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power to fleece us at their will. Now, the larger our crops, 
the more unmercifully are we treated by these magnates, 
who already, almost wield the destinies of this country, 
controlling legislation and frequently elections at their will. 
The question is before the American people, and intelli¬ 
gence and concert of action can only secure our just rights. 
The country needs less railroad millionaires and more in¬ 
telligent, independent farmers. 
S. Patrick said he would like to return to Topic No. 
4, for a little while as he had been making some experi¬ 
ments of interest,.bearing upon that topic: He had found 
that the cost of producing Winter milk was simply the cost 
of grain fed. 16 pounds of corn and oats per day 
mixed equally in bulk fed to a cow producing on an average 
22)4 pounds of milk per day, would bring the cost of 
milk up to 53)4 cents per hundred pounds. The hay fed 
he considered simply offset the grass in Summer. He didn’t 
feed all cows alike. He fed them according to the amount 
of milk they gave. He considered that his Winter cows 
would keep up their average of milk until grass came. 
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Cohoon : Would like to know which was the more 
valuable, coarse or finely ground feed. 
Patrick : Thought finely ground best. 
Buell : Said he would like to express himself in 
favor of small milkers that would make one pound of butter 
to every fifteen pounds of milk. A cow that would make 
such milk deserved just as much attention as the one 
which gave milk requiring twenty-five pounds to make a 
pound of butter. The Kane county dairymen preferred 
the cow that gave a large quantity no matter what the 
quality, but this ought not to be. 
Adjourned until 1:30 p. m. 
