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ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



than the ladies This represents the sum of these: Sixty for silage, 

 thirty-eight for non-silage, and fifteen no choice. In the second test 

 forty-eight for silage, twenty-seven for non-silage. 



There were 220 tests in all made on 75 different people. We had. 

 enough for these comparisons. These 220 tests, 118 preferred Jiilage, 65- 

 non-silage, and 37 had no choice. You see silage milk was preferred ta 

 the non-silage. 



There were twelve samples left at the hotels every day for a month 

 in half-pint bottles and served on the tables, with no objections to any 

 of them, so that it seems to me the criticism in regard to silage milk is 

 unjust. Of course I don't want to be understood to say you always get 

 good milk from silage. If you feed poor silage you will get poor milk- 

 Feed good silage and throw out the poor and you will have good results. 

 I see no reason for condemning it the way people do. Mr. Gurler of De- 

 Kalb feeds silage right along an'd sel'Ils imilk at 12 cents a quart, an'd of 

 course if there is anything the matter with silage he would not do that. 



DISCUSSION. 



Mr. Lloyd: Did the people know which milk they were testing? 



A. None of the people knew what that experiment was. I told' 

 them we w^ere trying to experiment on different feeds and wanted to see 

 the effect on milk, and asked them which they preferred, and did not tell 

 them until after the experiment was over. The same v/as true of the 

 milk experts. We just numbered the bottles and the amount of butter 

 fat and asked which they preferred. They did not know in any case 

 what the experiment was. 



Mr. Monrad: Did you test as to the acidity of the milk? 



A. No, I did not. 



Q. Did you make a test as to the keeping quality of the milk? 



A. Not to a great extent; kept the milk quite cool and kept it six 

 days. Tried it again at that time and before commencing to sour. Nc» 

 difference yet. 



