30 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



Mr. Sanmann : What would be the easiest way to get the 

 farmers interested in this cow testing association, where they 

 know nothing about testing? 



Mr. Rabild : The way to do is to go with a member of the 

 association to this man. I have been in locaHties where appar- 

 ently there was no interest ; staid two or three days and succeeded 

 before leaving in forming an association. All that is necessary 

 is to have cows enough. 



Mr. Sanmann : Would there be any danger of getting too 

 many cows in a herd, so one man could not handle them, say 

 sixty or seventy ? 



Mr. Rabild: We have some sixty cow herds. A man 

 spends two days then. 



Mr. Gilkerson : How do you equalize the pay ? 



Mr. Rabild : When you come to figure on this co-operative 

 spirit it is easy enough. On the other hand the cow tester ge^s 

 his board and lodging where he does the work. It averages one 

 day a month. It is less sixty cows per man than ten cows on an 

 average. 



