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Q: — The feed and care have a good deal to do with that 

 record ? 



A: — Yes sir, feed and care have a good deal to do with 

 the record of any cow. Here at the top is 102 butterfat, and down 

 here 254, about two and one-half times as much in the same 

 herd. 



-That will happen in all herds? 



-Yes sir, Yes sir. That is not always feed and care. 

 -Is that one year's record? 

 : — Yes sir. 



: — Average acreage 160, worth how much Mr. Mason? 

 :— $125.00 an acre. 



: — Supposing you have a cow that will reduce more but- 

 "terfat will you sell her? 



A : — No sir, if she produces enough butterfat in one year, 

 will get a few high testing cows to breed her up. 

 Q : — Have you any bulletins for this ? 



A : — We have not published any circulars that contains 

 this particular information as yet. 



Q : — The bulletin with these pictures in ? 

 A: — No sir. 



By the president: — Every dairyman ought to see this and 

 get some help from this. You better all be members. 



PRACTICAL DAIRY FARMING. 



By B. L. Thomas, Woodstock, III. 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: — The condition my 

 heart is now in, I thinkthis is a pretty high altitude for me. I 

 never tried to make a speech but once before, and there was 

 no where near as large an audience as this. The fact is, there 

 was one old gentleman listening to me. Through the advice of 

 of a young lady, I was to speak to this old gentleman, who 

 happened to be her father. When I found I had to make a speech 



