18.0 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



invariably get less milk in the next twenty-four iiours. Yet it 

 costs just the same to feed those cows. Yes, just as much, 

 though getting 30, 40 or 50 pounds less milk. That is only a 

 small part of the day's milk. But the point is this, that loss has 

 to come out of the profit. Had he milked them regularly we 

 would have gotten it without any increased cost. That made a 

 difference in the profit. Milk regularly. 



Feed regularly. It is just as essential to feed regularly. 

 The cows will be ready at those times if you make her a creature 

 of habit, so I say milk and feed regularly. 



In the matter of watering. Water regularly. The best 

 system, although I don't use it, is is to have the water before 

 the cows so they can drink when they want to. They won't 

 drink so much at one time, but they will drink oftener. 



We in the dairy business are practicing upon the motherhood 

 of the cow. The one great thing in the matter of care is this, 

 make the cow comfortable. I say it again, make her comfortable. 

 A lot of men are not doing that in Michigan, and I suppose the 

 same is true in Illinois. I hope not though, but it is true in our 

 state. Your average production is about the same as in Michigan. 

 There is a leak somewhere. One great leak is in the failing to 

 make the cow comfortable. I was at a farm in Michigan one cold 

 day lately, and noticed the cows out in the cold all huddled up. 

 I asked the man wdiat he had a barn for, and he said to keep the 

 cows in at night. And he did keep them in at night, even if the 

 thermometer showed the temperature to be above freezing, but 

 they went out doors in the daytime if the thermometer was down 

 below freezing or twenty below zero. I can't see why the cows 

 needed to go into the barn at night, if they ought to be out in 

 the daytime when it is so cold. That reminds me of the boy 

 in the Sunday school class. The teacher was explaining about 

 the ears and eyes, and all about the wonders of the Creator. 

 She spoke about the ears, and she showed them how the Lord 

 made ears to hear with, and the eyes to see with and the nose 

 to smell with and your feet to run with. One little boy commenc- 

 ed crying. ''What's the matter?" she asked. "I ain't made 

 right." ''Why yes you are." "No I ain't." "Why Johnnie 



