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why the special dairy cow of the thoroughbred foundation breed- 

 ing is worth more money than the cow that would be equally pro- 

 ductive but does not hand down her characteristics to her off- 

 spring. A cow with a record, a tested cow that will make two 

 pounds of butter a day and over, is the kind of a cow that yon 

 want to breed, and sired by a bull that is out of a good founda- 

 tion breeding. Then you may be sure you are on the right road 

 to success in breeding up a paying herd of cows, and as our land 

 grows in price so must we raise our standard of butter produc- 

 tion. Don't be afraid that it will be overdone or that it will not 

 pay on high-priced land. On Jersey Island and Guernsey, land is 

 worth from $600 to $1,750 per acre, and they have a cow to every 

 acre of land. There they take the best care of them. We don't 

 think enough of our cows, nor do we take good enough care of 

 them. They furnish the best produce on earth, the best drink 

 there is, a balanced ration for man, and should, therefore, have 

 the best of care. 



HOW I MAKE MONEY DAIRYING. 



(By S. H. Pile, Glasgow, Missouri.) 



My talk will be more on how I spend money dairying rather 

 than how I make money. However, I believe and hope I am on th j 

 right track and eventually will have some money. Here, at the 

 Experiment Station, the foundation herd of cows was just ordi- 

 nary stock, while today they have a number producing over 700 

 pounds of butter per year. Such cows are valued at perhaps sev- 

 eral hundred dollars. This gives me encouragement, and I have 

 aspirations that in time I can produce just as good by following- 

 the same methods of breeding, testing, selecting, feeding, etc. 



The money-making dairy farmer might be one of two kinds. 

 He might spend neither money nor time to achieve greatest re- 

 sults but put up with old and inadequate buildings, poor cows, 

 cheap feed, and refuse to test because it takes time and necessi- 

 tates spending some money for a testing apparatus. He gets along 

 with very few farm implements, and economizes in every possible 

 way. He never spends a dollar except for something absolutely 

 necessary. Is this making money? We have neighbors who rarely 

 ever sow clover seed because they are afraid they will lose the 

 seed. It is almost useless to add that in time they and their farms 



