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ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



Q. Is that the only one? 



A. No sir. 



Q. Well, I live in the country r.nd never heard of it there? 



A. Go to the school teachers and talk about it; take some ot tnose 

 government bulletins and read tn e m and you will find they are all getting 

 that way. 



Q. I understand they don't teach that in the schools, but have physi- 

 ology classes. 



A. Yes tney are and nave Heard many of them. They are doing it in 

 Wayne county and will be doing it in all counties soon. 



By the President: Mr. Davis comes from the center of the State and 

 is well posted on the growing of this soy bean and protein feeds. Any 

 questions on them as to the kind to grow, when to sow, etc., he is ready 

 and willing to answer. 



Q. What is the cost of cultivating that compared with corn? 



A. This mammoth kind we plant early as corn; it will stand as much 

 cold and dampness as anything else. We drill it with a driller. It costs a 

 little more for the seed. We cultivate it about the same as corn. This 

 mammoth kind we drill thick, a bushei to the acre or more, and don't 

 cultivate it. We can cut two or three crops if we wait. 



Q. Is it possible to feed too much protein to the dairy cow. What 

 amount of protein ought we to feed? 



A. According to the per cent of protein there is in the milk they 

 produce. I will just read here a ration: 



2.08 protein, 16 pounds carbohydrates, 69 fat; ratio 1 to 8. More 

 carbohydrates needed and enough to make a pound of butter. Here is 

 what I was feeding and didn't feed enough protein. She made 20 pounds 

 in the week and according to Prof. Haecker she ought to have had 3.76 

 protein. I was only feeding 3.30. It depends on what your cows are 

 doing. She only gives 39 pounds of milk, while a cow giving only 3 per 

 cent milk wouldn't need so much protein. We need a Babcock test and the 

 scales. That is the only rational way to feed. 



