122 THIRTIETH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



No. 3 delivered 7,039 pounds of milk; yield in butter, 4.93 

 dividend, 66 cents per 100. 



No. 4 delivered 2,049 pounds of milk ; yield in butter, 5.37 

 dividend, 72 cents per 100. 



No. 6 delivered 8,182 pounds of milk; yield in butter, 4.88 

 dividend, 54 cents per 100. 



No. 7 delivered 2,734 pounds of milk; 3 ield in butter, 3.81 

 dividend, 51 cents per 100. 



No. 10 delivered 6,230 pounds of milk; yield in butter, 6.20 

 dividend, 83 cents per 100. 



No. 12 delivered 13,137 pounds of milk; yield in butter, 3.89 

 dividend, 52 cents per 100,. 



No. 14 delivered 7,085 pounds of milk; yield in butter, 6.12 

 dividend, 82 cents per 100. 



No. 15 delivered 10,567 pounds of milk; yield in butter, 5.01 

 dividend, 67 cents per 100. 



You have noted the wide range here in the returns per 100 

 pounds of milk. You have noted, also, that some of the pat- 

 rons who brought large amounts of milk received the highest 

 dividends. The lowest dividend per 100 pounds of milk was 

 No. 7. He delivered only 2,734 pounds, and he received only 

 51 cents per 100. The highest was No. 10, who delivered 

 6,230 pounds of milk and received 83 cents per 100. The but- 

 ter from each herd sold for the same price, yet one man re- 

 cieved 32 cents more per 100 pounds than the other, and fur- 

 nished considerably more milk. 



What about the two men. No. 10 is a bright, intelligent, 

 reading man. He is not afraid to spend a few dollars for a 

 registered bull to put in his herd. He has been grading up 

 his cows and grading up his mind and judgment for several 

 years. If there is a dairy convention or a farm institute with- 

 in reach he attends it. His table will show the best dairy 

 literature in the land. 



No. 7 is a man who sneers at the cows of No. 10, at his 

 books, dairy papers, and registered bull. He says all these 

 things are humbug. One man makes money at every turn, 

 the other shuts his eyes, ears and mind and keeps cows at an 

 absolute loss and don't know it. The first man is going- ahead, 

 the other running behind. The difference of 32 cents per 100 

 in milk represents the value of putting brains, mental effort, 

 into this business of keeping cows. 



That man deceives himself fearfully who thinks he is sav- 

 ing money by not spending money and time, to know all he 

 can concerning the cow. If we are going to the expense of 

 keeping cows, caring for them, milking them, and all other 

 expenses, we are foolish indeed if we do not work as far as 

 possible towards two things ; a better judgment in ourselves 



