52 Agriculture and Its Needs 



Every farm ought to have at least one new 

 colt every spring. He should have a ped- 

 igree that he could be as proud of as a 

 Son of the Revolution or a member of the 

 Mayflower Society. He should not be ex- 

 pected to trot a mile in less than three min- 

 utes, but by the time he is four years old 

 he should be worth at least three hundred 

 dollars and create a sort of savings bank 

 account for his owner. We are the first 

 dairy state in the Union, but we have much 

 to learn about milk cows and scientific 

 dairying before we can be the first dairy 

 country in the world. Of course, we have 

 some fine dairy herds, and of course we 

 have some up-to-date dairymen, but do any 

 of us doubt that we have hundreds of thous- 

 ands of dairy cattle which are too mean to 

 keep, or that the very common practices of 

 handling dairy products are alike a menace 

 and a disgrace to us? Ample knowledge 



