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The smaller amounts of meal gave the most economical re- 

 turns, but in order to maintain the milk flow, we should recom- 

 mend the medium (8 lbs.) meal ration. 



For both cheese and buttermaking, the raw material, milk 

 must be properly cared for and be delivered to the manufacturer 

 in good condition. The two chief points in caring for milk or 

 cream on the farm are : 



1. To keep everything as clean as possible, and 



2. To keep them as cool as possible. Any condition or set 

 of conditions which accomplishes these results will be satisfactory. 

 Anything which violates these principles leads to disaster. 



But I reiterate, both cheese and buttermaking require that 

 the farmer shall have good cows. We are trying to preach that 

 doctrine in Canada. At the present time we have a regular 

 crusade, trying to get the farmers to have better cows. And there 

 is just one way to get better cows, and that is to weigh and test 

 the milk. Now, personally, I would not give a snap of the finger 

 for form in a dairy cow. Some of you I expect will jump on me 

 hard; but I know from practical experience that there is not a 

 man or a woman who can go into our herd of cows or any other 

 herd and pick out the money making cows by their form. What 

 we need is to have the milk of these cows weighed and tested so 

 that we will know^ just what they are doing. I say to our boys, 

 "I care not so much for form in the dairy cow ; what I want is 

 a cow that will perform." Give me cows that will perform, and 

 I care not what their form is, unless I am breeding pure-bred dairy 

 stock. Then I must, to a certain extent, pay attention to the 

 form, color and so on; but I am talking now of dairy cows, cows 

 for making money. 



We keep a herd of 20 or 30 cows at the Agricultural 

 College at Guelph, comprising three different breeds. The re- 

 cords for this last year show that two of our cows gave over 

 10,000; 4 over 9000; 6 over 8000; 8 over 7000; 12 over 6000 lbs. 

 of milk ; then three of them gave over 400 pounds and ten over 

 300 lbs. of butter; and that four of them made us $100 profit over 

 the cost of the feed. 



You must give your cows plenty of good feed of the right 

 kind. A great many people are looking for a cow that will 

 make a large quantity of butter or cheese on a small amount of 

 feed. Did you ever see any men like that? Did you ever hear 

 of old Deacon Hackett? He was a close fisted chap, and his 

 wife, one of these long, lean, rasping tempered women. In due 

 course she died, — and it is hoped went to heaven. The old deacon 

 went to the local tombstone dealer to buy a stone and directed the 

 following inscription be placed thereon. "Susan Hackett. Lord, 

 she was Thine!" The old deacon had screwed the dealer down 



