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Mr. Johnson : Is this corn planted in rows and cultivated 

 both ways? 



Mr. Judd: Yes, sir. 



Mr. Johnson: If you did not sell your milk at the con- 

 densing factory, wouldn't you put that corn into the silo? 



Mr. Judd: I don't think I would for this reason. I am 

 dependent entirely on hired help, and if you do anything of 

 that kind you have got to have extra help and extra machinery. 

 I have not a dollar invested in machinery, and I don't have 

 to go and hire extra help. The man goes and hauls it in every 

 day as we want it. It is a question of saving expense all the 

 way around. 



Mr. Johnson: If you could be shown that it would be 

 cheaper for you in the way of labor, wouldn't you do it? 



Mr. Judd: If I could find it would be cheaper in the 

 way of labor and I could make dollars enough to pay the in- 

 terest on the cost of the silo, I would do it in a minute. 



Mr. Hostetter: Do you feed the sheaf oats in the yard? 



Mr. Judd: I feed those in the barn. I feed one feed of 

 this fodder in the barn and the other in the yard. The cattle 

 go out, the man cleans up the stables and fills the mangers 

 with fodder corn. They eat that; when they get through 

 milking we shove back that fodder corn and feed bran and 

 then we shove up the fodder corn again and in the morning 

 it is cleaned up. We shove the stalks out of the way and 

 feed bran again after milking in the morning. Right after 

 breakfast we feed the sheaf oats in the manger ; then the man 

 goes to the field and gets his load of fodder and puts it in 

 the racks in the yard and the cattle are turned out and the 

 man cleans the stables. The cattle have been out every day, 

 except two or three, when it was very cold. We have a good 

 tight yard, surrounded by sheds and buildings, so that they 

 are protected from all cold drafts of wind. They have access 

 to warm water all the time and salt in the yard. 



The convetion adojurned till 1.30 p. m. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



The convention met at 1 :30 p. m., same day. 

 Mr. Gurler in the chair. 



