-q ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



Mr. Allen : Well, perhaps I might, hut the trouhle is I have to pay for 



^tL R„ E LL Prof Henry, will your cows eat corn-stalks without steaming? 



5L B r;, ye™ do noUhink a'bout steaming. If you cut it yo» .have put 



t00k Zw th W: h n ave transferred to our sweep machinery, and three horses 

 will cut from 1,500 to 2,000 pounds in an hour. 



corn is king. 



18 * mTbovd- Professor, how long have you had your silof 



"w« have had our large silo about five years, and then a couple of 

 small ones about two years. ■«,„„;,» 



Mb. Bovd: Is It growing in popularity^ you' caugMa l t of 



*„wr. Well, the ensilage ^j^^* ^Yover tie country, 

 city farmers and theorists, and t swept 1 * e a s '°™ ° specu i a tive periods like 

 Now, friends, in legitimate fanning, rj^rtto B must necessarily 

 the early wheat days, farming is ^™» ^^^i^ced that could 

 be so, and it would be very strange that anyth ng co ui a be & 



multiply our profits, but it has been ound out £»£*£*£ » « , 



help to us. At first they told us^ that we must build ^a strong, ^ g ^ 

 WQ ich must be air tight -d - -ust have earn^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 



machines working, and it was enoug n to udi the flrst si i s and got 



about, and we did a great deal of Bardwoikin^ bun g _ 



sick of it. This fall we star ted our c„t t e p n g th ee ^ ^ 



