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essentially a beef breed. I take but very little stock in the Devon 

 as a dairy cow. 



What do you know about tlio Brown Swiss cattle? 



Answer. — There is a herd of Brown Swiss near me. I have 

 been watching them a number of years, and do not like them. 

 They are too beefy, and are no't fashioned after the dairy form in 

 cows. They have short, thick necks, large legs and feet, and are 

 devoid of some of the most prominent features always seen in a 

 purely bred dairy cow. 



Are there two separate breeds of Shorthorn cattle? 



Mr. Van Dreser. — The first importations of Shorthorns were of 

 the milking strain. Another was made of the beef type, and the 

 breeders sought beef more than they did milk, so that the dairy 

 Shorthora has been about driven out. 



Mr. W. S. Moore. — There is also a type of polled Shorthorns, 

 but they are beefy. 



Mr. Van Dreser. — I would not select any type of Shorthorns 

 now for a dairy herd; but they will be found one of the best beef 

 breeds. 



What Is the best breed of cow to be got, and where can it be obtained? 



Mr. Cook. — That would depend. If I were going to furnish milk 

 lo this milk station down here when they get it built, and they 

 paid alike for all grades of milk, I would get a cow that would 

 give a washtub full if I could find her. If, however, I wanted it 

 for butter I would select the Jersey or Guernsey, and I believe the 

 modern American Jersey the best; I mean the large, strong Jer- 

 sey, one that weighs 1,000 to 1,200 pounds; especially for butter- 

 making, is the best. We have a large herd of Holsteins, which 

 give good flows of milk, ranging from 3.2 to 3.6 per cent fat, and 

 I have also been investing in some Jerseys, with the view of ascer- 

 taining, if I can, which breed will make a pound of butter fat the 

 most cheaply. If your creamery here takes milk by the Babcock 

 test, and your milk tests much above 4 per cent., stick to it. If 

 below 4 per cent., say 3.6, sell it to the station. As a rule, how- 



