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feeds on the market, such as cottonseed meal, gluten meal, and 

 lately the Fourex, which recently came into use. As these feeds 

 cost but little, if any, more than corn meal and carry from 30 to 

 45 per cent, of digestible protein, it seems to be an economical 

 plan and one intended to get the greatest profit. So then, 

 with our clover hay and peas and oats, which can be grown 

 in great abundance here, the remainder, which will be very small 

 in connection with those feeds just mentioned, can be best pro- 

 cured in the concentrated feeds. 



After having selected the cow which will yield us the most 

 profit, and the feed which costs us the least and contains the 

 necessary ingredients, with surroundings such as will keep her 

 comfortable and contented, we come to the milking and caring 

 for and marketing the product. I am aware that the matter of 

 getting help is a serious problem, especially help to carry on the 

 dairy, for many men object to milking and will not work for the 

 man who has many cows. It is also difficult to get good milkers. 

 I am sure milking is not any harder than a majority of farm 

 work. Why. then, does this condition exist? One reason is 

 that most farmers who are not making a specialty of dairying 

 do not make their chores a part of their day's work, but expect 

 their men to get up an hour earlier than would be necessary, to 

 do the milking and other work of caring for the cows, then do a 

 day's work on the farm and spend another hour in the evening 

 at chores. Is it any wonder that men object to that way of 

 doing, for they get no more wages than the man who works 

 where no cows are kept. 



Xow, friends, a man who has a disposition to give value 

 received will accomplish as much in 12 hours as he will in 15 on 

 a farm, and if he makes the chores a part of a day's work, we 

 shall get as much other work done, and our hired men will feel 

 better natured, be more willing to do what is asked and will not 

 object to milking. I have seen the result in actual practice, and 

 have heard the men express their opinions. 'Another reason for 

 doing this is that we shall get the best results by milking reg- 

 ularly and making periods between of like duration. Some 

 men are naturally good milkers, while others are poor, but all 

 may be improved if they have an interest in the work they are 

 doing. 



