ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. I I 3 



things, " Christian brethren the time has come in the history of the church 

 when we should have something very definite in our christian experience 

 that when we go into the world that men may know whereof we have 

 learned." 



Isn't that true of dairying in Illinois, that we should have something 

 very positive in our experience that we can show to our sons and daught- 

 ers? What are we going to leave those boys? If you haven't something 

 positive for them, they will go away, but if there is money in it they will 

 stay at home. They will take hold of the farm if there is money in it 

 and make it pay and show the old man he was cranky and wouldn't listen 

 to anything new. They will make that farm blossom and be all right. 



Every cow on the farm should make a profit the year through. Get 

 enthusiastic, that will help you in your work. That is what I am trying 

 to do this afternoon. You got to have it, and you must have it in a 

 dairy business the year through or you will never win. 

 Select one cow, or two or three and put them in your barn and then what 

 more you want, get from your own barn. Your neighbors won't sell 

 them to you. They would proably be like the old German who put a 

 price of $50.00 on one of his cows, and when the man wanted to buy it, 

 told him if she was worth fifty to him she was worth fifty to this Ger- 

 man, and wouldn't sell it. 



Now then, friends, be sure and put at the head of your dairy herd, a 

 sire of some of the dairy breeds; get any dairy breed that you feel you 

 like best. If you like Holsteins best or Guernseys or Jerseys, get either 

 one that you like best and breed on that line. After awhile get another 

 one of the same breed, and then a better one if you can, and continue, 

 and don't let every little cold air that comes along change your mind. 

 Be fixed in your purpose; go straight forward and have confidence in 

 yourself to master the situation and you will win as a dairyman. 



If you want to start pure bred cattle don't buy one breed of sire and 

 after a while see something else that strikes your fancy and get that mix- 

 ed in them. Why fool your time away in raising half grades and mon- 

 grels? If you have a cow, have a pure bred cow and the same with pigs 

 and chickens, and you will find that you will enjoy pure bred things. 

 And keep up with the times and hold up your head and have confidence 

 in yourself for there is money in any kind of live stock. We have an es- 



