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ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



milk and butter fat. In my experience in laboring with my creamery 

 , patrons, they are altogether too liable to run away with the test of their 

 milk. They will try that alone when we test the individual cow and 

 want to multiply that with the amount of milk; compare their test and 

 talk about what their dairy test is, the percentage of fat. It is along the 

 same line of thought but taking hold of the other horn. They run away 

 with one thing when they should compare them. 



A. In order to take the butter fat you can't take the test alone or 

 the butter fat alone. 



Mr. Soverhill: Did Nora put her feed into fat instead of going to 

 milk. 



A. No, but very little more than Rose did. 



Mr. Gurler: Where did that extra feed go to that Rose made so 

 much more? 



A. No, I cannot tell you. Simply the cow is not so efficient either im 

 ' digestion or manufacture of milk. Concerning the blood is a questior^ 

 I am not able to answer. 



Mr. Hostetter: If Nora would have had less meat, she would have 

 given the same quantity of milk? 



A. That is a very difficult question to answer. She was not fed 

 more than she would eat naturally. Nothing was done to stimulate 

 their appetites. 



Mr. Gurler: That shows the need of knowing our individual cows, 

 A. That is the point I am trying to bring out, the uncertainty of 

 cows. 



Mr. Mason: What was the ration those cows used while doing that 

 work? 



A. I can't tell you. They were fed — the ration was changed at 

 different times, and I have not that with me. They were fed clover hay 

 and corn silage and corn meal or meal bran and gluten meal. 

 Q. The proportion? 



A. No, I am not discussing feeding. The point is the diffierence be- 

 tween the cows, and as long as they were fed the same the feeding does 

 not cut much figure as long as fed separate rations. ' 



