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profits. As a rule people who are comfortably boused 

 and well fed and do not have to exert themselves too 

 many hours each day to obtain these things, are 

 usually at their best, and cows are no exception to this 

 rule, and if they do not have these things, they will 

 not do their best for their owner, whether they are 

 thoroughbreds or scrubs. But whether they are 

 thoroughbreds or scrubs, get the best of the kind. 



Scrubs with plenty of feed, good care and kind 

 treatment, will be far more profitable than thorough- 

 breds with scant ration and neglect. The old maxim 

 that "the feed is more than the breed" holds good in 

 dairvino;. 



Never in the history of dairying has such improve- 

 ments and revolutions been made as in the last ten years. 

 Science and invention ha\ T e come to the assistance of 

 the dairyman, and the investigations at the experi- 

 ment stations in the different states are proving many 

 old theories of feed and feeding- erroneous; making* it 

 necessary for the successful dairyman to keep himself 

 well informed on all investigations in dairying and 

 agriculture, and, above all, watch closely all his own 

 experiments with feeds and feeding, and note if the 

 results paj^ the cost. 



After the dairyman has the best herd of cows he 

 can get, and has given them the needful care and the 

 proper kind and quantity of feed, there is still another 

 important matter that demands his constant, watchful 

 care, and that is cleanliness in the product of the 

 dairy. 



There is always a demand from the public for the 

 best of every article of food at profitable prices to the 

 producer. And the best milk, butter or cheese can 

 not be produced without absolute cleanliness. 



