84 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1:30 P. M. 



Mr. : We have a full program this after- 

 noon and we want to get all out of it we can. Mr. O'Hair 

 has requested me to proceed in his stead until he comes. 

 The first number on our program is "Better Cows, Feed and 

 Care," by Mr. Dorsey, Moro, 111. We shall be pleased to 

 hear from Mr. Dorsey. 



BETTER COWS, FEED AND CARE 



By L. S. Dorsey. 



Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen : 



I feel that this convention has honored me above all 

 others who have been named on the program today. We 

 dairymen are from the farm, but if I have it right the only 

 real dirt farmer who is on the program today is myself. 



I liked the talks that I heard this morning. They were 

 interesting and instructive. We ought to get more out of 

 these talks than we do. We ought to get the bulletins from 

 our State Department if we do not have them and we ought 

 to think well of these men in their work, because they teach 

 us many things which we should know. But I want to tell 

 you that this afternoon it seems to me that I am very fortu- 

 nate to be the first one to come on the program, because 

 we all like to hear the fellow who comes from where he 

 has learned more than we can get from the real dirt. 



Many a man has gone broke trying to solve how to get 

 rich on this proposition. There are three classes of dairy- 

 men who are not a success: one is the man who trusts all to 

 his organization; another is he who trusts all to his pure- 

 bred cows; and in this section of the State, which we call 



