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tical and scientific experiments have demonstrated that calves and 

 pigs will thrive on warm, sweet, and undiluted skimmed milk 

 nearly as well as on whole milk, especially when a small quantity 

 of ground flax seed is fed with the milk. It is also claimed that 

 for feeding pigs, 100 pounds of skimmed milk is worth nearly as 

 much as the price of a pound of butter, or one-half as much as the 

 price of a bushel of corn. One pound of butter is sometimes worth 

 more than a bushel of oats, and in some places more than two 

 bushels of potatoes. 



c. Dairy Products Not Bulky to Market. 



15. Besides these advantages of fertility and feed which milk 

 producing gives to the farmer, he can by dairying convert his 

 farm crops into concentrative products like butter and cheese, which 

 are not so bulky to market as grain, hay, roots, etc. This makes a 

 great saving in the cost of transportation and handling of such 

 crops. 



d. Utilizing Waste Land. 



16. Another thing in favor of dairying is the fact that on some 

 farms there are waste places which cannot be cultivated and made 

 to yield crops by the bushel, but which may be utilized as pasture 

 and thus produce .an income, which although it may not be so great 

 as that from tillable land is far better than nothing. 



e. Dairyman a Manufacturer. 



16. An intelligent dairyman is not only a producer of such raw 

 material as grain and forage, but he is also a manufacturer of 

 this raw material into milk, which is a high priced food product. In 

 some instances the income from milking a few cows may seem to be 

 small, but while the cows are busy all day converting their food 

 into milk, their owner is able to do a fair day's work in addition to 

 the milking. 



f. Employment Throughout the Year. 



17. Dairying gives constant employment to farm labor in all 



