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involving all of these points. I think that on most dairy farms, 

 particularly those of from i6o to 175 acres that there is still a- 

 place for farm market grain crops. As the land increases in fer- 

 tihty it is not at all probable that the farmer will be able to milk 

 as many cows as he will be able to grow feed therefor, so there 

 in this scheme, immediately presents itself the proposition of 

 looking into the future and determining upon market crops. 

 Those for which there is a demand and which fit in with this 

 scheme, and he that has the well-balanced farm is the man who 

 makes the most money out of it. The increase is also an im- 

 portant point in this dairy business. 



I have always held this rule, that a man is always war- 

 ranted in keeping all of the cows that he and his family dan 

 milk; that rule can be applied to nine out of every ten farms. 

 A man in our country is safe in figuring upon his own family 

 as milkers — he cannot depend upon hired help fo! milking. I 

 am speaking about the general farm. The farm will support 

 all the cows that the farmer and his family can milk. 



Speaking at the university this morning I stated that I 

 think it is a matter in which the women of the farm, if help is 

 short can consistently take a hand. A large percentage of the 

 milking is done by women of the country. Many of them are com- 

 pelled to milk in a place not fit. That is sheer carelessness. Expen- 

 sive stabling need not be required to provide a clean milking 

 place. A man with ten cows will be able to sell two of the poorest 

 milkers and with his ingenuity and gumption can construct for 

 the remaining eight cows a clean, decent, comfortable, satis- 

 factory milking place. 



I am satisfied that that can be done; I have seen it done 

 so that if we are going to employ the women milkers in connec- 

 tion with this milking buisness, we must give them a place in 

 which to milk that will not offend their senses, and when we^ 

 have a place that can be easily kept clean, the matter of produc- 

 ing clean cream is easily solved. If the milking place is clean, 

 the family will enjoy it as compared with doing other work 

 outside. It has been the happy moment at the close of a day'^ 

 work when coming out of a field in the early spring season, to 



