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ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



A : — Our milk supply is very uniform indeed. It does not 

 vary 100 or 150 pounds a year. We are very glad to have the 

 fresh cows in the herd all of the time. I would not care if we 

 had a fresh cow every week of the year. 



Q: — You have got from 7 to 11 tons of peas and hay with 

 oats on the ground ? 



A : — That's in the green state. It will make from 2 to 4 tons 

 of pure hay. 



-Hills how high? 

 -Three to four feet high. 

 -What kind of pea ? 

 : — Canada pea, I don't think that will grow down here. 



-I have heard they do well ? 

 : — Yes, they do well, they are a good pea. With the 

 southern pea, if they do well, you have the situation in your own 

 hands, that will just lap over on to your field peas. 



— They want something to lap over ? 



— Yes sir. 



— What did you plant ? 



— One bushel of peas to 40 pounds of oats. 



— How did you sow them ? 



— Broadcast. 



— On rich soil? 



— On soil that produces 40 or 50 bushels of corn to the 



acre. 



Q : — How many tons of ensilage to the acre ? 



A : — Two years ago, I took Mr. Newman into a field of 

 ensilage that were just head high, 22 tons to the acre, 900 pounds 

 ensilage to feed a cow a month. Now its probably very easy to 

 figure out how long that acre of sorghum would last. I went 

 through our corn field and made an estimate by selecting average 

 hills and that a cornfield of ensilage made 19 tons per acre. Or- 

 dinarily it will make from 10 to 15 tons. Down here probably 

 make 6 or 8 tons. 



Q : — What kind of a silo ? 



A : — I have a model here that for practicability and cheap- 



