156 ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



Q : — How long did you cut it ? 



A : — Two or two and one-half inches, as long as I can cut it. 



Q : — Any trouble with sore mouths ? 



A: — No sir. The nicest kind of bedding, and put it on 

 your land and there is nothing nicer for the land. 



O : — AMiat is the average number of years you use your 

 cows ? 



A : — That is a pretty hard question to answer. We thin 

 out every spring and we don't keep as many in the summer. 

 They are well fed and bring as much as they cost and sometimes 

 more. Sometimes four or five years; until they begin to play 

 out. I don't like to buy old cows, I want them young. 



Q 



— What is the average of your good cows r 



A : — I don't know. 



O : — For dairy purposes ? 



A: — That is pretty hard to tell. Some will stick to it ten 

 and twelve years. I was talking with Mr. Henry Bosworth, who 

 owns seven farms, and he said about 25 per cent of the cows were 

 sold every year; that would be about four years. He buys his 

 cows. 



By the President : — In the Elgin district, nearly all the 

 farmers buy their cows. 



O : — How fine do you grind that corn and cob ? 



A : — Just as fine as I can get it. Never saw meal too fine to 

 feed to cows. 



By the President: — Mr. Lindley has just received a tele- 

 gram from Lieut. Gov. Northcott, saying, " I will arrive in the 

 court room about nine o'clock tonight." Lieut. Gov. Northcott 

 will speak to us tonight at nine o'clock. Until that time we have 

 several addresses and papers. 



