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have the right kind of feeds. I do not think it can be done 

 very much, but you can raise it 3-10 per cent, but I do not be- 

 lieve you can raise it permanently much above that. 



President : I draw my own conclusions. I have been asso- 

 ciated with the dairymen for over thirty years and the dairymen 

 that are the heaviest feeders make the most milk per cow and 

 their milk is in demand ; the poor feeder is always below grad :. 

 The milk always gives dissatisfaction. 



Mr. Gilkerson : You don't know what their condition would 

 be if other cows were fed better? 



President : The poor feeder was always having trouble 

 with his milk. 



Mr. Gilkerson : Might he not have poor cows ? 



President : I do not doubt but what they were poor. 

 I want every one to join our Association ; it takes only one 

 dollar, and we would like every one here to join it. 



Mr. Foss : We have been weighing our milk for several 

 years and last year we had the longest draught we ever had. I 

 figured the pounds of butter fat when that draught came on; we 

 were not prepared for it and I never had the butter fat drop 

 like it did during that draught — it certainly did drop. It drop- 

 ped y 2 per cent in cows that never dropped before. 



President : It is getting late and we will stand adjourned 

 until tomorrow morning at 10:00 o'clock. 



