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money in it, and he is heart and soul in this business at the pres- 

 ent time. He has 20 cows and is getting an income of $4,000.00 

 selhng milk in a retail way on the market of Jacksonville. I 

 feel that to enthuse a man into a business and get him started on 

 the right foot, as this man was started, is the biggest thing any 

 man can do. If he had never accomplished another thing from 

 appearing on the platform he has certainly accomplished some- 

 thing that will go down in history and never die. 



About my hog farm, I will simply have to give you a ram- 

 bling talk. Hogs at the price that they are now are a pretty big 

 side line to a dairy, and to a man selling butterfat the cream 

 check should not be much more than one-half of the income of 

 the dairy cow, if he handles the by-product in the proper man- 

 ner. The skimmilk is not credited to the dairy farm; they credit 

 only wdiat they get in buttermilk or butterfat. When hogs are 

 selling as I sold a carload yesterday for $11.70 net to me, skim- 

 milk fed to hogs is some item. Of course, I feed them butter- 

 milk which in many instances today goes into the sewer from 

 even creameries that are located where hundreds of farmers 

 could come and get it at a very nominal price. 



Now, corn at $1 a bushel is pretty high priced to feed to 

 hogs; but we do not expect hogs to be $11.70 always. One 

 thing we cannot ever expect to see again, is cheap corn in the 

 United States; at least I don't want to see it again. In raising 

 hogs, we cannot depend on raising them and finishing them on 

 corn alone and make a profit. Take a brood sow for instance; 

 our brood sows get no corn at all, but they get all the alfalfa hay 

 they can eat and a little buttermilk besides ; that keeps them in a 

 healthful condition; that brings the best pigs from that of any 

 ration on which we have been able to carry a brood sow. 



In feeding this alfalfa hay, men often say, 'Why don't you 

 grind it up and feed it in a slop ?' I don't think it pays to grind 

 it; it is all right straight from the meadow, if put up the way 

 anything should be put up. 



For growing pigs, it can be ground up to 100 pounds weight 

 with very little com, if any. There is cheaper feed than corn 

 on which to raise pigs. Competition will force us to lock for 

 that cheaper feed in the future, if it has not in the past. T*lie 

 corn area is not spreading as we might feel it is. We hear them 



