ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 2 



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of the pioneer. Agricultural evolution restricted the range, soil and cli- 

 mate — encouraged effort — bountiful harvests rewarded labor — the energy 

 of a Stewart and the opportunity of the Centennial pointed out the possi- 

 bilities of dairying — the stimulus of hard times established the industry 

 — economic conditions enthroned the cow! In less than a generation Iowa 

 exported a thousand millions pounds of butter! 



Here and there may be found the graceful Jersey or the generous 

 Holstein; here or there the glossy Angus or the sleek Hereford — special 

 purpose breeds, the pride of their special purpose owners. 



"Here, there and everywhere," the Shorthorn calmly and contentedly 

 combining the corn, clover and blue grass into beef and butter. 



Nine out of ten of our farmers believe it to be self-evident that there 

 is greater profit, year in and year out, in the dual purpose, beef and but- 

 ter combination breeds than in the exclusive development of either. 



The natural conditions in Iowa are more favorable to the grower of 

 beef than the maker of milk — our great staple crops are ideal flesh, 

 formers; they must be "balanced up," "supplemented" with "mill feeds'* 

 to make a profitable dairy ration; we grow the one; we must buy the 

 other. 



The following figures, representing the farm values of centain pro- 

 ducts in 1901, are to me both interesting and suggestive: 



Corn $130,000,000- 



Cattle 150,000,000 



Wheat 11,000,000 



Butter 12,500,000 



The ratio between corn values and cattle, wheat and butter, wheat 

 and corn, or butter and cattle are approximately the same, and not 

 without interest in our efforts to learn "the reasons for the decline iia 

 dairying" in Iowa. 



For economy in farm labor, the steer affords maximum results for 

 minimum effort and expense in care and feed. The present industrial ex- 

 pansion created an active labor market — a demand for the clear-eyed^ 



