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feed bucket. More than that, its control is actually within our own 

 hands. Now there are other ways of improving the dairy in- 

 dustry, but the most important within our own hands is in the 

 feeding. If we are feeding too much or not right, w^e can re- 

 arrange and show results at once. 



One- thing emphasized here in every talk w^as the importance 

 of breeding. Professor Hulce emphasized the matter of breed- 

 ing, some one else this morning from the standpoint of the pro- 

 ducer. But I want to say this to you, that you can spend lots 

 of your money, go out and buy good bulls, pay $150 to $250 

 or more for the best kind of sire and put him in your herd, 

 and if you do not feed and develop the young stock you will still 

 have a herd of pure bred scrubs. 



Good cows have been put into this section and if you will 

 feed them properly you will soon find them out. If you are 

 going to realize on 3^our breeding, get good sires and develop 

 your herd; if you don't feed a calf and get the development 

 when it is young then you never will get it. I wish I had time 

 to elaborate on the subject. 



Dropping down to the question of feeding itself, we have 

 had interesting developments in the art and science. I can re- 

 member very distinctly when we fed our cows and the only 

 thought was to get them full, let them fill themselves, it did not 

 make much difference what we filled them up with. We fed 

 them wheat or oat straw, and the more wheat straw a cow eatr^ 

 the thinner she gets. We grew from that into the feeding of 

 hay, and then our Experiment Stations sprung up and have been 

 leading us ever since. The trouble is, we don't attempt to follow 

 them always. I would like to have every man that has been 

 interested or has any interest in a farm either directly or indirect- 

 ly, to see that his name is given to Doctor Hopkins before he 

 gets away and get those bulletins; that is one of the great 

 crimes, neglecting to get them. If you take what Doctor Hop- 

 kins gave you today and nothing else, and put it to work I am 

 confident that you would make over this section of the state 

 of Illinois. Don't let it slip from you, and don't let him get 

 away without having your name and address — and your trou- 

 bles. 



