THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL CONVENTION 35 



It is up to you and me to produce that milk in good condi- 

 tion. He speaks very considerably about the use of phosphates, 

 but I have a way that I think is the very best way. In keeping my 

 cows I think the best thing I can do is to keep them just as 

 comfortable and just as good natured as possible. There are 

 only two things that are absolutely necessary to make our 

 country just as good in the production of milk as the Elgin 

 district, where our President lives. 



Two things must be clone, these two things are absolutely 

 necessary, and perhaps I might cut it down to one, and that is 

 the dairyman. We see a great deal about the development of 

 the dairy cow, but first we must develop the dairy man, the 

 man himself. The first. condition that I would speak of at this 

 time in reference to the development of the dairy cow and how 

 to get the best results, the dairyman must be a gentleman. That 

 sounds queer. I mean in the old-fashioned sense. Governor 

 Hoard says, "More can be gotten out of a dairy cow by a 

 woman." Women are gentle, that is with a cow. She keeps 

 her contented, hence I say a man must be a gentleman and treat 

 his cow right. One thing that we always try to-do and that is 

 keep our cows comfortable; we try to follow out what Professor 

 Fraser tells us. 



In building my sheds I made it my plan to have as much 

 covered yardage as possible ; I figured up the other day how 

 much I had, but I cannot remember. Our cows are never tied, 

 except sometimes for milking. In this covered yard we use 

 straw. On my farm we raise strawberries, and it takes lots of 

 straw, so sometimes it is scarce; in those cases we cut out oat 

 and wheat stub, but I do not like to. 



I sometimes tell the good people that my business is the 

 production of strawberries and cream. It sounds nice, but there 

 is a lot of work in it. I expect our State Inspectors would 

 find a little fault with the condition of our barns, but after all 

 they are pretty clean. A young man came in my barn the other 

 clay and I asked him to come in and see the cows and warm 

 himself. He said, "That is as near Cow Heaven as I ever 

 saw." 



