1116 New York State Breeders' Association 



Here (showing photograph ) is a heifer calf seven months, 

 weighing GOO pounds, which won lirst prize. To show him the indi- 

 vidnality can be handed down for one, two and three generations, 

 this calf's dam, as a calf, won three first prizes and three cham- 

 pionships. It is necessary to have a calf quite fresh for the ring. 

 Her udder was probably about as large as a three-quart measure. 



Here (showing j^hotograph) is a yearling heifer at the ]Sew 

 York State Fair a few years ago, that the judge gave first prize 

 to over all females under two years old, and he says '" If that 

 heifer don't make a good cow the man behind her will be blamed." 

 Here (showing another photograph) she is at four years old. 

 ]\Iade an official record of 26.18 pounds of butter in seven days. 

 And this cow was good enough for the Canadian Government last 

 August — gave $2,000 for her — and the judge who came down 

 from Hamilton is now President of the Holstein Association of 

 America. 



Here (showing photograph) is a heifer a year and eleven 

 months; weighing about 1,200 pounds; well developed. Of course 

 she did not have grain all her life ; all summer, or for about three 

 months before we sliowed her at the fair, she was fed grain. 

 She won second prize at the New York State Fair; calved 

 at a year and eleven months, and make an official record 

 of 22.4 pounds of butter in 7 days; 72 pounds of milk in a day. 

 As a three-year-old she made 118.3 pounds of milk in a day, 

 3,100 pounds in 30 days; 27 pounds of butter in 7 days. You 

 can see great individuality there. She has good breeding and 

 is a first-class show animal. Now how much more that animal 

 is worth to be that kind of an animal, than she would if she sloped 

 off behind, had an uneven udder and other undesirable qualities. 

 I think that if the breeders took more pains with individuality, 

 and never kept a herd sire unless he were a good, reasonable indi- 

 vidual, our breeds would be improving all the time, instead of 

 perhaps some of them going the wrong way. 



Here (showing photograph) is her half-sister — the same 

 sire — fitted for the show ring. Picture taken on the New York 

 State Fair grounds. She has been grand champion of the New 

 York State Fair for three years. Tt is very seldom that one ani- 

 mal is grand champion at any fair for three years in succession, 



