22 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



records that they do not believe the cow made, they will 

 soon investigate. In advance registration work it is differ- 

 ent. One man goes out to a farm and the others do not 

 know a thing about it. They are not recorded or published. 



I want to tell you it is just as important to have records 

 of a pure-bred cow as records of a grade cow. But another 

 advantage of a cow testing association, and a big advan- 

 tage, is not so much that you have got the records, but to 

 really know what they are doing and all they are capable 

 of doing. In other words, the feeding through a knowledge 

 of what they are producing and trying to feed them better. 

 I know that is the trouble with a lot of our cows. There are 

 a lot of good cows that should be classed higher, because 

 they have not been fed right. 



The other day I talked to a farmers' club in one of our 

 counties. They were discussing radio and its possibilities. 

 I asked these people how has it been possible to develop the 

 radio? The answer is: because the master minds know all 

 this is to, know up-to-date about waves, etc. They are men 

 who are trained and have gotten the last word of informa- 

 tion on their subject. Otherwise, the radio would not be 

 possible. 



What about the farmer? Has the farmer got the last 

 bit of information to be found out about his business? How 

 many in Illinois have studied this problem. From one gen- 

 tleman at this meeting, a man about 84 years old and who 

 has lived on his farm all his life, I learned that he was 

 feeding his cows corn fodder and timothy hay. I also found 

 about fifteen others feeding the same thing — and complain- 

 ing about the price of milk and cost of production. What 

 else can you expect? 



One of the biggest advantages of the cow testing asso- 

 ciation, the thing back of it all, is the fact that a man is 

 hired, maybe a young fellow 18 to 20 years old, as your 

 cow tester. He goes from place to place in taking care of 

 his duties. You may think he is young, but if he has gotten 

 the rudiments of feeding he will be able to give you some 

 suggestions and work with you. 



Our bankers have been responsible for the large num- 



