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he knows he is banged to one side of the barn and then you are willing 

 to sell her at any price. When they come that on me, I took to raising 1 

 my own cows. 



Mr. Nowlan: — Did you ever feed any skim milk to your cows, and 

 what was the, result? 



A: — No, only once. I thought I would see what one cow would do by 

 giving her a little extra. I got a larger flow of milk by decreasing the per 

 cent of fat. The cow was fed in the barn; made a milk slop out of oil 

 meal and bran and thin gruel. After a few days she took to drinking this 

 readily in place of water, but she went down on her quality of milk and 

 part on the flow. I thought I was only robbing the calves and pigs, so I 

 stopped. 



By the President: — The- price he puts on skim milk is what he can 

 afford to pay for it when feeding it to full blooded stock. He doesi not 

 intend to convey the idea that you should feed it to pigs' and ordinary 

 cattle. Try to raise them on 35 and 50 cent skim milk. 



Mr. Nowlan: — With onei exception here. I did not mention full 

 blooded cows. When it comes to raising your own heifer calves for your 

 own use, yoi* can't do without this ekitin milk at any price. Am not speak- 

 ing of full blooded cows at all; am speaking of reasonable grade that you 

 carry. You can't feed them anytfcing that will do them more good and 

 make a cheaper feed than skim milk. You can raise them without skim 

 milk, of course, but you haven't got the calves at the end of it. We feed 

 it to hogs and get as much profit for them as the calves. You can get them 

 on the market quicker, and make nicer looking animals and sell them at 

 a high prices 



Q: — How many cows do you have? 



A: — Thirty-eight cows and heifers. 



Q: — Consequently the hogs receive milk from that number of cows? 



A. — Partly more or partly less. 



Q: — What average do you get a day? 



A: — Average 640 pounds of milk a day. 



