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:lie disease germs and the germs that spoil milk. Have some 

 >ystem of ventilation — King's is a good one. The air can then 

 le changed and kept fresh and pure. 



Over in Michigan, there's a man who said to me, ''That's 

 nil right, you have a big yard and conveniences. It is all right, 

 to talk about feeding and milking those cows regularly and 

 keeping them comfortable, but then we haven't those conven- 

 iences." I presume some of you are thinking that same thing here. 

 I wasn't born with a gold spoon in my mouth. My father died 

 when I was four years old. We had a little log house and were 

 in debt. We never would have had that barn hadn't we made 

 those cows earn it for us. You never will surround your lives 

 with pleasant things by keeping cows, unless you make those 

 conditions right. Keep that mother cow comfortable and keep 

 her healthy, and do your work regularly. 



When I started in the dairy business, I had a little shed 

 leaning up against the barn. I got building paper and started 

 to put the thing in shape to make it warm for the cows. Had 

 window light and God's fresh air, which is just as free to you 

 as it was to me, and let in enough of that to furnish a supply 

 of pure fresh air. When I had done that, I had done all that was 

 necessary, as far as stable was concerned, to make those cows 

 yield profitably. Had I said, ''Why, I haven't the conveniences," 

 I might still be saying that. You can have them as well as I. 



Get good cows and feed them good. The professor has 

 told you it takes about so much to run a cow's machinery. The 

 wise man who has paid for running this machinery, will furnish 

 it with all the nutrients it can possibly convert into milk. Keep 

 ine good mother comfortable and furnish her with a good sup- 

 ply of sunshine and fresh air, and she will help to build buildings 

 and surround you with comforts and lay aside something for 

 old age. 



I remember sitting with a man one time, and he was telling 

 what his cows were yielding him, and I was surprised. He was 

 from northern Michigan, and I knew they had not been getting 

 much from their cows up there. I went home with him and saw 

 his equipments. He was getting $60.00 per cow. I wondered 



