22 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



expense, showing the great economy resulting from cows of 

 high production. 



The Cow Does the Climbing. 



This chart brings out some facts that are very significant 

 for men who are milking cows for a living. It is exceedingly 

 important for the dairyman to get on higher ground along these 

 lines, and it is a most consoling fact to note that the good cow 

 does most of the climbing. The dairyman ascends but three 

 steps in cost of feed, to the cow's nine in value of her product. 

 That is what the chart shows and what the facts mean. It is 

 the dairyman's business to get the highest producing cow and 

 to give her the right feed and care, and she will do the climbing 

 that makes him rich. 



WILBER J. FRASER, 

 Prof, of Dairy Husbandry, University of Illinois. 



Mr. Austin : I wish you would make that plainer about 

 turning cows out ; you cannot expect to get anything from those 

 cows, can you? 



Mr. Fraser: That is true, if we get bad results we are not 

 making the money we should. Cows that cannot produce more 

 than 1 60 pounds,* whether they are not getting properly fed or 

 properly cared for are not the cows to keep. A great many 

 people drift into the dairy business. You take steers; it is very 

 important that these steers have the proper care. I know a man 

 who would not let any one go into his lot even in summer time 

 to disturb his steers ; he prefers to have them lie down. It is 

 very important that the steers should be taken good care of, and 

 you see the difference between a steer and a dairy cow ; you can 

 readily see that it is a thousand times more important to take 

 good care of the dairy cows. 



Cows are creatures of habit and can get used to a great 

 many different things. A certain care they must have if they 

 are going to give good results. It is important that they be 



