LLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 4 y 



private customers at 30 cents per pound. They also raise feed and sell 

 from 80 to 100 head of hogs; feed from 15 to 20 head of calves the year 

 round by hand. They also buy small calves and raise them on the skim 

 milk, besides feeding the young hogs the surplus milk. If they sell only 

 150 pounds a week, see what that means? Will say in round numbers, 

 $45.00 per week worth of butter. Not so much, but think what a help, 

 besides, you have your calves and hogs yet to make money on. Do you 

 think it pays? This is a progressive age. We cannot farm as our 

 fathers did, but we must be constantly watching every corner if we wish 

 to succeed. 



The man who puts a field in corn year after year soon has his ground 

 worn out, with only a small yield for his labor and expense. If he raises 

 cattle and hogs for his own use only, he has to sell all the grain, so all 

 that was raised is taken off the farm. On the other hand, if he raises 

 horses, cattle and hogs for market, he has to feed the grain, thereby 

 furnishing himself- with an abundance of the best fertilizer known, with- 

 out resorting to the expense of commercial fertilization. He has more 

 pasture, his ground is constantly being rotated, and his soil is in fine 

 condition to yield him a large crop. 



I know it means work, and you have to pay the closest attention to 

 this work if you make a success. 



I do not think it necessary to go into detail as to how you should keep 

 your cream, the temperature, etc. You doubtless know much better than 

 I do, but if any one has a question, I will gladly answer it to the best 

 of my ability. 



One thing I do wish to say, if you go into the dairy work, you want 

 to study every point. Remember that only good butter should be made 

 and sold. I shall be glad when all shall be sold on the scoring system 

 and the price paid according to the score. I think that pure butter is as 

 essential as any food we eat; really more so, as it absorbs all of the 

 impurities, if not properly cared for, or packedd in the best ot packages. 

 You cannot afford to make or sell anything but the best. Your reputa- 

 tion is worth more than money, for with a good reputation you can soon 

 have the money. 



