154 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



COWS out those dry, pleasant days, when the mud was not very 

 deep, every single time the milk fell down. Now, under those 

 conditions even, the cows shrunk on the milk. Tell me how a 

 cow can make milk when she is turned out all winter — why she 

 will get right down. If you are going to get these dairy cows, 

 put them in a comfortable place; there is no other way. 



When this barn was built (showing chart) it was built by 

 a man who had no idea whatever of dairying. It is exactly the 

 same as it was when he built it; he thought he would have a 

 few cows and put the stables here (indicating). A man has got 

 ahold of it now that has good cows ; he is my next neiighbor 

 and his father wanted to be a stock man and never succeeded'', 

 and the boys all of them had to milk the old cow. The boys, 

 each one, tried to throw it over on the other. This fellow, after 

 he was on the farm by himself, married and settled there, saw 

 my milk checks, saw how I was feeding. I let him use my biindn 

 er and finally he wanted to make good in the dairy business. He 

 got some pretty good cows and then built a silo, and a? his cows 

 increased he wanted more barn space. He put a floor on th.is 

 part of the barn and put in stanchions. Here is a manger where 

 he put his big stock. That man today is the second in the pro- 

 duction of milk in our community; he has learned to like the 

 cow. That man now has developed until he has got a good^ 

 herd of cattle, but he has not frxed his barn quite as that should 

 be ; be has no windows on the south side. When you fix; over' 

 your "windows, think how many windows you need — you really 

 reed that many windows. Sunlight you know is a grand thing. 

 Mr. Newman told us the effect of sunshine on bacteria. 



Do you know of a barn in Southern Illinois that does not 

 freeze in the winter ? Down here where we think we don't need 

 protection, we let them freeze. As I said, dairy cows must have 

 protection and care. 



This is my barn and it is drawn on a small scale. This part 

 here is the new part of the barn, 36x48 with an 18 foot pitch. 

 The original barn was right here. Afterw^ards we built a barn 

 right in here, 20x30, that is supposed to be the horse barn. Here 

 is a 6 ft. alley. I am showing this because it has been made over 



