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cows; some being thoroughly in love with their work and 

 all that pertains thereto; others out of all harmony with the 

 profession, and simply indulging the existence of the "meek- 

 eyed kine" for the money returns actually being received or 

 which they imagine exist for them in the near future. 



In answer to my question, Mr. A. replied, "Not much! 

 You don't catch me fooling with the little devils. It costs 

 more to raise one than it is worth; and then only about one 

 out of five ever amounts to anything!" 



I said, "See here, my dear sir, tell me your experience 

 in raising calves. What kind of cows did you have and what 

 did you use for a sire?" 



"O, just common cows like everybody else," he answered. 

 "And the sire, I guess he was just common, too; bought him 

 for 115.00 up at the stock yards; raised a dozen calves, but 

 they were always having the scours and not half of them were 

 ever good for anything!" 



"What do you feed them?" I asked. 



"O, new milk for a couple of weeks or so, then skim milk 

 and corn meal and sometimes oats and hay." 



"How did you warm the skim milk?" 



"Well, my wife did that. She put it in the boiler or some* 

 thing on the stove." 



"Did it ever get so that it had a nice brown smell to it?" 



"O, yes; sometimes it smelled a little that way." 



"Did you give your calves enough to make them fat?" 



"I gave them a pail full, but they did not get fat; were 

 sick most all the time." 



"Why didn't you give it to them cold?" 



"O, I did, after they were a couple of months old." 



"And did they get along all right then?" I asked. 



"No! A couple died; but the rest did not scour any 

 more." 



"What made them die?" 



"O, I don't know ! They had all the skim milk they could 

 drink and corn meal besides." 



"What did you do with your milk?" 



"Took it to a creamery." 



"Did you have to pump your skim milk out of a tank out- 

 side somewhere?" 



