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farmers are just above them. All taken into account, 

 depreciation in all other property far exceeds that of the 

 farm. Are nut the farmer's profits as much now as ever ? 

 One pound of butter will buy five yaris of calico. Are we 

 not now making just as good profit as ever ? Tiie better 

 plan is to get a better price for what we make* We must 

 produce cheaper and thus make more profit; if we can 

 produce it one cent less, it is better than to get one cent 

 more for it. 



Prof. Morrow thought Prof. Hall's argument pos- 

 sessed a good many '' ifs;" if she gave seventy -five pounds 

 more, etc. It is not true that good cows of one breed vs^ill 

 yield seventy-five pounds more than one of iinother breed. 

 No one wants a horse who possesses all the good points. 

 It is a good thing to breed for milk in a good size. 



Prof. Hall said: Even if twenty -five pounds could 

 be had from one cow more than another, it would very soon 

 pay for the cow. 



General Parsons, of Clay County, said: We must go 

 from home to learn of ourselves Last year his friends 

 sent a committee to this convention to learn of the dairy 

 business. When they returned home they called a meeting 

 of the farmers, to hear the report of this committee; the 

 meeting was of great interest; and now, this year he had 

 come here to learn. Had supposed that all points pertain- 

 ing to dairying had been finally settled, S3 that no two 

 dairymen held two opiaions as to the same plan, but found 

 it altogether different; every dairyman had a mind and 

 plan of his own. Was surprised to hear from Prof. Mor- 

 row that the future outlook for the dairy interest is 

 unfavorable; we all know that all business is dull and 

 unsatisfactory. In his county everything was unfavorable. 

 Much of the land was under water early in the season; 

 small grain could not be cut; they raised corn, corn, corn^ 

 every year, and their land grew poorer and poorer every 

 year. He did not think the outlook for dairying was 

 unfavorable; wherever he saw dairying he noticed good 



