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course thought he knew all about automobiles. The road was 

 slippery from recent rains and the car did not seem to work- 

 right. He thought the trouble came from the clutch slipping. 

 We finally worked along three hours and then had to abandon 

 the car three miles from the end of our journey, and hire a farm- 

 er to take us into town with his team. He engaged a garage 

 man to go out and haul in his car. The garage man found that 

 there was nothing the matter with his car, it simply had the 

 brake set. When the brake was released the car moved along on 

 its own power. Now the trouble was not with the car, but wdth 

 the man in charge. 



The same theory applies to a cow. Frequently a cow will 

 not produce economically because the brake is set in the way of 

 intelligent care and feeding. It takes 60 per cent of the feed 

 consumed to sustain animal life, and the profits are made from 

 the extra feed consumed. This means that the cow, to produce 

 economically, must be fed liberally with a suitable food for milk 

 production. The cow that eats and drinks the most is usually 

 the money-maker. Regular feeding and regular milking give 

 the best results. 



Feeding High Priced Grain 



The question is frequently asked: ''Does it pay to feed 

 grain when it is so high in price?" I hesitate somewhat to an- 

 swer this question. If a cow produces 15 or 16 pounds of milk 

 on hay alone, she may to a certain limit, increase her milk flow: 

 two pounds or more for each pound of grain she is fed. So long 

 as she will do this, why not feed her the grain? Two pounds of 

 milk are worth at least 3 cents, and one pound of grain is worth 

 about 2 cents. Now it is safe to say that there are many cows 

 in every community that could be made to produce more profit- 

 ably by feeding more grain. All cows would not make returns 

 for the increase of feed, but many would, so why not make the 

 dairy cows convert this feed into milk and butter instead of sell- 

 ing grain off the farm? This will keep the fertility at home on 

 the farm. 



In addition to the cow and her care, it is very important to 

 the producer and manufacturer that the product she produces — 



