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As the months rolled by, it became clear to father and son that radical 

 changes must be made in that herd. The cows showed an average for 

 the herd at the end of the first year of only 180 pounds of butter fat 

 each, which at 25 cents a pound yielded a gross return of $45.00. The 

 feed and cost of lieep ran up to $40.00 each, so where was the pi'oflt? 

 And the scales and Babcock showed that some of the sows were board- 

 ing at the expense of the Winslow family. It was interesting, for the 

 fact is, these robber cows lacked dairy type. John discussed them with 

 his father. There were six of them, and he showed them up in their true 

 light. Pointing to one of them, she had made only 2,000 pounds of five 

 per cent, milk that year, he said, "Look at her beefy thighs and smooth 

 meaty back. She hasn't any room between her thighs there for an udder 

 anyway. The sooner we get rid of her the better off we'll be. Then 

 take old Speckle. She never did have any belly, and her bag is all 

 cut up in front so her fore teats are three inches above the others. She 

 isn't a good feeder, and a poor feeder never made a good breeder or 

 mUker. Let's cut down the whole herd by throwing out these six. It's 

 money in our pockets." Old man Winslow saw the wisdom of this 

 proposition. He couldn't think of any argument quite equal to the facts 

 produced by scale and Babcock test. Furthermore the arguments on cow 

 shape which John and Haecker presented were invincible. So the cows 

 were sold. 



You have heard the saying that "blood will tell," and that "every 

 man has a right to be well born." Scientific men apply this to the 

 beasts of the field as well as to the man who directs their destinies. 

 The Winslow family had little surplus money. It was representative of 

 many a hill family in worldly goods. Things must be accompished gradu- 

 ally. But Mr. John Winslow had not forgotten his lessons of other days. 

 He had studied pedigrees as a student. He had learned of famous cows 

 and great sires. Had not thousands of pure bred dairy cows records of 

 14 or more pounds of butter fat in seven days? Had not the descendants 

 of Golden Lad, King of St. Lambert, Paul DeKol, Sarcastic Lad, Ameri- 

 can Champion and others proven the unquestioned value of blood? They 

 certainly had. "And blood, blue blood if you please, was wanted in the 

 herd," said Mr. John Winslow to his father. Said the son: "Father, we 

 have never had the infiuence of a good bull in our herd. We have used 

 the common grade stock of our neighbors. It has brought us nothing of 

 value. The calves are without merit, and the heifei's are like the other 

 poor ones of the community. We have got rid of six of the herd. Let's 

 buy a young bull that we can use on the remaining cows, that will bring 

 us something worth having. Let's buy a bull from a splendid pure-bred 

 cow of dairy type, sired by a bull that has proved himself a breeder. 

 Think what it means! To many men think only of the cost of a bull 

 in money. The value of a bull is measured down through future genera- 

 tions. The first calves have 50 per cent, of his blood, and if he is a good 



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