l88 ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



and sweet corn, after that to field corn and sorghum. We raise 

 sorghum and sweet corn and field corn. 



It is hardly w^orth w^hile to say anything about ensilage. 

 In 1891 we had a silo full of ensilage. That was the memorable 

 drought year. We turned our cows out on blue grass pasture 

 and they wxre giving 720 pounds of milk at that time. Within 

 ten days the yield had dropped down to 640 pounds on blue grass. 

 We turned to ensilage and continued throughout the summer on 

 that. I have a record for milk for that summer. I have shown 

 it at the different dairy meetings in this state and in Kansas, 

 INIissouri and Farmers' Institutes and they all say it is a very 

 remarkable yield for uniformity. 



I have here one of the original total yields of milk per day 

 for that heated period. From May 6th to the 31st day of Au- 

 gust I think it is. It shows the remarkable uniformity of milk 

 yield. 



In connection with this matter just at present, the test of 

 corn fodder fresh from the field, which is a splendid field, and 

 ensilage. And it is ensilage that is more digestible than green 

 corn. 



I have here some individual records. I got home Saturday 

 night and came away Monday morning, and I had not the time 

 to attend to the correspondence waiting me, and other matters to 

 attend to, and did not have time to get all the records of the 

 cows. I did not pick out the poorest cows in the herd, and I 

 will show you also I did not pick out all of the best cows. The 

 boys ran over the records and they found that we hadn't a cow, 

 a mature cow with a second calf that yields less than 5,000 pounds 

 of milk, and the Babcock test and record sheets never falls below 

 5 per cent average test. 



We have here Lou. She has Shorthorn blood in her veins. 

 She in 10 months, produces 5,460 pounds, 4.8 per cent fat in milk. 



Dot is a very remarkable heifer, when two years old. When 

 three years old she gave 5.4 per cent fat in milk, and her own 

 weight in milk. 



Q": — What does she weigh? 



