Annual Meeting 1117 



and this heifer, if nothing happens to her, will be on exhibition 

 next year at the fair. She has never been beaten in any show 

 ring. She has a twin sister that a good many people think is 

 fully her equal. The other twin sister has a record of 221/2 pounds 

 of butter in seven days. This heifer has always calved at fair 

 time. She also won the butter test when she was three years old. 



Now I will show a nice individual heifer, and then her full 

 brother. This heifer (showing photograph) is one that has seven 

 world records, one for butter and six for milk. Here (showing 

 photograph) is her brother that won three first prizes as a calf, 

 and last fall, as a two-year-old bull, won first prize at the New 

 York State Fair. So if you take pains to secure individuality, 

 I do not see why you cannot raise a heifer that will do the same 

 kind of work. 



Here (showing photograph) is a cow, the daughter of the first 

 cow that I ever owned. The question in my mind is whether, be- 

 cause of having a little show blood in my own veins, it was not 

 due to that fact that I was so successful in picking out a founda- 

 tion cow that would raise as good a daughter as this. 



I would like to say just a word about writers for newspapers. 

 This cow won the prize at the State Fair for seven years in suc- 

 cession. One newspaperaian in describing her, called her the 

 " Great Beauty." Another correspondent said of her, " She is a 

 straight, nice cow, but her teats are out." Of course he wanted 

 to show people that he was a judge, and find some fault with her. 

 Nobody, I think, ever saw a finer udder on a cow than that one. 

 The question is whether as nice an individual as that is a great 

 producer or not. It might be best to say just a word about her 

 breeding. Now this cow, after she reached 11 years of age, made 

 a record of 28 pounds of butter in 7 days, 112 3-4 pounds of butter 

 in 30 days, and her sire is a brother to the sire of " Bastine 

 Belle," the world's champion for a year. Now the question is 

 whether we can produce good individuals and have them produce 

 the top notch, and have them well-bred. If we can we have 

 certainly something that will stick by us. 



Just another word about the judges. This animal (showing 

 photograph) was judged after she had her second calf. They 

 looked her over and looked her over. Finally one of them said, 



