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Show DAIRY PROFITS SHOULD BE REINVESTED j $ r x " & .-j-- -rv ) It ; f I i 1 : - . J COWS ON ISAAC CUTTER'S FARM, CAMP POINT, ILL. If the dairy has been profitable during the last season, and It probably has, a portion at least of the gains should be reinvested in the equipment of the plant and the complement of cattle, unless the business is already 100 per cent perfect in this regard. Dairying cetd ao longer mean drudgery, for the drudgery part of it can practically all be done by machine. And It need no longer be guess work, for modern methods coupled with common sense have reduced tie production of profit to a mere matter of applied arithmetic. The common knowledge of scientific feeding and the availability of practical information along this line have made possible the maximum of production at the minimum cost, and the Babcock test and the milk scnles can or will eliminate the unprofitable animal. The constantly increasing urban population popula-tion provides a sure market at good prices for years to come for the great essential food commodity, milk and Its products, and there is every reason to feel that now, more than ever before, the dairy industry must thrive. For this reason the reinvestment of profits In the rehablllment of the herd and the bringing up to date of the equipment is the wisest plan the dairyman -in make. |