ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 14T 



Colts have it, they asked. They said their teeth would fall out. 

 I never had as good colts in my life as when I brought them 

 through on ensilage. 



I said it cost 62 cents and will tell you a little bit of a story. 

 I am an old bachelor and will tell you how three of us built a 

 silo. I have a neighbor over about ten rods from the house and 

 I borrow all the tools he has, and he comes and gets them and 

 never says a word. I also borrow from an Irishman there and 

 he kicks a little, but I always go and get them again. And there 

 is another one there just like myself, never got any thing to lend. 

 I got the machinery that filled the silo. I want to make this 

 statement to you. Just as sure as you get these corn crops you 

 are going to come up against this silo proposition. You are 

 going into the dairy business and going into something to in- 

 crease your land more than anything else. When your land gets 

 to a high price, it isn't worth it and you don't get it out. But by 

 ensilage we are getting interest on our lanc\ where we didn't get 

 it before. 



Another question. Are we getting the right raw material? 

 We are threatened with destruction to our industry from a foreign 

 product, and I want to say to you today we kvq just as serious 

 about the poor material we are turning out. That is an awful 

 statement to make, but it is a fact. Today our markets are 

 flooded with the poor product that is almost unsalable. There 

 is not enough good product to go around. Let that soak in. 

 You are never going to see the day you can take the entire output 

 of good product and have too much. You never can overdo the 

 dairy business. The whole thing is right upon the quality of the 

 product. 



But my story; it is on myself. This is not a new thing. The 

 raw material. I am an experienced butter maker. The same 

 thing impressed me then. It was necessary for me to do some- 

 thing about the milk. So I went with the driver and tried to get 

 better raw material. I was young then. I am telling you this 

 to impress on your mind to get a better raw material. In my 

 green state I thought I had a little knowledge of human nature. 



