50 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



50 hogs, and that's the hmit on 120 acres of land. There are 55 

 acres of land in the brakes of the river and I have to use it as 

 a permanent timber pasture, that is why it is not all so produc- 

 tive. If it was like the 79 acres, I could handle 120 head. I am 

 a breeder of dairy cattle and that pasture is valuable. I like to 

 see them get out and climb those hills, it adds vigor to the an- 

 imal. 



Q: Could you keep 120 head on 120 acres without going 

 outside for your feed? 



A: Yes. 



Q : How much of the soil do we sell with a ton of whole 

 milk? 



A : I think about $2 worth of soil. Don't you see that it 

 takes just so much nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium and if 

 you fed that grain to the dairy cow it goes back on that farm 

 in the form of manure? The dairy cow is the most economical 

 way to make your production. You can take a ton of hay and 

 feed it to the dairy cow and you can make it for 10 cents. She 

 is the greatest factor in farm production over anything on the 

 farm, except the work. 



Q : Why wouldn't it pay to keep more cattle if you can 

 buy outside feed? 



A: Why not improve your farm? If you can buy grain 

 and all kinds of feed and especially cottonseed meal with high 

 percentage of nitrogen and feed it on your farm and build up 

 your farm for fertility. That is just exactly what they do in 

 New Jersey and those eastern states. What do you pay for cot- 

 tonseed meal? 



A : $42.00 a ton. 



O: What do you feed your cows for the greatest produ^ 

 tion? 



