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the per cent, of fat in a cow's milk does vary; if you get the 

 cow out of normal condition you can make her give a very 

 low per cent., or a very high per cent. We have had cows 

 that were given the very best of food and they are still giving 

 tw^o and a half per cent, milk, and they always will. 



Mr. Judd: But you might feed them so they would not 

 give but one per cent, of milk by poor feeding? 



Prof. Haecker: Oh, yes; you might kill her and she 

 wouldn't give you anything. 



Mr. Wesley: Why is it that you feed grain first in the 

 morning? 



Prof. Haecker : I don't know of any special reason ; I am 

 simply telling you what we do and the results. One ad- 

 vantage in feeding the grain is that you put it in the box 

 right close by and the cow is not reaching for anything; she 

 is simply standing there perfectly quiet and contented. 



Mr. Wesley: Why not feed hay? 



Prof. Haecker : Then, as Mr. Judd says, she will be reach- 

 ing for it. 



Mr. Wesley: Our cows have to be milked at 4:30, on 

 account of the railroads in this neighborhood. 



The Chairman: We are going to change that. It is a 

 bad thing. 



Mr. Hoard (of Aurora): According to a statement sent 

 me some years ago by Gov. Hoard, it was said that wheat 

 bran contained more nourishment than either corn or oats. 

 I w^ant to know if that is advocated by the Dairymen's Asso- 

 ciation? 



Prof. Haecker: Well, I don't know about advocating. 

 We don't advocate anything. The office of the Experiment 

 Station is simply to hunt for facts, and when we find a fact, 

 to give it out. 



Mr. Hoard: Nine out of ten farmers will say that there 

 is nothing in bran. Gov. Hoard said it contained 25 per cent, 

 more nourishment than either corn or oats. I would like to 

 know about that. 



