136 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



GET GOOD COWS. 



One enterprise of the State association during the year was 

 to prepare a pamphlet which was mailed to 15,000 farmers in 

 the state, the pamphlet containing the following : 



The average of all the cows in the country produces 145 lbs. 

 of butterfat a year, the value of which in 1907 was 28.13 cents 

 per pound or a total value of $40.78 for the year. It cost at 

 least $30 to $35 to feed this average cow, so her return to her 

 owner was $5 to $10. 



A cow in Wisconsin, Colantha 4th Johanna, produced 998 

 lbs. of butterfat in 1907, valued at 28.13 cents per pound or a 

 total of $280.74 for the year. If it cost $100 to feed this cow, 

 there is a big difference between the profit she returned and that 

 returned by the average cow. 



You can't have 998 lb. cows but there is no need of having 

 cows that produce only 145 lbs of butterfat a year and no profit 

 in keeping such cows. Write to Illinois Dairy School, Urbana, 

 111., for information about cows. The professors there will be 

 glad to help you. They will advise you to test your cows in order 

 to find what each is doing, and they will test them for you if you 

 desire. They will advise you to sell the unprofitable cows, keep- 

 ing only those that make a profit for you. They will advise you 

 to get a pure bred dairy bull from good milk producing stock, 

 and by raising calves from your best cows to gradually build up 

 your herd and increase its butterfat production. They will tell 

 you how and why and advise you what to feed. All the in- 

 formation you will need is at the dairy school and you have only 

 to ask for it. 



Dairying is a business and if good business principles are 

 applied to it, it will return a handsome profit. Remember that 

 the cow is a machine; that the best machine for dairying is the 

 dairy cow and that however good the machine, she can't produce 

 liberally unless fed liberally with the proper feeds. — Geo. Caven, 

 Sec. Illinois State Dairymen's Ass'n. 



