166 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



to feed to any stock. We feed very little strictly so-called corn, 

 but if we feed it we feed it ground. 



Q : Do you feed it dry ? 



A : To the pigs we feed it dry. To small pigs it is fed as 

 a slop, you can get them to eat more and drink. We can make 

 greater gains that way. There are several reasons why we can- 

 not let pigs have all the buttermilk they want. 



Q: The alfalfa hay; do you get that locally? 



A: Yes, this year at $14 a ton put in the barn. 



Q : You said you get 50 cents a hundred for buttermilk ; 

 that is basing it on present prices of grains? 



A : Of corn, yes. 



Q: Have you any figures for comparison of the value of 

 buttermilk with grain? 



A : In feeding a certain ration of milk or buttermilk you 

 can get a great deal more value out of it than feeding it in the 

 manner in which I am feeding it. T am feeding more milk than 

 I ought to feed, at least at the present time to get out of the milk 

 all there is in it. A balanced ration is what any animal needs 10 

 get the most out of its feed, and my ration at the present time is 

 not a strictly speaking balanced ration ; I am feeding too heavily 

 on protein. 



Q : If your neighbor was not good enough to sell you al- 

 falfa for $14 a ton you could not get so much out of your but- 

 termilk ? 



A : We raise it. I think I can put it up even cheaper and 

 it will be handled so much less. Every time you handle it, it de- 

 creases its value. 



Q : Do you pasture the hogs winter and summer ? 



A : In the winter time we have them in fairly closed pens ; 

 in the summer time we pasture them. 



