166 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



of dairy cattle are sold out of the county each year. This 

 makes a total of $6,000,000 from the dairy each year. 



The average production of Waukesha cows is close to 

 6,000 pounds of milk, while the state average is only 5,000 

 pounds. Cow testing association records show that there 

 are a large number of herds that will produce over the 6,000 

 pound mark; in fact, 14 out of 26 members in one associa- 

 tion averaged over 300 pounds of fat in 1923 which would 

 mean nearly 8,000 pounds of milk. 



Many other things might be mentioned, but it suffices 

 to say that dairying has developed to such an extent that it 

 takes 21 banks to handle the farmers' money. In 1890 

 there were only three banks in the county, and in 1900 the 

 number had increased to five. In 1910 there were 11 and 

 in 1923 there were 21 banks. The deposits have increased 

 from $5,681,000 in 1910 to $12,405,000 in 1920 and $12,- 

 540,000 in^ 1923. The value of dairy products has likewise 

 doubled from 1910 to 1923. The dairy cow has made it 

 possible to build good roads, there being 162 miles of con- 

 crete road in that county. More than 4,000 automobiles 

 are owned by people in rural district. Fifty per cent of the 

 people live on the farms, yet they own over half the auto- 

 mobiles of the county as the total number of autos is 

 6,923. These same farmers own more than 1,200 trucks 

 and 702 tractors. — County Agent, Waukesha County, Wis. 



Owatonna, 146 to 255 Lbs. "B. F." in 2 Years! 



Very accurate records have been kept in 22 farms in 

 the vicinity of Owatonna, in Steele County, Minnesota, for 

 the past five years. Most of these farmers are members 

 of the cow testing associations. Guy Adams has a modern 

 dairy barn, about eight acres of alfalfa, a milking machine, 

 a silo and an electric light plant, and here are some of the 

 figures on returns from cows: In 1923, he got 255 pounds 

 of butterfat from the same cows that the year before gave 

 him 218 and the year before that 146. He attributes the 

 gain to better feeding as a result of planting alfalfa, which 

 he uses for hay, and to drinking cups which he has installed 



