40 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



INCREASING THE PROFITS IN THE DAIRY BUSINESS 

 BY DECREASING THE COST OF PRODUCTION. 



(Chas. Foss, Freeport, 111.) 



There are two ways in which the farmer can market 

 his crops which he grows on his farm. The one way is to 

 sell his crop on the market for cash and the other way is to 

 feed his crop to livestock or the dairy cow and sell the live- 

 stock or the dairy products on the market for cash. 



To the man engaged in dairying, the cow is the market 

 to which he sells his crops. The price that he will receive 

 for the crops that he grows on his farm will depend on the 

 price he receives for his dairy products, the ability of his 

 cows to transform the feed he grows into milk and butter 

 fat economically and the skill of the dairyman as a feeder 

 and care taker. The first essential in a profitable dairy is 

 good cows. Cows that have the capacity to consume large 

 amounts of feed and the ability to convert the feed they 

 consume into milk and butter fat economically. The sec- 

 ond essential is to feed these cows the right kind of feed 

 and give them the right kind of care necessary to produce 

 large amounts of milk and butter fat. Unless good cows 

 are fed a sufficient amount of the right kind of feed and 

 are given the right kind of care they cannot produce econ- 

 omically. 



Our highest producing cows would prove disappoint- 

 ing if given the feed and care that many herds now receive. 

 On the other hand there are many herds that would pro- 

 duce more economically if they were fed and cared for in 

 the right way. 



Two Ways to Increase Profits. 



There are two ways in which to increase the profits in 

 the dairy business. One is to get an increased price for our 

 dairy products and the other is to decrease the cost of pro- 

 duction by weeding, breeding and feeding. While dairy- 



