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a year for each matured cow ; I don't think 

 that too high. If a cow falls much below that 

 amount, she must give place to a better one, for 

 I'm not making this experiment entirely for my 

 health. The standard isn't too high, yet it's 

 enough to give a fine profit. It means at least 

 three hundred and fifty pounds of butter a year, 

 and in this case the butter means at least thirty 

 cents a pound, or more than 1100 a year for 

 each cow. This is all profit, if one wishes to 

 figure it by itself, for the skimmed milk will 

 more than pay for the food and care. But why 

 did you say dehorn the cows ? " 



"Well, I notice that a man with a club is 

 almost sure to find some use for it. If he isn't 

 pounding the fence or throwing it at a dog, he's 

 snipping daisies or knocking the heads off bull- 

 thistles. He's always doing something with it 

 just because he has it in his hand. It's the same 

 way with a cow. If she has horns, she'll use 

 them in some way, and they take her mind off 

 her business. No, sir ; a cow will do a lot better 

 without horns. There's mighty little to distract 

 her attention when her clubs are gone." 



"What breeds of cows have you handled, 

 Thompson ? " 



"Not any thoroughbreds that I know of; 

 mostly common kinds and grade Jerseys or 

 Holsteins." 



" I'm going to put a small herd of thorough 

 bred Holsteins on the place." 



