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production, he, like all other dairymen who have tried it, will 

 gradually change his herd to this kind of high producers. And 

 that will inevitably lead to more profit in his business — to better 

 education for his family, to a more comfortable home, and to 

 the conveniences and privileges that go with real prosperity. 



The faults and failings of the worthless cow have can- 

 celled or concealed the profits of the good cow, just as human 

 idlers are a tax upon their fellows. The good cow has to do 

 the work for both. Not knowing the production of either, the 

 dairyman has overestimated the poor and underestimated the 

 good. One cow ,of the good kind, producing 300 pounds of 

 butter fat per year, is actually worth to the dairyman more than 

 forty cows of the other kind. When the dairyman knows the 

 good cows in his herd — knows how good they are — he will be 

 just as anxious to tie to them as they are willing and faithful to 

 serve him. 



When will the dairyman start the rebellion (and the test), 

 throw off his fetters, and fill his barn with the kind of cows that 

 are glad to earn him good money and make possible a better way 

 of living for his whole family? 



University of Illinois. 



WILBER J. FRASER, 

 Chief in Dairy Husbandry. 



