174 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



SOWS and there is not a straw of it wasted. Of course, w^hen it 

 is fed as a hay, you don't want the kind that is all grass, as 

 there will be some waste in it. The crop that appeals to me as 

 the most valuable feed crop is the third or fourth crop, as this 

 is free from grasses. This kind of feed, with a little slop, and 

 a good dry bed to sleep in, wilt certainly make the pig grow. He 

 will do it if he has the opportunity. 



I could easily have prepared many tables of figures as I 

 have plenty of them at home on my desk, but this is something 

 I feel you do not care to listen to. Any of the good farm pa- 

 pers published are always glad to supply these tables, giving the 

 results of thoroughly exhaustive experiments, and every farmer 

 should pay more attention to them than the average man has 

 been doing. 



I believe I can safely say that in most of the departments 

 of agricultural experiments, we are foremost of any State in 

 the Union. 



The business man, no matter where he is located in our 

 State or any other State, knows that the wealth of any com- 

 munity or of any country, must come from the soil. Therefore, 

 to increase the revenue from this source, they are always more 

 than willing to give a helping hand, for in helping the farmer 

 they are helping their own business. Your bankers and busi- 

 ness men in Southern Illinois have certainly demonstrated their 

 loyalty to the Dairy Industry through the energy and efforts of 

 our State Food Commissioner, Mr. Matthews. 



It takes years to grow a dairy herd of the right kind. You 

 can go out and buy a few dairy cows, and if properly handled 

 they will make money, but I believe that the most successful 

 dairyman is the one whose herd grows up under his own sup- 

 ervision and care. I know that I, myself, have often shown 

 partiality to a calf I had raised myself. Possibly I would buy 

 one which would be far superior from a production standpoint 

 of view, but I was not attached to that cow, as to the one I had 

 raised myself. I care not w^hat line a man follows, whether it 

 is dairying, hog* feeding, or any other business, if he is not in 

 love or sympathy with his chosen profession, he will never makei 

 a success of it. 



