ILLINOIS STATE. DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. j^^ 



meal. We substitute three pounds of gluten meal. The gluten meal 

 contains 25 per cent protein bran, 121/^ per cent according to chemical 

 analysis. Two pounds of bran is equal to one of meal. We have tried 

 it and our cows not only hold their own, but many of the cows increased 

 to nearly three pounds a cow. They have all increased a little and from 

 that day to this we have fed gluten meal. 



Mr. Soverhill: I have a question to ask. Have those cows all been 

 fed the same ration? 



A. Yes, sir, our best co^s cost an average of $31.49 for feed. The 

 last two cost only $26.32. You sec a good cow has got to be well fed. 

 If you feed these cowsi only half the amount we would have got results 

 very much below these. The dairy cow is a hard working animal and 

 needs good ration. 



Q. What is your basis for feeding. There are some heavier than 

 others; which cow should have the most feed. 



A. According to the amount of butter fat that would come. If we 

 found a cow would eat more feed than she was getting, we increased, 

 and if she paid for that extra feed she got it right along; if not, we took 

 it away. 



Q. Has any had any experience in feed roots? 



A. Only to a very limited extent. 



Prof. Henry: You have spoken of scrub cows. Did they come from 

 the plains? Or the good cows which had been selected again and again 

 as the family moved westward, were they scrubs or not? 



A. That depends on what you call scrubs. 



Mr. Dor&ey: Could' corn fodder be used' in a cow'si ration? 



A. It should be supplemented by some feed like clover hay or soja 

 beans. 



Q. If I have a cow giving 8 per cent milk and getting 30 pounds in a 

 •day should I feed her more than that required ration 2^^ ? 



A. We should have to try and see; this is simply a standard. If 

 we find a cow was producing butter fat at a profit and eating full feed 

 then we increase it, and if the increase in the butter fat pays or more 



