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yielded a net profit of $57.25. In my opinion, too many 

 of our dairymen are forgetting that feeding is secondary to 

 breeding ; that they first must have tlie right sort of cow, to 

 get the best kind of results. This bulletin ought to be read 

 and studied by every dairy farmer in the State." 



The records of the Winslow herd were improving steadily. 

 At the end of the third year the books showed that the cows 

 had averaged about 275 pounds of butter fat, while the cost 

 of feed had not grown. Some of the heifers, soon to be 

 fresh, were full of promise to John. " We'll aim high," said 

 John, " and breed this up to a 400-pound herd. Why not? 

 Plenty of cows have done that well in some of our great 

 herds. The Guernsey cow Lily P^lla produced 782 pounds 

 of butter fat; and it is said that Pauline Paul, the Holstein, 

 made 1,153 pounds of butter ; while there are many Jerseys 

 that have produced sensational records. Yes, I guess we 

 can make it 400 without much trouble. That's the sort of 

 production that makes profit." 



Young men of energy and brains, no matter what their 

 business, want to know what the other fellow is doing, and 

 how he does it. This has a general application, irrespective 

 of business. The farmer's institute grew out of this feeling. 

 The institute is an educational medium to help farmers ; 

 under right conditions, it introduces new ideas into a com- 

 munity. Consequently, when the first institute was held at 

 Rockdale, the Winslows took a livelj^ interest. They could 

 not help it, because the dairy cow was up for discussion. 

 The principal speaker was a great dairy authority, who had 

 two characteristics of a delightful sort. Next to telling a 

 good story, he most enjoyed talking about the cow. He 

 told some mighty truths, even if he did say that whenever 

 he saw a cow he wanted to take his hat off to her as though 

 she was a lady. John got some new inspiration from him, 

 and came away surer than ever that he was Avorking in the 

 right direction. 



Five years after John's return home the herd had come up 

 to an average jneld of 350 pounds of butter fat, and the 

 tliree-y ear-old heifers were beauties, for the bull first ])ought 

 had proven a great breeder. He was sold for almost what 



