EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART VI 343 



We will now have to provide foodstuffs for our allies, as well 

 as cattle to give those nations a chance to start over again. 



The people of the United States have an opportunity here such 

 as has never come to them before — the opportunity to become the 

 leaders in animal husbandry. We must be more economical in 

 the use of food. The government tells us that we are wasting 

 seven hundred million dollars worth of food stuffs annually. Mr. 

 Houston says this would provide the French armies at the front. 



Preach the doctrine of economy all over the world, but don't 

 ask the women to be more economical in their dresses, because 

 they are now too economical at both ends. 



To the corn-growing sections and the wheat-growing sections 

 the appeal of the nation today is "Raise wheat as never before," 

 and by so doing, you will help contribute the largest amount of 

 food stuffs to the couutiy ; the appeal of the nation now is, "Raise 

 corn as never before" and those likewise will be contributing to 

 the nation's supply. 



The same thing is true in the dairy business — extend it. You 

 are extremely fortunate here in Iowa because of the natural op- 

 portunities you have for growing corn and crops of all kinds. 

 There is no state in the Union that averages better than Iowa does 

 in this respect, but I fear that a great many of the citizens of 

 Iowa do not fully appreciate this. There is no state in the Union 

 that has better natural opportunities than the state of Iowa. You 

 already rank among the leading states in the Union in dairying, 

 and we in Wisconsin do not envy you — we would be glad to help 

 you. We would be glad to hear that there was another state that 

 could excel us in this matter of dairying. Dairy products are 

 needed at home and abroad just as truly as our corn crops. 



In 1916, eighteen million dollars worth of condensed milk was 

 exported to the allies. The exportation of other dairy products 

 is increasing in about the same ratio. Last month twenty-one 

 million pounds were shipped from the port of New York alone. 



It is the dairy cow that builds up the bank account big and 

 strong; it is the dairy cow that supplies butter for our board; 

 it's the dairy cow that supplies the clothes for the boys; it's the 

 dairy cow that always leads. When winter comes, does she jump 

 the job? No ! She pays for her keep every day that she eats and 

 is never classed among the farmer's deadbeats. Then, friends, 

 let us take good care of the dairy cow. 



