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general-purpose cow. The total number of cows in these 

 100 herds was 982. There were 4 herds that ranged from 

 $2.11 to $2.30 for every dollar's worth of feed expended. 

 There were 61 besides out of the 100 which averaged from 

 $1 upwards for every dollar's worth of feed consumed, the 

 highest of these being $1.91, the lowest $1. Of these, 12 

 returned from $1.50 to $1.91 ; 23 herds returned from 

 $1.20 to $1.50; 26 herds returned from $1 to $1.20 for 

 each dollar expended in feed. Xow we come to the dark 

 side of the picture : 35 of these patrons out of the 100 re- 

 ceived less than $1 from the creamery for every dollar they 

 spent in feed, and this loss ran all the way from 2 cents on 

 the dollar to 66 cents. Understand, now, that every one 

 of these men was taking his money, the best as well as the 

 poorest, from the ereamery : 65 received over $1 for each 

 dollars worth of feed; 35 received less than $1. The ex- 

 treme contrasts are one man receiving $2.30, another 44 

 cents. Now, was it the creamery or the patron that was 

 responsible for this difference? 



Mr. Kinsley classified the 100 herds as follows: "dual 

 purpose," "high-grade Short-horn," "natives," "grade 

 dauw," " high-grade dairy," " grade Jerseys." The four 

 herds that gave from $2.11 to $2.30 for every dollar's worth 

 of feed were " high-grade dairy" and one "high-grade 

 Jersey." Every one of the 35 herds that reported a loss for 

 every dollars worth of feed consumed were " dual purpose," 

 " grade Short-horns " and " natives." 



This is a free country ; a man has a right, if he chooses, 

 to keep steers to do the work of horses ; to go on the trot- 

 ting track with draft-bred horses ; to use the general-pur- 

 pose reaper for cutting grain and corn, if he can find one ; 

 but in none of these places will he find that the hard, un- 

 yielding laws of economics will get out of his way for a 

 moment. They will never make any allowance for his likes 

 or dislikes, his prejudice or his ignorance. They govern in 

 the great world of physics everywhere. A thing must lie 

 made for its purpose, whether it is an animal or a machine, 

 if the best profit at the least cost is to be obtained from it. 



