ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 185 



bave onb^ one life to put into this business, and I have found ii 

 as easy to get the profit in one year, as I used to get it in four. 



Let me put the proposition to you in another way : Take the 

 threshing machine. It will cost a man $10.00 per day to run it. 

 We thresh for 2 cents a bushel. Suppose that man threshed 500 

 bushels. He would have nothing to show for profit. Let him 

 thresh 750 bushels. Then he would have $5.00 profit. Put 

 in a little more fuel under the boiler and feed that machine regu- 

 larly, and he can thresh 1000 bushels. He don't thresh twice 

 as much grain, but there is twice as much profit. There is no 

 thresher but what knows that is good practice. He wants to 

 run the machinery up to the maximum capacity. 



Q : — A Member : — How do you tie your cows ? 



A: — A swinging stanchion. 



O : — You believe in feeding your cows all they will eat ? 



A: — If I have got to work all day, I have got to eat, and 

 so has the cow. A lot of cows in Michigan and in Illinois are 

 expected to do a day's work on half feed. 



Q : — What are you feeding your cows ? 



A: — 35 to 40 lbs. of corn ensilage, 10 lbs. clover hay and 

 same amount of shredded corn fodder, 2 lbs. cotton seed meal and 

 4 lbs. of continental gluten feed. They cost me about 17 cents 

 a day to feed and they are paying me, I think, about 49% cents 

 a day now. 



Q : — And you aim to make the largest amount in the 

 winter ? 



A : — Yes sir. That keeps the regular farm help busy that 

 way. Have them dry in July and August when we are the 

 busiest on the farm and the flies are the worst. You will find 

 you can keep your help better. 



. Q : — What breed of cows are yours ? 



A : — Holsteins. 



Mr. Campbell. Q : — Have you ever tried to increase this 

 ration to see if there is any more profit? 



A : — When feeding the cows myself, I studied every cow 

 and then fed a little more until she would not pay any more and 



