No. 4.] THE PROFITABLE DAIRY COW. To 



locally ; enterprising agricultural journalists had discovered 

 its existence, and had advertised it over a wide territory. 



One day the neighljor who had purchased the first l)ull 

 John had placed at the head of the herd made a call and 

 engaged in conversation. He was a fairly good man, but, 

 like many other persons owning stock, gave his herd less 

 careful attention than good business warranted. He not only 

 knew the Winslows laid great emphasis on the importance 

 of correct breeding, but he was well aware that the Rockdale 

 herd was carefully fed and attended to. He recognized the 

 fact that his own cattle looked thinner in flesh, more ill kept, 

 dirtier and more starved than those of his now" prosperous 

 neighbor. 



After passing the customary comments on the weather and 

 croi)S, John remarked : " Mr. Lee, that bull you purchased 

 of us sired a likely lot of calves for you, didn't he?" 

 " Yes," said Mr. Lee, " he certainly did. The heifers now 

 in milk are better than anything we have ever owned before. 

 Still, it seems to me that our herd is not doing as well as it 

 should, and our cattle are not in the condition that yours 

 are. I have been wondering how much feed and care had 

 to do with this difterence. Our barn is fairl}'- warm and 

 comfortable, and yet our cattle do not look thriving." 

 " How about your feeding and grooming? " inquired John. 

 " I feed plenty of hay and straw," was the reply, "but I 

 never have felt that Ave could afford to feed much grain; the 

 cost is too great. We don't use much provender, I know." 



"It is sort of curious," remarked the junior member of 

 the Winslow firm, " but 1 ha\e just been studying over a 

 pamphl(>t which I received from the Cornell University Ex- 

 periment Station. You know that we have in the different 

 States agricultural experiment stations that are working in 

 the interest of the farmer, studjang problems in soils, fertil- 

 izers, feeding stock, etc. Each of these stations publishes 

 several times a year bulletins, as they arc called, which tell 

 about their ex})eriments ; these are free to those who desire 

 them. The professor^s at the agricultural college used to 

 make students study over some of the more important bul- 

 letins, and since my graduation I have been getting bulletins 



