THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL CONVENTION. 155 



What I want to bring out is this, there is a greater per cent 

 of profit in a small herd than in a large herd. I speak from ex- 

 perience in a large .herd. A man does not need to be afraid to go 

 into the dairy business. 



There is a man in Springfield who has sixteen cows. His 

 net returns on those few cows is in the neighborhood of $200.00 

 a month. He gets 9 cents a quart for his milk. I would like 

 to see a man beat that. I did not mean to interrupt you but I 

 wanted to bring out a small herd proposition. Mr. Causey, are 

 your cows freshened in the fall? 



Mr. Causey: Yes, altogether. 



Mr. Wiggins : Don't you find cows freshened in the f ah 

 give more milk than if freshened in the spring? 



Mr. Causey : I get a third more milk. 



Mr. Wiggins : Do you rely on the pasture in the summer ? 



Mr. Causey: Yes, and I only have seven acres of pasture. 



Mr. Wiggins : At what time do your cows begin to fresh- 

 en. 



Mr. Causey : My cows started to freshen the last of Sep- 

 tember and my last cow freshened in December. 



Member: You say you have eleven freshened cows to 

 make this December check? 



Mr. Wiggins : li you can make $600.00 out of eleven 

 cows one cannot beat that. 



Mr. Spies : I will say this for Mr. Causey's pasture : it was 

 the finest I saw last year. 



Mr. Causey: The past year I have raised i^}4 tons of 

 Hungarian hay out of 31 80-100 acres. 



Mr. Gilkerson : A neighbor of mine told me that Mr. 

 Causey's farm is one of the best farms around. He states that 

 it is because he has kept these cows on a small farm which is 

 gradually getting better. Many of us try to do too much. When 

 I was on the cars coming here a man said to me: ''This soil is 

 from 2 to 15 inches deep, you cannot do anything down here." 

 But I can readily see that it is this dairy business that is going to 

 make this country. 



