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and we are compelled to accept her excuse for 

 not producing a profitable quantity of milk. 

 This is an inevitable result. The cow is not to 

 blame, for she has done her best. If she could 

 talk English I believe she would make some of 

 us ashamed of ourselves. 



Study cow language. — If we would try to 

 learn cow language it would pay us well for 

 the time spent — learn to know as soon as we 

 look the cow over and her surroundings what 

 we have failed to do that we should have done 

 for the comfort and health of the cow and 

 profit to the owner. There are many things 

 here that I cannot describe. We must study 

 the situation and the cows; try to reach the 

 condition that we know intuitively when things 

 are right and when they are not right. This 

 will come with experience and with it will 

 come an increased profit for our work. We 

 cannot cover the loss from poor hay or silage. 

 I have never been able to bridge over the mis- 

 takes I have made in not securing the best bay 

 or silage for my cows. An increase of the 

 ground feed will help, but it will not cover the 

 mistake in full. At the same time it increases 

 the cost of food as a rule, as in most localities 

 the coarse foods are the most economical so far 

 as they can be used. We pay dearly when we 

 fail to secure our hay, corn-fodder and silage in 

 the best possible condition. We lose some- 



