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for their milk by the test value. The butter all sells for the 

 same price. Yet there is a wonderful difference in the result 

 per cow and per 100 pounds of milk, and finally per pocket. 

 Here is one man with an average of nineteen cows, nine of 

 them two-year-old heifers, whose average yield of milk per 

 cow at the creamery was 4,796 pounds, producing 289.53 

 pounds of butter per cow, and for which the creamery paid 

 him for the year an average dividend of $1.36 per 100 

 pounds. Here is another man that is contented with less 

 milk per cow and an average annual dividend of 97 cents; 

 another with less milk and a dividend of 96 cents ; another 

 with less milk and a dividend of 93 cents ; another with less 

 milk and a dividend of 91 cents. The first man is a dairy 

 student. He reads and studies the experiences of other men. 

 He is not bound up in his own conceit. He realizes the fact 

 that success with the cow is very largely a matter of good 

 judgment, and that to exercise good judgment he must study 

 and educate himself on dairy questions. You can judge for 

 yourselves whether it pays or not. 



Two years ago I visited the Milk Condensing Factory at 

 Dixon, 111. The superintendent had the figures per cow 

 concerning every patron. A few will serve to illustrate this 

 point. One herd of 45 cows gave an average of 4,055 

 pounds per cow, receiving therefor $42.39 per cow. Another 

 of 46 cows gave 5,630 pounds per cow, receiving $60.56 per 

 cow. A number of other herds averaged over $70 per cow. 

 The price of milk was uniform to all, being 90 cents a hun- 

 dred in summer and $1.30 in winter. I published the facts, 

 and the men concerned read them. They were amazed at 

 the difference. (" Many are called, but few chosen.") A 

 few saw at once the value of making a comparative study of 

 others' herds and methods, and enlarging their knowledge 

 and judgment by the experience of other men. The rest, 

 however, kept on in the good old way of indifference and 

 sublime faith that the Lord would somehow be ffood to those 

 who despised knowledge. There was a time when the Lord 

 winked at ignorance. That was in a former dispensation, 

 however. A larger and better exercise of intellect is the 

 one thing needed in this dairy business, East and West, 

 North and South. 



