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ing 80 COW6, he is raising from 25 to 30 heifer calves a year. 

 Before he began breeding, his cows averaged 4200 pounds per 

 cow per year, by using good sires, grading them up, his herd 

 average now 9,000 pounds per cow per year, including heifer? 

 with their first calf, and I have seen his figures. More thar 

 that, he has a market for all the cows, he will sell and he doe? 

 not sell them before they freshen with their first calf. He netr 

 one cent a quart on all his milk and he buys all his grain and he 

 buys most of his alfalfa hay and it costs from $22.50 to $24.50 

 a ton. His whole farm is charged up against his dairy farm. 

 He has used pure bred bulls always of the same breed for 15 

 years. The cheapest cost him $150, the best over $300. 



Q. What breed did he have? 



A. Guernsey. 



Q. Is his living included in that? 



A. His wages are included as also his son's wages. 



That is what the dairy cow will do for you, and 3^ou do 

 not need to go to Massachusetts to see that, you can do that 

 right here I believe, although I am not familiar with your State 

 and conditions in this vicinity. I met a nice man by the name 

 of Johnson since I've come here. Get the figures on his herd 

 and see what you will find. Johnson's cows pay for themselves 

 in a year and for their feed and for the labor and for the inter- 

 est on the investment, not all of them, but a large per cent. 



Mr. Mason : What market does he have ? 



Prof. McLean: We would laugh at it in the East, we 

 would not call it a market. 



Now there is a certain condition in New England which 

 I wish to call to your attention because I feel confident that you 

 can learn from our mistakes. It is a very peculiar thing about 

 this animal we call man, every generation seems to ha.ve to learn 



