20 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



In 1907 — 8,626 pounds of milk — 326 pounds fat. 

 - 1908—7,984 " '' " —307 

 " 1909—8,415 " " " — 311 

 " 1910—8,309 " " '' —289 



'' 1911-^,413 - - - —321 



'' 1912 — 9,090 '' " " — 314 '' 

 '' 1913-8,956 '' '' '' -314 " 



For the years 1914 and 191 5 the figures are with the Uni- 

 versity, but I think my last two years the average is going to 

 fall below for this reason. A year ago corn was almost a fail- 

 ure with me, in fact there were three of us, two of my neighbors 

 and myself, whose corn froze the last day of August. The sea- 

 son was late and my corn froze when it had just tasseled. Con- 

 sequently the quality of my ensilage was very inferior to what 

 it had been before. I put the whole corn crop into the silo. 



O : Did you cut it right away ? 



A : Yes, and that was the first time I ever had any juice 

 running out of my silo, but it did run for a week like a stream. 



The last two years I have not fed corn as heavy. Last year 

 our ensilage crop did not mature, about one-third of the stalks 

 had no ears. I am feeding considerably heavier grain now than 

 I did last winter and fall. I used to think that feed was too high 

 and too expensive, but I made up my mind that it was cheaper 

 to feed them all they could consume. 



Mr. Mason: What feed are you using? 



Mr. Foss : One-fourth oats, one-fourth hominy, one-fourth 

 bran and one-fourth Arcady feed. It is a balanced ration. You 

 know what the prices are, but I think by feeding a little heavier 

 we get more milk. 



Mr. Mason: *'Are there any questions?" 



Q : When you began with your purebred sire, didn't you 

 also begin to take more interest in the care of the cows and their 

 feeding ? 



