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feather in their pkimage and had not had for generations. 

 The first young developed a blue feather and when they were 

 crossed again they went right back to the original condition. 

 That is the danger when we do this cross-breeding, 



I was speaking on this subject not long ago when a gentle- 

 man came to me and said, "What do you think of the Jersey 

 and Guernsey cross?" I said, "I don't think anything of it. 

 What are you going to gain?" You say those are not so dis- 

 similar as the breeds you have been speaking of, the Holstein 

 and the Jersey. No, that is true ; their line of breeding has been 

 quite similar, yet I think if you will trace up the origin of those 

 two breeds, you will find that they are quite dissimilar, . There 

 is quite a difference in the blood that enters into the Guernsey 

 from that of her cousin, the Jersey. I tried that kind of breed- 

 ing to my sorrow ; that is why I speak of it with so much 

 emphasis. 



Seven or eight years ago I got the idea in my mind that if I 

 took my Jersey cows, that were not quite as large as I wanted 

 them, and crossed them with a Guernsey bull, I would get an 

 animal that was larger than the Jersey, that had more constitu- 

 tion and that would give more milk. So I bought just as good 

 n Guernsey bull as I could find and went to crossing, and I lost 

 two years of breeding. I got a beautiful animal, and now and 

 then one that was very fair, but four out of every five were 

 inferior to their dams. I would have done infinitely better had 

 I bought a Jersey bull from a family of larger animals and 

 good milkers and used him on those Jersey cows, and so have 

 built up the size a little and have gotten a little more milk. 

 And I would have had just as good a constitution. So I say, 

 my friends, don't be led away by any such foolishness. 



If you v^•ant an illustration of the value of line-breeding, I 

 do not know where you will find one that is equal to that of the 

 Jew. Here is a race of people, not only the result of line- 

 breeding, but also of in-breeding, and wherever the Jev/ goes 

 on the face of the earth, I do not care to what climate or nation, 

 his characteristics stand right out, and they are usually such 

 that he makes himself a formidable competitor wherever he is, 

 whether in commerce, music, politics, finance or agriculture. 

 He is the result of line-breeding, and Vv'here vvill you find a race 

 of men an3^where that arc cutting the figure that the Jews are? 



