222 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



We must also take into consideration the dairy form. We must 

 study that and learn the dairy type. We want a cow with a large body 

 because she must have a good digestive tract to digest and assimilate 

 her feed. The dual purpose cow — and she has a place — I have not gotten 

 so far that I have no use for the dual purpose cow. We often find people 

 calling cows dual purpose, when they are only scrubs. I was saying, we 

 must not take the Babcock test and the scale as conclusive evidence of 

 the profit of trie cow, for cows will have their off year. We must care for 

 them and learn to like them. I was pleased to hear Mr. Carter last night 

 speak on the necessity of being kind to the cows. In Mr. Gurler's herd I 

 have 65 under this test every seventh week. He has one cow, a Jersey, a 

 very fine type of dairy cow. The least thing disturbs her, she is very 

 nervous. They were somewhat crowded for room and wanted to put her 

 in another row. They moved her, but that cow was uneasy and every- 

 thing seemed to go wrong with her; she would not give her milk down. 

 They changed her back to the other side in another stall, and she tried 

 to turn around and get out. They finally put her back in her old stall; 

 and the same man milked her as had milked her before, and she gave 

 nearly twice as much milk as when handled by a stranger. Some cows 

 would not have minded the change at all, but she was extremely nervous 

 and sensitive. We have to take all these things into consideration. 



I have something here which I wish to give you; some of the records 

 I have got. They are not complete, but I wish to give you some of the fig- 

 ures. It is like the German said of his wife: "My frau is not so very good 

 Hiking, but Mine Godt; she is the best I have by me." There will be a 

 chance here for criticism for some of these cows were fresh and some 

 were not. The nerd, nere tnat is doing the poorest has the largest per 

 cent of new milk cows in it. I have selected three herds, because I wish to 

 brink out several facts that is in them this morning. 



Here is one herd I have been testing. It contains 12 cows. In one 

 week they sold 1305 pounds of milk from that herd; 40 pounds of butter 

 fat. How much feed did they take and how much did it cost to produce 



