THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL CONVENTION 23 



given regular care. Cows know when feeding time comes just 

 as well as if they were going by a clock. There is no time when 

 a cow is making so much milk as when she is lying down ac- 

 cording to my idea and chewing her cud. Some feed their cows 

 eight or ten times a day; at the University we feed only twice 

 a day. I am sure that is better than to feed more times under 

 our condition. When cows are running loose they will be better 

 if you feed in the morning, and they take an immense amount 

 of feed, and after they get filled up let them drink water lying 

 down. Our cows lie down from 9 :oo in the morning until 3 :oo 

 in the afternoon. If we would get them up at noon it would 

 take them two hours to get settled down again. We get better 

 results in that way to feed twice a clay. Of course cows fed 

 twelve times a day will give good results, but it is not how many 

 times but the care all the way along. Mr. Austin's point is good, 

 take good care in severe weather for they cannot stand the cold 

 like steers. Of course there is a great difference in cows, one 

 cow with the same care and feed will not produce just what 

 another cow will. 



Question: We do not all have uniformly good cows in one 

 section ? 



Mr. Foss : Do you believe in feeding them all that they 

 will take? 



Mr. Fraser : Yes, they are fed to the limit. 



Mr. Mason : Are there not thousands of cows that do not 

 show what is in them because they have never had a chance to 

 show it? 



Mr. Fraser : Yes, that is so. 



Member: Is there any difference in selling milk that tests 

 high or low in butter fat in selling on a test? 



Mr. Fraser: The high testing is not necessary, it is the 

 total amount of butter fat. 



