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thought this dividend question was one which should 

 receive the careful attention of every dairyman and others 

 interested in the matter. Dairying in the future would be 

 formed upon a good, sound basis. He thought, however, 

 that diversified farming was the best, from the fact that you 

 were the least liable to failure, because you had two or 

 three things to fall back on in case of an emergency. 



Kingsley: Thought diversified farming was the best. 

 Some bought their cows, and others raised them ; this varied 

 much in different localities. He thought if a man had a 

 small farm he ought to keep to dairying exclusively. He 

 thought, however, for the sake of the land, he ought to 

 change. He had been a dairyman a good while. 



Mr. Seward: Said the question should not pass with- 

 out more talk. Diversified farming was the question v/hich 

 had to come, sooner or later. He was satisfied that we 

 mowed and pastured our land too long. Manuring land 

 would not produce the quality of grass that you could get 

 if you broke it up. Our land seemed very well adapted to 

 raising clover. He had seen pastures that had never been 

 broken up, and he thought from them you could get a 

 larger crop than from older land. Foreign grasses would 

 come in. About it being more profitable, he thought the 

 dairymen of Illinois should follow mixed farming. He 

 thought if every farmer would try and raise some stock 

 and raise more grain than he needed he would be better off. 

 He thought exclusive farming not so profitable. Thought 

 farmers should raise a few calves and keep up their dairies. 

 He thought one good breeder kept on the farm was a good 

 thing, and unless we raised some stock like this, every little 

 while, we must go to others and buy stock and pay big 

 prices. He thought, too, that we should raise root crops ; 



