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silo the corn would have been of Httle value this year. We sow 

 oats and peas, cut them green, and they make excellent feed, and 

 the cows miss them when they are gone. 



Every dairyman knows that only early cut hay is profit- 

 able to feed milch cows. The milk goes up in the pail, in the 

 same ratio as the mow lowers when the early cut hay is fed. We 

 find cotton seed meal the most economical of the feeds we buy 

 in the market for our use. But in different localities cows need 

 different feed as we have cause to know. On the farm we left 

 in Peacham — "and a good one, too" — we had to feed bran or 

 bone meal to keep the cows in condition, and a bone was at all 

 times a great luxury, while on our present farm they eat bone 

 meal only under protest, and mixed with other feed. Bran has 

 been of little value to us as a butter feed, but is excellent for the 

 young things. Cows must have about the right kind of care 

 and feed to be profitable, but it is not good policy for the average 

 dairyman to crowd his herd for a phenomenal record. Too 

 many are lost in the operation, for a cow will only stand about 

 so much and keep in running order. 



There is little excuse at the present time for making poor 

 butter, for most of us have good cows. All should have clean, 

 comfortable, well ventilated stables, and the modern dairy im- 

 plements. No one is well equipped without a separator. It 

 insures about all the cream and excludes about all the dirt. One 

 must have a suitable place to ripen the cream and make the but- 

 ter. A room entirely free from the kitchen odors, or any other 

 for that matter, must be had. A building by itself is best, and 

 used for no other purpose. 



When the butter is made put it in the most attractive pack- 

 ages possible, whether in tubs, boxes, or prints. I do not con- 

 sider it necessary to describe the process of churning or work- 

 ing, to this audience. I would say, however, that we churn 

 only twice a week and find no trouble in keeping our cream in 

 good condition at any season of the year. 



Good help enters largely into successful dairying. That 

 farmer who has sufficient help in his own family is very for- 

 tunate — few are so blessed, however. If possible, get help that 

 can appreciate good treatment, and treat them well. Give such 

 a man a good team and good tools, and we should include 

 among these a manure spreader, and corn harvester, and it is 

 surprising to see what a large piece of corn he can care for, and 

 how well he can do it. Few men will try to do their best with 

 a poor team and insufficient tools, nor can they. 



And now comes the most important part of the whole busi- 

 ness — that of getting a good market for your product. The 

 nearer producer and consumer can get together in all kinds of 



