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cow because he is obliged to do so in order to supply milk 

 and make butter for the family ; but he told me he wished 

 he could buy his milk and butter, and not have to bother 

 with that cow. He does not like a cow, but he does like 

 small fruits ; and he is recognized to-day as prominent 

 among the men who are growing small fruits, especially 

 strawberries, simply because he has got something he loves. 

 I found another man in Washington County this fall who 

 was about discouraged. He had been teaching school and 

 working on a farm part of the time, and he had about made 

 up his mind that he should pack up and go away. Riding 

 with me for ten or twelve days, while we were doing some 

 grange work, we fell into a discussion of the dairy question, 

 as I never fail to do when I get an opportunity. He 

 became somewhat interested, and, as we drove over the 

 county, whenever we saw a herd of cows we got out and 

 examined them until we found one or two that suited us, 

 and he purchased one of them and afterwards purchased 

 another. I had a letter from him a week or two ago, giving 

 his results. I only speak of it to show that here is a young- 

 man who has got into a line of work which he likes. He. is 

 at work upon the food problem, and he gives me in his 

 letter the results of his tests of five cows. I refer to this 

 because I think there is something practical here which 

 may be suggestive to the young men present. One cow 

 gave him one hundred and one and one-half pounds of 

 milk in a week. She made seven and one-half pounds of 

 butter ; that is, a pound of butter for every thirteen and 

 one-half pounds of milk. The cost was sixteen cents per 

 pound. Another gave him one hundred and twelve and 

 one-half pounds of milk. She made six and three-fourths 

 pounds of butter ; that is, a pound of butter for every six- 

 teen and two-thirds pounds of milk. The butter cost 

 seventeen and one-half cents per pound. Another cow 

 gave him eighty-three and one-half pounds of milk, which 

 made six and one-eighth pounds of butter. That milk 

 required thirteen and three-fourths pounds to make a pound 

 of butter. The butter cost nineteen and one-half cents 

 per pound. Another cow gave him one hundred and one- 

 half pounds of milk, making six and six-sixteenths pounds 



