ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



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hope to average 7,000 pounds of milk to cow and 300 pounds but- 

 ter fat. At present we are selling 40 to 50 gallons of milk daily 

 at wholesale. We standardize it to 4 per cent and get 17^2 cents 

 a gallon for it. 



DISCUSSION. 



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: — Did you change your breed of cows to get the increase ? 

 : — No sir it was right there. 

 : — You sold or got rid of some of them ? 

 : — We sold 10 out of the 40 the first year. 

 : — What w^as your best cattle ? 



: — We had better success with — that is our best cow was 

 a cross Short Horn and Jersey. We had (3 Red Poll first cross 

 and Short Horn and Jersey cows and the first cross was Red 

 Poll. 



O : — Haven't you found your milk records created a good 

 deal of misunderstanding? 



A : — Yes sir. After we got started it was all right. Of 

 course we have to employ all of our help. 



O: — How large a grain ration did you feed? 



A : — We fed ensilage last winter. 



Q : — How large a grain ration ? 



A : — We feed according to the capacity of the cow, according 

 to the work and condition she was in. 



Q : — The aA-erage of the dairy, how does it run ? 



A : — 10 to 12 pounds, a little better than that. 



Q:— What kind of feed? 



A : — Equal parts of bran, hominy feed, we get it right there, 

 corn cob meal 2 pounds oil meal to a cow a day. 



Q : — Feed clover hay any ? 



A : — Yes sir. 



Mr. Cobb. — You are feeding too much grain. 



A : — We are getting results. 



O : — Do you know whether you could get same results with- 

 out the grain ? 



A : — I thought I could when I started. 



