THE DAIRYMAN. 9 



Study Is Necessary. — The observing dairy- 

 man will notice any shortage of milk at milking 

 time and if he is built to succeed he will imme- 

 diately commence an investigation to learn the 

 cause of the shortage. The businesslike dairy- 

 man will not guess at the cause or fail to try to 

 remove it. If he is an intelligent man he will 

 study at all times the conditions he has to meet. 

 He will wish to know the most economical, ra- 

 tion to feed his cows. He will be figuring out 

 the feeding value of his home-grown foods to 

 know whether it is economy to feed, what he 

 has grown or sell a part of it and buy some food 

 that when added to his home-grown will give 

 him a better balanced ration, such as will help 

 him to produce milk at the lowest cost. He will 

 study to learn whether to have his cows freshen 

 in the spring or in the fall to make him the best 

 profit. He will try to inform himself as to the 

 most profitable breed for his purpose. He will 

 consider his location and markets and will wish 

 to visit his brother dairyman to exchange ideas 

 and experiences:. He Tjnows that life is too 

 short to learn very much from one's own ex- 

 perience. He will subscribe for several of the 

 best dairy and stock papers, knowing that he 

 can learn many times thfe cost of subscription 

 every year from them; This kind of a dairy- 

 man will learn to respect his business and him- 

 self and will feel there is an opening for him all 

 along the whole line of agriculture. 



