ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



O : — I think you are feeding too much grain. 



A : — How would I get the resuhs ? I visited Hoard's barn 

 last winter and he was feeding hardly any grain. I thought I 

 would take five cows and try it, and I did, but I lost the cows for 

 the year. Tried them for six weeks and they got down so bad I 

 never got them back. I cut them down gradually half. I tried 

 to feed every cow what she could clean up. 



O : — How did you feed ? 



A : — We give them clover hay mornings, then ensilage, then 

 grain, then ensilage after milking. When they can run out oat 

 straw is before them. In the e\'ening corn and get the grain in 

 the afternoon got clover hay and more grain and then ensilage. 

 Try to stuff them full. 



O : — What I ^^-ant to know is, how much dry matter does 

 each cow get each day? 



A : — I paid attention to it, but I can't tell you exactly. 



O : — Just the total ? 



A : — I don't know. 



Q : — What I was trying to get at was, you are feeding a total 

 of too much dry matter and too much dry matter in your concen- 

 trated food. 



A : — Is that so. How do you get around it ? 



O : — By feeding more of the farm produce crop. 



Mr. Mason : — When you feed the grain you ha\'e been you 

 keep up the flow and when you reduce it you go down ? 



A : — Yes, you got to keep up the flow. You can't feed any 

 two cows alike, at least I can't. 



Mr. Newman: — Do you feed alfalfa? 



A: — I paid $8.00 for second crop of clover hay and I would 

 rather pay $2.00 more for that than the first crop. 



O: — Do you have different breeds? 



A : — Six Guernseys. 



Q : — He spoke about the hogs — when you commenced feed- 

 ing corn did you feed on the floor ? 



A : — Yes sir. We fed our corn on some of the brickbats and 

 dug a low place in the lot where we fed and then all the floors are 



