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carries. Fortunately, protein can be very cheaply determined, 

 hence we can make this offer to do this free to all who send us 

 a sample, dealers or consumers. If you are not getting what 

 you buy, you are to blame. When you go to the store to buy 

 grain, it is protein you are chiefly interested in, and if you have 

 any doubt as to the nature of the feeding stuff send a sample 

 to us and we will tell you. 



BUILDING UP A DAIRY HERD. 

 By E. F. Pember, Bangor. 



Our presence here in this meeting assumes that we are inter- 

 ested in the dairy business ; yes, more, that we have full con- 

 fidence in the dairy cow to improve our farms, pay us for our 

 labor, and give us a good profit upon our investments. 



The conditions peculiar to a Maine farm have long since con- 

 vinced us that first-class dairy herds are what we need. Possi- 

 bly in some section of our State beef cattle may be grown at a 

 profit. If we can find farmers with time and patience enough 

 to do their work with oxen, and later turn these for beef, we can 

 understand how it will pay to raise this kind o f cattle. But 

 the majority of us prefer to depend upon the dairy cow, and 

 the splendid market we have for her milk, cream and butter. 

 And I trust further, that the members of this association are not 

 deluded by any "dual purpose" dream. In point of fact the 

 "dual purpose" cow does not exist. Some may claim this for 

 certain of the larger breeds, but it proves to be only a dream 

 and a delusion when put to the test. 



All of the progressive farming, of these later days, makes the 

 dividing line all the more distinct between the beef and dairy 

 breeds. Prof. Burbank may grow an apple that is red and sweet 

 on one side and yellow and sour on the other, but the farmer has 

 not been found who can produce a herd of cattle that shall lead 

 in both dairy and beef products, at the same time. In these 

 days of wonders it may be too much to say that this can never 

 be done ; it is safe, however, to say that this never has been 

 accomplished. 



