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now obtained from twenty, a much needed lesson will 

 have been learned. That the business can be made a 

 profitable one has been demonstrated by a few who are 

 conducting the business on the proper business prin- 

 ciples, who are keeping only the best cows, and are 

 abreast of the times in dairy machinery and appliances, 

 and do not keep too many cows for their feed and pas- 

 tare. They recognize the fact that ten well kept, good 

 cows pay a good profit at little care and expense, 

 whereas twenty poor cows entail twice the expense and 

 a loss to the owner. And the great trouble with the 

 large majority of dairymen is, that the} r never study 

 or figure the matter enough to know whether they are 

 getting any pay for their work or not — and that a 

 more thorough knowledge of the business must be 

 learned by those interested can not be gainsaid. The 

 World's Fair dsnvy show will teach lessons that, if fol- 

 lowed by the dairymen, will result in doing away with 

 a large part of the drudgery and long hours work now 

 bestowed upon it. The prominence of the exhibit will 

 create an interest and opportunity on the part of those 

 desiring a greater knowledge of the business that, if 

 taken advantage of, can not help resulting in a great 

 financial and social benefit ; social, because of the addi- 

 tional time gained that may be devoted to the cultiva- 

 tion of social relations. It was remarked at a Farmers 

 Institute in the northern part of this State, a short time 

 since, that dairying as there practiced was almost en- 

 tirely destroying the social relations of those engaged 

 in the business. Their dairy duties demanded their 

 whole time, early and late. Such a state of affairs ought 

 not to exist in the great free State of Illinois, and if 

 the results determined in the dairy department at the 

 great Fair shall revolutionize the business, as far as 



