118 ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



O : — You can not apply your northern Illinois ideas to us 

 here. 



A : — I do not see why. The corn will produce the most 

 feed per acre, which will keep more stock and build up your 

 land. 



Q : — It would be more valuable to use cow peas till we get 

 the land able to produce that. 



A : — I do not know what would bring your land up faster 

 than this dairy business. 



Mr. Lindley : — I say it would be more valuable to this part 

 of the state, more fertility and more manure to draw out. The 

 question was asked Mr. Mason if he would have rotation of 

 crops, and if it would work the same way. 1 meant to illustrate 

 that all he said about northern Illinois would not apply to us here. 



A : — What I said applies to any locality where they need a 

 good lot of fertility and a little bit of money. 



Q : — What porportion would be the most economical for a 

 farmer to do — this way or half corn. 



A : — As a rule we seed our oats to clover, which seldom \ 

 equals one-third of the acreage of corn. Then we frequently 

 lose the entire crop of clover by frost — when we have to resort 

 to corn entirely. 



Q : — What is your rotation ? 



A : — Corn, oats and clover. Pasture. 



O : — How thick do you plant your corn to produce the most 

 feed for milk? 



-Not too thick, so as to have good grain and lots of it. 



-How fine do you grind your corn? 



-Just as fine as you can. Cannot get it too fine. 



-So you can not see the cob ? 



-I want it ground so you would not know there was 

 any cob in it. 



Q : — What kind of grinder do you use ? 

 A : — I use a Bousher No. 8. Mr. Haeger does the best 

 custom work I ever saw done. He can tell you what machine 

 he uses. 



