342 ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



the dairy business today is to discover and weed out these poor 

 cows. The butcher will take them, and he is the only man who 

 can get any money out of them. 



The only farm that is able to keep this kind of cattle is — the 

 poor farm, and the farmer who keeps them is headed for the same 

 place. The only excuse for boarding No. 2's that is not a reflec- 

 tion on the owner is misguided charity. 



Many dairymen would just as soon think of hunting for 

 tigers in Illinois as for profitless cows, and would be just as 

 much surprised to find such a cow as to come upon a "man eater". 

 These cows may not carry off our children but they will take the 

 bread out of their mouths. 



How to Hunt Them. 



Within sight from almost every rise of ground and barn- 

 yard gate, these presuming bo vines walk forth unchallenged to 

 pasture and plenty. And there is nobody to inquire what return 

 they make. They "make a hand" easily enough in chewing grass 

 and licking up bran and corn meal, but they do no udder business. 



The biggest game in Illinois today is this same profitless cow. 

 The only weapons required to bring her down — and the only ones 

 that will — are the scales and Babcock test. Isn't it time to stop 

 guessing at these vital elements in the profit of the dairy business 

 and to find out for sure — by weighing and testing the milk — 

 what each individual cow is earning for the owner? 



