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ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



milk and all tlTat the cow gives. How to convince men that there is 

 money in dairying even when beef is high is one of the problems of the 

 day. With some men this is impossible, with others it will require a cer- 

 tain amount of education. The first thing to be considered is whether the 

 farmer knows how to feed. Considering the way som© men feed their 

 cows it is no wonder they are disgusted with the dairy business. The 

 best way to teach a man the principles of feeding is to send' him to the 

 Agricultural College. If he cannot take the regular course let him plan 

 to take the short dairy, or farmers' course during the winter months. It 

 is to the interest of every dairyman, creameryman, and creamery patron 

 in the state to see that as many young men as possible from their neigh- 

 borhood shall avail themselves of the opportunities offered at this col- 

 lege. Whenever a farmers' institute is held or ought to be held in your 

 ■community it is to your interest to see that it is well workedmp and adver- 

 tised. Don't wait until the day of the meeting and then live in hopes that 

 some way or other there will be a good turnout, but for weeks before the 

 subject should be so agitated that everyone in the neighborhod will feel 

 .that he cannot afford to miss it. By getting the people together in this 

 way it would then be possible to give them instruction in the principlesiof 

 feeding, which so many need. Another valuable way in which the de- 

 sired instruction could be given i s for the creamerymen to see that the 

 men at the weigh cans thoroughly understand the principles of feeding 

 and can figure out balanced' rations and vary the ingredients so as to cost 

 the least. By a combination of the&e various methods it is possible to 

 give great impetus to dairying from the feed standpoint alone. 



But Kansas can never expect to reach the goal in dairying until she 

 applies more business principles to the handling of cow machines. Tliis 

 .shifting from milk to beef and back again from beef to milk is a practice 

 that is eating the very bottomi out of our profits. After a man spends 

 several years in grading up a dairy herd, it is folly for him to change to 

 raising beef animals from the same herd, just because beef is higher 

 than butter fat. Such changes c annot be made in a day and by the time 

 3ie has accomplished his end the tables will be changed and butter fat wiJl 



