Wisconsin State Agricultural Society. 
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THE FUTURE OUTLOOK OF THE DAIRY INTEREST IN 
WISCONSIN. 
BY STEPHEN PAVILL, 
President Wisconsin Dairymen’s Association, Lake Mills. 
The question before us for consideration is the future outlook of 
the dairy interest in Wisconsin. To enable us to arrive at correct 
conclusions in the matter, we must look a little at the conditions 
that surround the farmers of our state. To be brief, I will make 
this general statement (and 1 am confident that those at all ac¬ 
quainted with the fact will admit it is true,) that raising wheat will 
not furnish the farmers of Wisconsin money enough to enable 
them to meet their expenses, and that the farmers as a class have 
got to do one of two things. Either do something that will furn¬ 
ish more money or they must spend less; and I may here say, it is 
quite likely we shall have to do both, for I hardly think any sys¬ 
tem of agriculture will support our extravagant ways of living. 
Then comes the question: Will the dairy give us a solution of 
this question? We answer, we think it will furnish at least a par¬ 
tial solution of it. 
Without going into details in this matter, I make two general 
statements and leave them to be controverted by any who think 
they can successfully do so. First, no community or state has ever 
become wealthy and remained so by grain raising, and selling in 
the market. Especially is this true of wheat raising. Second, the 
dairy has always been a sure source of wealth whenever and where- 
ever it has been intelligently managed. If it be true that the dairy 
has been a success in the older states where they have been long 
engaged in the business, then comes the query have we in Wiscon¬ 
sin the soil and conditions that will insure success? In the out¬ 
set, we admit that our soil and climate are not as favorable for suc¬ 
cessful dairying as in many of the eastern states, but on the other 
hand we have some advantages which they do not possess; and by 
