STATE DAIRY ASSOCIATION. 691 



The results secured show clearly and decisively that the dairy type 

 was the money maker. The little pamphlet which contained this report 

 expressed it in figures this way: 



No. of Cotft of Yield Butter 

 Cows. Food. Fat, Pounds. Profit. 



Dairy type 35 $54 43 301 $28 09 



-Shallow body type 7 49 42 201 5 81 



Fleshy type * 8 50 50 206 6 09 



In discussing this report with his father, said John: "We do not pay 

 attention enough to the character and type of the animals in our herd. 

 There really is not a great deal of difference in the cost of the food which 

 • the different kinds of cows ate, but see what a difference there is in 

 what they produce! Those dairy type cows made an average profit of 

 over $20 more per head than the other two kinds. Here it states that 

 one of them made 511 pounds of butter, which yielded a net profit of 

 $57.25. In my opinion too many of our daiiymen are forgetting that 

 feeding is secondary to breeding, that they first must have the right 

 sort of cow to get the best kind of results. This bulletin ought to be 

 read and studied by every dairy farmer in the State." 



The records of the Winslow herd were improving steadily. At the 

 end of the third year the books showed that the cows had averaged about 

 275 pounds of butter fat, while the cost of feed had not grown. Some 

 of the heifers, soon to be fresh, were full of promise to John. "We'll 

 ai-m high," said John, "and breed this up to a 400 herd. Why not? 

 Plenty of cows have done that well in some of our great herds. The 

 Guernsey cow. Lily Ella, produced 782 pounds of butter fat, and it is 

 said that Pauline Paul, the Holstein, made 1,153 pounds of butter, while 

 there are many Jerseys that have produced sensational records. Yes, 

 I guess we can make it 400 without much trouble. That's the sort of 

 production that makes profit." 



Young men of energy and brains, no matter what their business, 

 want to know what the other fellow is doing and how he does it This 

 has a general application, irrespective of business. The farmer's institute 

 grew out of this feeling. The institute is an educational medium to help 

 farmers. Under right conditions, it introduces new ideas into a com- 

 munity; Consequently, when the first institute was held at Rockdale, 

 the Winslows took a lively interest. They could not help it because the 

 dairy cow was up for discussion. The principal speaker was a great 

 dairy authority, who had two characteristics of a delightful sort. Next 

 to telling a good story, 'he most enjoyed talking about the cow. He told 

 some mighty trutiis, even if he did say that whenever he saw a cow he 

 wanted to take his hat off to her as though she was a lady. John got 

 some nev\' inspiration from him, and came awny surer than ever that he 

 was Avorking in the right direction. 



