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brought it in, and just as I got back to the barn I was notified that they 

 were unloading the gluten feed. I went and took one of the bags off one 

 of the wagons and saw at a glance it was a low grade of gluten feed. It 

 had only 18 or 19 per cent of protein in it, when it should have had 28 

 or 30 per cent. 



Q: — Some run as high as 36 per cent. 



A: — Not gluten feed, but gluten meal. There is a difference be- 

 teween the two. You have got to go very carefully in feeding it. With 

 us in New York state the manufacturers have got to guarantee the 

 amount of protein it contains. I don't know whether the law is the 

 same here or not. 



Mr. Crozier: — What I want to know, is whether the danger is to the 

 cow or the product; would it hurt the cow? 



A:— Both. 



Q: — If limited to five pounds? 



A: — That would be perfectly safe for a large cow, if mixed as indi- 

 cated before. I would say not to get too/narrow a ration; that would run 

 a cow down. Keep as near the standard ration as possible. 



SOY BE,ANS AND VETCH-THEIR GROWTH AND 

 FEEDING VALUE. 



BY A. A. HINKLEY, DUBOIS, ILL. 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen : 



I have here samples of Soy beans. This last season was pretty dry 

 and they did not grow as tall as usual, but. these will show you how they 

 grow for seed. (Shows samples.) 



It seems as though I, a fruit grower, was a little out of place before 

 a convention of dairymen; but on second thoughts, the difference in our 

 interests is but slight. We are both working on the same line, which 



