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and a herd north of us, and we have a Httle bit of the benefit of 

 the University work. We will soon catch up with Mr. Cobb 

 I believe. 



By the President : — I want to see the money divided all 

 over the state. We want the people in the middle and southern 

 part of the state to have their share. ]\Ir Glover tells me that 

 in the past two years, or nearly two years, as I understand his 

 answer that some had increased their herds 20 per cent. Do you 

 know what that means if we could get it all over the state — over 

 one million dollars. That income was over thirty million, and 

 20 per cent on that would bring an income to the farmers in 

 Illinois of six million dollars in one year. It would be worth pay- 

 ing out taxes of $75.00 or $100. It would be policy for the state 

 to grant us this money; it is t stupendous thing. I think Mr. 

 Curler's statement of expecting 300 pounds butter fat to a cow is 

 not extraordinary. It is double what the whole state is doing 

 now. You can bring your cows to 300 pounds a year with ordi- 

 nary intelligence, and we wall come to this. That is the reason 

 I asked Mr. Curler the question about his work. \Ve are doing 

 a wise thing in this particular branch of agriculture. 



A member. O : — What age do you think it is best to test 

 cows ? 



A: — 5 to 10. I have tested some IS 3'ears of age and you 

 Vvould be surprised at the records. 



O : — How long ought a cow to be turned dry ? 



A : — Six weeks to two months. 



O : — You spoke about the feed to a cow before she comes in ? 



A : — Feed a cow very lightly just before she calves. 



Mr. Lindley. Q : — You said that a cow that had milk fever, 

 got milk fe^er from exposure? 



A : — r.iore so than any other source. 



O: — Exposure in the summer time? 



A : — In the damp wet nights. 



O : — There are not very many wet dimp nights here in this 

 localitv we don't have the rain here. 



