102 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



Let me illustrate : You know that certain farmers, take for 

 instance the farmers that are fattening chickens for the market, 

 will purchase your chickens and place them in an enclosure and 

 feed them certain rations. They are feeding them for that fine 

 mellow white meat only. The result is that when these chickens 

 are killed and being packed their bones are so soft they will break. 

 Those chickens must be soft and they cannot withstand disease. 



We have tried experiments with hogs. You know in hogs 

 you want to grow a vigorous bone and you are probably aware 

 that if you will feed them a certain amount of cotton seed oil you 

 can increase their weight from seven hundred to twelve hundred 

 pounds. This same thing is true of the cow, with certain food 

 you can increase her weight from twenty-two hundred to twenty- 

 four hundred pounds. 



The average hog in Nebraska is fed on a large amount of 

 corn. I believe very strongly in the feeding of certain minerals 

 to make strong vigorous bone so as to ward off disease. 



