make 40 pounds of 

 4 per cent milk, so you have got to give that cow 2 pounds of 

 protein in twenty-four hours in order to produce that much milk, 

 and if you don't give it to her, what will happen? She will just 

 go dry. That's why a good feeder can get more out of a cow 

 than anybody else. In 100 pounds of corn it is about 6 per cent 

 protein, she cannot eat corn enough to get the 2 pounds of pro- 

 tein required each day. She would be getting too much carbo- 

 hydrates, and what you want to do is to sell it and buy other 

 feeds. 



One of the best feeds in the world is the Ajax Flake, which 

 is the production of the distillery taken and standardized, it is 

 cooked and 98 per cent of that is digestible. I would rather do 

 my own mixing, there is a mighty good reason for it. There 

 is not a dishonest man in the world, but some way or other they 

 get a lot of dirt or chaff in it — that is not just right. 



Mr, Fielden : They are protecting the dairymen on those 

 feeds and I don't think it is fair to the producer and seller of 

 those feeds to say that they are not pure. Any reports that you 

 get shows that two or three feeds are good pure feeds, good bal- 

 anced rations and good for the dairy cows. I think it is more 

 practical to feed a balanced ration on large herds than to mix 

 your own feed. 



Mr. Quarton : Well, I'll tell you I would rather mix my 

 own feed yet. (Laughter). I want to be fair with the gentle- 

 man and the manufacturers, there are some manufacturers who 

 are honest manufacturers, but they have got to be watched. 

 (Laughter). 



Mr. Fielden : In Massachusetts, New York and Peimsyl- 

 vania the Pure Food Commission has men going through the 

 state all the time taking samples from the dealers, here, there, 

 and everywhere, and in that way they are apt to get fair samples 

 from the mills. If the Experiment Station is not doing that in 

 Illinois, they are not doing fair work. 



