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the dairy business. He will model his dairy and his dairy prac- 

 tice after the manner of those who are getting $40 or §50 or 

 $75 per year from their cows rather than the manner of the 

 " average " dairyman who is lucky if he gets $25 from each 

 cow. There are a few men in almost every county of the State, 

 and many of them in the older dairy counties that are already 

 using a silo, feeding a balanced ration, selecting their poorest 

 cows for sale, and gaining increased profits by so doing. The 

 future will multiply this kind of dairymen for the reason that 

 they will be the ones whose profits are such as to keep them in 

 the business. 



Something similar is true in regard to the creameries. The 

 day when a "buttermaker" can be hired for a little more than 

 farm laborers' wages is past, because the creameries are willing 

 to pay good wages for satisfactory service, and because they 

 can not afford to employ any but the best when the success of a 

 business of $20,000 to $100,000 depends so largely upon the 

 skill of the buttermaker. The changing conditions in dairy and 

 creamery practice will certainly result in bringing both busi- 

 nesses to a stable and satisfactory and successful and profitable 

 basis. 



SHOWING AVERAGE MONTHLY PRICE OF FANCY WESTERN 

 CREAMERY BUTTER IN NEW YORK MARKET. 



