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COWS under high pressure. We have imported cows, born 1883, 

 and produced thirteen strong, hearty calves, milking continuously 

 since two years old. We keep only cows that keep in fairly 

 good flesh and convert all the remainder of the feed into milk, 

 having long ago sold the beefy cows to the butcher. . I tried 

 to build up a dairy herd from the best Durham cows, of which 

 I had some good ones, crossing them with a pure bred Holstein 

 male. We got some pretty good cows, but after I bought a 

 herd of pure-bred Holsteins I got better results and find that 

 with forty of them, with the same care and feed, my profits to 

 be $1,000 more annually. Some men think it spoils a heifer to 

 feed her liberally, but if she is of a pure dairy breed and type 

 I find that liberal feeding improves her by inducing early matur- 

 ity. We have them come fresh at two years old and from that 

 time on they are taxed to their full capacity producing milk and 

 a calf besides; it is but reasonable that at that age she is all the 

 better off if she has a well developed body. A man building up 

 a dairy herd should choose from among the pure bred dairy 

 breeds the kind of a breed best suited to his fancies and wants, 

 and if his cows are deficient in any respect, be particular to 

 select a sire who is strong in that particular point, viz. : inspect 

 dam and sire, do not fail to test his dam's milk with the 

 Babcock and scales. If you are dealing with a breeder of re- 

 pute you can learn much of value of this animal's ancestry. 



The Secretary: I have the honor of announcing that Mr. 

 Spies has taken the first prize of a splendid premium offered by 

 Kingman & Co., of St. Louis, a cutter with elevator, worth 

 $105, for his paper on ''Ensilage and Corn Fodder." I want 

 to read the letter from Prof. Plumb to whom were sent these 

 papers for judging, and whom I desire to thank for his trouble 

 in the matter. 



MR. J. H- MONRAD, 



Winnetka, 111.: 

 Dear Sir: After going over each one of these essays with 



