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Oct. 15, 1900, to May 1, 1901, yielded up 11,120 pounds. 

 That she will break her record before October there is no 

 question, and this upon a steady working ration for business, 

 producing milk to sell at the factory from 80 cents to $1.38 

 per hundred pounds, to test 3% P er cent, the price being 

 graded for the year, the average about $1.12. This cow's 

 milk brought her owner in 1900 $157.03, and for the 194 

 days named, $139.81. Every cow in this large herd over 

 four years must yield yearly not less than $100 at these fac- 

 tory prices, or she goes to the block or market. The meas- 

 ure is by individuals, and this insures profit. 



The study of the food question is of equal importance with 

 that of breeding. As conditions change, practices are to be 

 modified. Supplemental foods must to-day be increased, 

 that the ill effects of drought at any season of the year may 

 be overcome. No shrinkage in product can be permitted 

 which care and food might prevent. The silo for every day 

 in the year promises to become a necessity with the milk 

 producer, as by its use the feeder can control the inevitable 

 changes of the season, and supply succulent food to supple- 

 ment the pastures or relieve the hay mow. The item of 

 grain purchased is an important one with dairymen, and if, 

 by the use of ensilage, Hungarian, oats, rye, barley or other 

 succulent crops, a saving is possible, good business demands 

 immediate action looking to an increase of these crops. 



Still another question facing the grower of any crop is that 

 of cost per ton, per bushel or per hundred pounds. In this 

 are involved all the contingents of soil adaptability, soil cul- 

 tivation, quality of seed and cost of fertilizer. That the 

 question of soil adaptability to given crops is not appreci- 

 ated there can be no doubt, and economy suggests more 

 critical study. That cultivation plays a more important 

 part than has yet been reckoned must be admitted. Marked 

 results obtained by and through continued and complete 

 cultivation demonstrate the importance of attention to this 

 one important step. 



The value of experimentation in the development of seeds 

 to produce crops of fiue quality and which will mature early 

 must be admitted, and the use of such must be depended 



