122 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



er Oats Company the idea being simply this : that the business 

 of that company is intimately connected with the dairy busi- 

 ness. The dairy industry will be the only cattle industry in 

 this country practically inside of fifty years. And because our 

 interest is absolutely tied up with the live stock industry and 

 because to realize the development of this industry in the fu- 

 ture we feel that every party that is interested in it, just as 

 your bankers here, Boards of Trade and various factors feel 

 that they must contribute, so The Quaker Oats Company have 

 wished to take a part in the development of the live stock in- 

 dustry. We believe that whatever is done for the good of the 

 dairy industr}" will ultimately be reflected in increased business 

 for our company My work is that contribution by our Com- 

 pany. 



The dairy cow, as I stated the other day, is fast cominy 

 to occupy the center of the stage in the live stock industry, be- 

 cause she is the most economic producer of food for the human 

 family. Why has she displaced the beef steer? For the simple 

 reason that on comparing a beef animal gaining two pound? 

 per day with a dairy cow that gives 30 pounds of milk testing 

 3.8 — which is only an average cow — we find that the dairy cow 

 gives six times as much protein food for man as does the beef 

 steer. She gives as much fat as does the beef steer making two 

 pounds per day; she gives, in addition to that about nine pounds 

 of milk sugar for which the beef steer has no equivalent what- 

 ever, and she secrets about six times as much mineral mattei 

 in the milk that is all available for man, while the steer de- 

 posits it in his bones which goes into the fertilizer. That is 

 why the dairy cow is coming and continues to come in addition 

 to the many reasons given to you here. 



I would like to emphasize some of the things that have 

 been said by citing a couple of cases as to what dairying has 

 done among my friends : In Massachusetts while the condi- 

 tions are different, yet when you get down to a basis of dollars 

 and cents, they are not very dift"erent. We get more for our 

 milk and pay more for our feed and labor, yet you can put us 

 on a comparative basis with you. I know a man in Massa- 



