56 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



Remember this, the cow that will make you money in your 

 dairy, the cow that is the profitable cow for you to keep, the 

 only kind to keep, — and I would not recommend any dairy cow 

 to you if she is not a profitable proposition — the cow for you to 

 keep on your farm is the cow that has the capacity to eat a lot of 

 feed. Now think that over. You fellows who let your cows hus- 

 tle for themselves, give them no grain at all, or very little, re- 

 member — she has to have food stuffs to make milk. The reason 

 that the cow that takes a lot of food is your friend and makes 

 you money is this : whether or not that cow is giving any milk 

 at all, you have to keep her alive, to get milk from her later on. 

 We call that the maintenance requirement; and when she fresh- 

 ens she still has to have food to keep up her body, furthermore, 

 what you give her beyond that amount is what makes your milk ; 

 so much for maintenance ; food beyond that amount makes milk 

 and this little bit beyond the maintenance has got to foot the 

 whole bill. Suppose it takes 7 pounds, as an illustration, of 

 grain to maintain that cow, when she's dry, and when she's 

 milking you give her 8 pounds, that additional one pound has 

 got to settle the whole bill. The cow that has a lot to eat returns 

 you a profit. I am not fabricating, that is a fact. Always where 

 you put brains in the ration, where you have a cow with capacity 

 for giving milk, a cow with a dairy temperament, this is true ; 

 don't lose sight of that. 



We lose money by underfeeding our good cows. 



Let me say this, and I have not been over your section of 

 country at all, — I believe there are good cows in this town that 

 nobody has ever discovered. I belive there are some good cows 

 around here, but how are you going to find it out? Give them 

 a chance, feed them, find them. The necessity of feeding, is 

 very evident from what Professor Hiilce gave us here, and I am 

 sure that I am right. 



I recall an instance given at one of our Pure Breed meet- 

 ings. ''Remember this : some of the world record cows are in 

 your hands and nobody is finding it out. You are not feeding 

 and giving them a chance. I remember with a great deal of re- 

 gret the time I sold the mother of King Sigis for $60, I doubt 

 if there ever was a better cow." We lose money by underfeed- 



