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his parrot near the other one. The men sat talking in the cor- 

 ner. The minister's parrot cocked up his head and he looked the 

 other parrot over, and the sailor's parrot looked the minister's 

 parrot over carefully to. There was silence for a few minutes, 

 and then the minister's bird said: "What shall I do to be 

 saved?" The sailor's bird said, "Pump like hell, or go to the 

 bottom." 



Now this morning, if I could anywhere near cover the 

 ground, I've got to pump. 



The selection, care and feeding of cows. These are the 

 three legs upon which successful dairymen must stand. We 

 must have a good cow to succeed, and I want to say right here, 

 there is a whole lot of difference in cows. Some cows have nat- 

 ural ability to profitably produce dairy products, and other cows 

 have not that ability. They are not to blame at all either. They 

 were simply not born with the ability to convert feed into milk. 

 Before I go any farther, if at any time you want to ask ques- 

 tions, just ask them. If you think I am saying something that 

 is not true in Illinois, and it is true in Michigan, say so. If I 

 make an assertion and you don't agree with me, why say that. 

 Say it pleasantly if you can, if not, say it anyway. If it comes 

 to that we will have to scrap it out. 



You understand that what I know about dairying primarily, 

 I learned from rubbing up against the dairy proposition. I 

 handled the cows. And you gentlemen, who have handled cows 

 here, attended the same school. If you got results, your experi- 

 ence is just as good as mine. 



There are three kinds of cows I believe in this state. One 

 kind takes her feed, eats, digests and assimilates it. In some 

 way her temperament, or inborn tendency, call it what you will, 

 prompts her to take this assimilated food and convert it into 

 flesh. That cow is a beef cow. It makes no difference whether, 

 Holstein, Guernsey, Jersey, Ayrshire, Shorthorn, Polled or Here- 

 ford, if she converts that food into flesh, she is a beef cow, and 

 make beef of her just as quickly as you can. To be sure, she will 



