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comfortably. Window lights were cheap enough and so they are 

 today, and I could afford to let in the sunshine. If you can't 

 afford to do anything else, cut a hole in the end of the barn and 

 put muslin over it, it will furnish your cow with fresh air, and 

 that is all she asks. Make that little stable warm and comfort- 

 able. If you put in window lights and ventilate it to let in the 

 fresh air, that is all she asks. Feed her generously, and she will 

 turn in and help you get the money. 



Over in Bay County they have just gone into dairying in 

 that section. A man told me how much his cows had made him. 

 I went over and stayed with him, and went to the barn. He had 

 a log barn, but it was warm, well lighted and well ventilated. I 

 asked him where he watered his cows, and he told me if it was 

 not too cold, they went to a spring, and when it was too cold he 

 carried it to them from the house, a man 70 years old. "Quite 

 a job, isn't it?" "Well, yes, something of a job. I have a boy 

 25 years old, his wife is here with me. He is over in the lumber 

 camps working for $25 a month. I am 70 years old and am 

 making as much clear money as he is in the lumber camp. I 

 could not make money on those cows if I let them out in the cold 

 to drink." 



I thank you very kindly for your attention, and remember 

 that the dairy cow is a profitable animal, and I want to second Mr. 

 Mason in what he says about high-priced land. The higher the 

 price, the more you want to maintain the fertility of that land. 

 You have got to turn to dairying, and that cow will turn those 

 products into more cash, and return a larger per cent of the fer- 

 tility to the land than any other animal that walks. But you 

 must have a good cow and give her good feed and good care if 

 you want to succeed. 



