Annual, Meeting 1119 



a record, tlie third month after calving, of 33.1 pounds of butter 

 in seven days, the largest record made after calving. In that you 

 see a nice individual and a great producer for seven days, giving 

 136 pounds of butter in thirty days the third month after calving. 



Of course some people might think a little bit larger record 

 than this from a cow that was not half as good an individual would 

 be the most desirable, but I feel that I would rather have a nice 

 individual like that, with a nice, square udder, and not quite as 

 large an official record, than to have one a little bit larger and no 

 individuality. 



ISTow this cow, in order to show how even she milked from her 

 front and hind teats, we had her milk weighed. When she gave 

 100 pounds of milk in a day, she gave 48 pounds out of her 

 front teats and 5S out of her hind. 



I ought to say just one word about color. I think that some 

 breeds, especially the Ayrshires, are being improved by breeding 

 light, but I am afraid that the Holstein men are breeding for color 

 more than they ought to. I think we should, all things being 

 equal, take color perhaps into consideration, but I would not 

 feel like letting that predominate, because the individuality of 

 the animal, and the record, ought to go away ahead of the color. 



I think that I never • — ■ unless it was a bull ■ — lost any- 

 thing by color in the show ring. I think that perhaps color might 

 have some weight with judges. I know a good color is a good 

 quality, but of course any of these colors are eligible — one is just 

 as eligible as another. 



I want to say just a word about whether it is worth while for 

 breeders' associations to help along the people showing cattle in 

 the show ring. There are quite a number of breeders who do not 

 believe it is worth while to encourage showing cattle at fairs. 

 Down at Brockton they only show four dairy breeds ; they have a 

 brand for each breed. They generally have about 500 or 600 

 head of cattle, and in 1910 they had about 100,000 people 

 there. Just supposing, for instance, there were no Hol- 

 steins there — would they not feel as if the Holsteins 

 were giving out — or any other breed you might take 

 up? And last fall, at the 'New York State Fair, I was 

 knocked out in the first round, so that I could not lead any 



