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get at. We are trying to find some cheap, good food; some 

 means by which we can produce milk cheaper than we have 

 been producing it." 



Mr. Boyd: "My cows give the same amount of cream for 

 half the cost, and the quality of the cream does not vary." 



The President: " There has been something stated in re- 

 gard to what Prof. Henry has said about silo. Three years 

 ago at our meeting at Belvidere, if you remember, he did say 

 that so far as his experience went, the only thing gained by put- 

 ting up a silo was this: That you did not have to stop for the 

 rain, but you could put in the feed whenever you chose. I un- 

 derstand that after thorough experiments he backs right square 

 down from that position, and he is just as crazy on silos as any 

 of us." 



Mr. Mourad: " I would like to ask Mr. Sawyer if any reliable 

 comparative experiments have been made with ensilage butter 

 as to its keeping qualities." 



Mr. Sawyer: "Not that I know of. Statements have been 

 made, but they have not been backed up by reliable experi- 

 ments as far as I know." 



Mr. Grossman : " If, as Mr. Sawyer has said, the shrinkage 

 is less when the corn is comparatively green, why is it better to 

 put in the corn in a wilted condition?" 



Mr. Sawyer: "Well, it is simply a matter of weight, as I 

 understand it, and heating quicker iu the silo by being a little 

 wilted than perfectly green. I cannot tell you why because I 

 don't know, but it is a simple fact that it makes better ensilage 

 to be a little wilted before going in than when going in perfectly 

 fresh." 



Mr. Grossman : " Now, another question : Mr. Boyd told us 

 this forenoon that he fed 32 pounds of ensilage per day, other 

 parties said they fed about 60. Mr. Boyd said his corn had 

 ears on and that was why he didn't need so many pounds. 

 Now, I would like to know, which is the better way to have it, 

 with ears on or without them, that is, planting thin or thick? " 



Mr. Sawyer: "That is, you might say, a local point. Mr. 



