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clerk said: ''Well, ready to settle now?" "Yes," he re- 

 plied, "but I've got a little offset on you. It will cost you 

 $5.00 a day for squeezing the hand of the bride and $5.00 

 a day for kissing her." The clerk became indignant at this 

 and said: "Why, I didn't squeeze her or kiss her." And 

 the boy said: "Well, it was there; it was your own fault 

 if you didn't." (Laughter). 



Mr. Fraser is another one who is coming on the pro- 

 gram after a while. I read just the other day something 

 by Mr. Fraser, to this effect. "Get the cow fit, get the ration 

 fit and then get the crops fit." And in that sentence, he has 

 told nearly the whole story. 



We ought to have a ration for our cows that produces 

 the most economically — the cheapest with the least expense 

 — and then that ration should be a ration that just fits the 

 cow and is just what we need to sustain the cow and make 

 her give the production. And when we g.et that cow and 

 get the ration that fits her, then let us fix our farms so that 

 we can raise that particular crop. 



The care of a cow has much to do with it. Our care- 

 lessness with these animals is responsible for many of the 

 losses that we have. Kindness and consideration for the 

 comfort of the cow has a whole lot to do with making a suc- 

 cess in this business. 



It used to be that my cows were like others that we 

 heard of this morning — with uncertain production. Now, 

 with these better cows that we have raised, we find that 

 we have trouble in getting them to go dry before they 

 calve. And in six or seven weeks they will freshen again. 

 We are kind to them and our care is going to add much to 

 the length of time these cows will give milk and the amount 

 they will give. 



Then my idea is that a cow should make a ton of 

 manure, enough to cover an acre of ground, in a year. We 

 have been doing it for a number of years and it takes quite 

 a bit of labor. Our barn is 75 feet long and about every 

 day we must go and get out a load of straw and put it in 

 there for bedding. It keeps the cows clean and warm. 

 We have leaves packed in to keep the cold out and in that 



