ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. j^ 



Tuesday Hfternoon, January 9, 1900 



President's Hnnual Address 



G. H. GURLER, DE KALB. 



Before I begin my address. I have something else I would like to say. 

 It may not be in order right here, but I wish to give it. 



One year ago in December, one of our men had two cows, and he 

 wanted to see what he could get out of them, a black and a white cow. He 

 wanted us to keep a record', and we did, and here is the result. First i 

 will give the white cow: 



Jan. 1899 1158 



Feb. 



Mar. 



Apr. 



May 



June 



July 



Aug. 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Nov 



1020 lbs. 



Milk 3.70 test 37.7 lbs. 



Oil 19 c per lb. $7.16 



1158 



3.60 ' 



' 41.7 



' 17 



7.09 



1123 



3.70 ' 



' 41.6 



' 19 



7.88 



1189 



3.70 ' 



' 44. 



' 18.2 



8.00 



1020 



3.70 ' 



' 37.7 



' 19 



6.01 



10«9 



3.50 ' 



' 37.4 



' 15.5 



5.80 



936 



3.50 ' 



' 32.8 



' 16.5 



5.41 



703 



3.90 ' 



' 37.4 



' 16 



4.38 



673 



3.90 ' 



' 26.2 



' 17.3 



4.53 



718 



4.00 ' 



' 27.7 



' 21 



6.02 



725 



3.80 ' 



' 27.5 



' 21.5 



5.90 



722 



3.80 ' 



' 27.4 



' 23 5 



6.44 



11056 " 373.4 " 410.1 " 18.3 " $74.65 



And 75 per cent, of 11056 lbs. at 15c per hundred, is 14.09 



And one (1) calf at 5.00 



Makes a total of $93.74 



This cow, gentlemen, was fed on what grew on the farm, corn and 

 oats; did not ibuy a pound of any kind of feed. I wanted the man to 

 buy some bran or shorts or gluten meal, or linseed meal. "Shucks," 

 says he, "it d'on't pay." 



He started with the black cow and milked her for six months, when she 

 was taken sick. At the end of six months the black cow was just ten 

 dollars behind the white cow in batter fat. I give these figures to show 



