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"Was it good skim milk?" 



"When I got there early it was pretty good, but I never 

 saw any cream or butter floating around in it." 



"How was it when you got there late," 



"Not so good! Too much water in it!" 



"So you don't raise calves any more?" 



"No; I raise hogs!" 



I told Mr. A. that in my opinion that was the wisest 

 thing he could do. For hogs would take care of themselves, 

 and it did not make much difference what or when he fed 

 them, if he just kept the rings out of their noses, and was not 

 toe particular about the fence between him and his neighbors. 



I think that this is about the experience of hundreds of 

 creamery patrons every year. 



However, there is hope for the majority of these, as they 

 belong to a class that are willing to learn, and as they come 

 to attend our dairy meetings, they will hear of better methods 

 and profit thereby. 



The second fellow, Mr. B., that said "No," was one of 

 those quick, ill-natured men, that jump up and pound a cow 

 if she happens to hit him in the face with her tail, or step on 

 his foot in her uneasiness, trying gently to escape the clawing 

 of his long, sharp iinger nails! He would knock a little calf 

 down with his ugly fist if it tried to suck the handle of the 

 pail before it had learned to look down to the bottom of the 

 pail, instead of up to the mother's udder for its nourishment. 



This type has a much larger representation among the 

 dairies than one would suppose, and to all such I would say, 

 ^'Most certainly it does not pay to raise your heifer calves! 

 By all means buy from the west, and the farther west the 

 better, for there are some out there broken just that way 

 and they are ready for it !" 



The third class is represented by the good-natured, kind 

 individual who sells his whole milk and thinks it is expensive 

 to raise his own calves, and, of course, depends upon buying 

 from Iowa, although he freely admits that not more than one 

 in five that he buys from there is up to standard. 



For the benefit of this latter class, which I believe is 

 larger than both the others, I will take pleasure in stating 



