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farmers are just above them. All taken into account, 
depreciation in all other property far exceeds that of the 
farm Are nut the farmer’s profits as much now as ever ? 
One pound of butter will buy five yaris of calico. Are we 
not now making just as good profit as ever ? The better 
plan is to get a better price for what we make* We must 
produce cheaper and thus make more profit; if we can 
produce it one cent less, it is better than to get one cent 
more for it. 
Prof. Morrow thought Prof. Hall’s argument pos¬ 
sessed a good many “ ifs;” if she gave seventy-five pounds 
more, etc. It is not true that good cows of one breed will 
yield seventy-five pounds more than one of another breed. 
No one wants a horse who possesses all the good points. 
It is a good thing to breed for milk in a good size. 
Prof. Hall said: Even if twenty-five pounds could 
be had from one cow more than another, it would very soon 
pay for the cow. 
General Parsons, of Clay County, said: We must go 
from home to learn of ourselves Last year his friends 
sent a committee to this convention to learn of the dairy 
business. W hen they returned home they called a meeting 
of the farmers, to hear the report of this committee; the 
meeting was of great interest; and now, this year he had 
come here to learn. Had supposed that all points pertain¬ 
ing to dairying had been finally settled, so that no two 
dairymen held two opinions as to the same plan, but found 
it altogether different; every dairyman had a mind and 
plan of his own. *Was surprised to hear from Prof. Mor¬ 
row that the future outlook for the dairy interest is 
unfavorable; we all know that all business is dull and 
unsatisfactory^. In his county everything was unfavorable. 
Much of the land was under water early in the season; 
small grain could not be cut; they raised corn, corn, corn, 
every year, and their land grew poorer and poorer every 
year. He did not think the outlook for dairying was 
unfavorable; wherever he saw dairying he noticed good 
