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LLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



the success I ever made of farming or dairying, I lay to liberal 

 and heavy feeding and good calves and regularity in milking and 

 feeding and trying to select good cows as close as I can. 

 I don't think I can say anything more. 



DISCUSSION. 



Q : — How long will your cows last feeding the ration you 

 feed them? 



A : — They last quite a while. We try to get all out of them 

 as quick as we can. 



I have noticed these three things. You take a dairyman or 

 a farmer. He goes on in the spring and thinks there isn't any- 

 thing in farming and he can make up his mind there is nothing 

 in the fall. You fill a dairy cow to her limit and she can be held 

 there only by careful handling. Then you stock the farm up to 

 its capacity and that will increase the production of your farm 

 and as his milk checks begin to get larger those dairymen will 

 begin to thaw out a little and think that he is doing some busi- 

 ness, and the more he gets into it the larger the checks will get. 



Mr. Glover : — Do you feed the cow that is giving 60 pounds 

 of milk the same ration as the cow that is giving 10 pounds ? 



A : — You've got to know your cows. Mr. Glover is helping 

 us in northern Illinois, and we are willing to work with him. 

 They are beginning to realize the value it is and what it is going 

 to be worth on individual cows. No, we don't feed them all the 

 same. I feed 20 pounds, and I have got good pay for my feed 

 and labor and interest on my investment. I can't comprehend 

 how these others feed. 



A Member : — I got cows that are giving 30 to 40 pounds of 

 milk on 8 pounds of grain a day. I have no clover hay at all and 

 I can't afford to keep bran or oats. 



— I get $8.70 more than my neighbor who feeds less. 

 — How many cows did you milk in November ? 

 — I don't know. 



