FORTY-SECOND ANNUAL CONVENTION 19 



Q. How often did you test the milk from those cows? 



A. Once a month. We take a sample of milk for two 

 days. If you are going to test the milk of any cow you must 

 take more than one milking, for the percent, of butter fat in one 

 milking may vary from the next, there may be a difference be- 

 tween morning and evening milk. We take samples twO' days, 

 both night and morning so as to get an average sample so as to 

 be fair. A cow might test 5 per cent butter fat in the evening and 

 test 4 percent in the morning — you want to take the average. 



Q. Did you use a pure bred sire for those thirteen years? 



A. No, sir. When we began weighing and sampling the 

 milk for each individual cow we placed a pure bred sire at the 

 head of the herd. 



Q. You used a pure bred sire? 



A. Yes. 



Q. How often do you think a cow ought to freshen? 



A. Once a year; sometimes there will be thirteen months, 

 sometimes eleven months, I aim to have them freshen once a 

 year. These sheets are for twelve months and the cows are 

 often dry six weeks, I believe the average cow should, and she 

 should be well fed during that time so that she will be in good 

 shape when she freshens. 



Q. What do you think of a dry period of from two to four 

 months ? 



A. That is a different proposition. When they want a 

 cow to make a very large record for one week, thirty days, or a 

 year, they usually have that cow stand dry for a long time. 



Q. She usually will do better the longer she remains dry? 



A. They usually let them stand dry for a long period and 



