1118 New York State Breeders' Association 



" I think this heifer is poor." I said, '' She has just had her 

 second calf, and was not dry at alL" They put the first prize 

 on her rii;ht awa}'. Xow this heifer, ahoiit fonr weeks ago, was a 

 six-year-okl, had four calves, and has never heen dry ; produced 

 in one day 121 pounds of milk, 27.34 pounds of butter in seven 

 days. 



Here (showing photograph) is an example of handing down 

 show qualities. The grand-dam of this cow was Grand Champion 

 at Toronto. The dam of this cow won four first prizes and four 

 championships as a yearling. She has a record of 211/^ pounds. 

 A little later, I will show the sire of these animals. 



Mr. Burchard, one of the oldest breeders in the United 

 States, gave this heifer first prize and champion, as a two-year-old. 

 Xow the question is whether that old gentleman could see, at that 

 time, a cow that would develop like this. This was taken just a 

 few weeks ago, at eight years old. This cow, last year, after giv- 

 ing 20,000 23ounds of milk, produced, a year ago now, 95 pounds 

 of milk in a day, and 25.7 pounds of butter in seven days. The 

 cow weighs 1,600 pounds. She is a full sister to the dam of this 

 heifer (showing photograph). 



IsTow I show the sire (showing photograph) of all these animals 

 I showed you, except one. This bull won first prize in 'New York 

 State for five years, first prize for two years at Ogdensburg and 

 other countv fairs. Of course we thought he had a lot of indi- 

 viduality. Somebody will say, " He is a nice show bull, but how 

 is he bred ?'" It is unnecessary to say anything more about him. 



There was something said here yesterday about seven-day 

 records not amounting to very much, and thirty days not to very 

 much either. Now to help us out on the seven-day records, I will 

 show you a copy here (showing photograph). This old cow 

 was in the show ring seven years. She is fourteen years old now, 

 and we milked her eleven years every day in the year — never 

 could get her dry. And when she was nine years old she gave 

 us twenty-four pounds of milk a day without going dry. She 

 produced a son that sired this cow (showing photograph). I will 

 say just one word more for the judge. The assistant professor of 

 husbandry of Cornell scored this cow; she scored 921/2. She made 



