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tended to reproduce through them the mother's characteristics. Bogswell 

 brought out a ring of four grand cows. He called them "The Big Four.' 

 and lined them up for his inspection, udders toward him. He marvelled 

 at their size and apparent capacity. The owners laid much emphasis on 

 the part the bulls played in fixing this type. Bogswell more than once 

 said: "Mr. Winslow, the bull is more than ha'lf the herd; yes, sir, more 

 than half the herd." 



John reached home after ten days of what seemed to him to be a most 

 profitable and enjoyable trip. At the supper table that night he began 

 the story of that journey and the lights didn't go out in the sitting-room 

 till far later than was common in the Winslow family. "John," said the 

 old man, "what made the biggest impression on you in that dairy cattle 

 barn at the fairV" "The dairy type." said John. "I was satisfied after 

 my inspection that these smooth, meaty cows, could not do the business 

 we want done." 



Later that fall the final report on this exposition herd of ten different 

 breeds was made. The father, after supper one night, pulled the wrapper 

 from his "Dairy Intelligencer" and read the results of the test. Looking 

 it over, he said: "John, your judgment on the exposition cows was 

 good. Hear this from the report about results: A Guernsey, Mai-y Mar- 

 shall, produced in six months a butter profit of $59.40, ranliing first. A 

 Red Poll cow, named Mayflower, of a very milky type, which I remember 

 you especially told about, stood second, her butter making a profit of 

 $52.10. Excepting for this one case, the other cows of the first ranking 

 ten were all cows of dairy breeds. Where the total record of five cows 

 in each breed is recorded, I see that they show the Guernsey first, with 

 butter fat worth $230; the Jerseys second, with $225. credit; the Ayrshire 

 third, with $218; and the Holsteins fourth, at $211. From the butter point 

 of view, the dairy breeds beat the others out of their boots. We had better 

 stick to our type and work deeper into the breed, my son." "Yes, father," 

 said John; "I believe it is absolutely essential, if we are to get the very 

 best dairy results from our herd, that we must stick to cow type and 

 never lose sight of its importance." 



Seven years had passed by since young Winslow had returned to the 

 farm. The herd had gone through a remarkable change. The process 

 of selection, culling out and breeding up, the butter yield had increased 

 from 180 to 400 pounds a year. The merits of the herd wei'e becoming 

 known the. whole country round and the farmers of the neighborhood 

 really began to take a just pride in the Rockdale herd. In fact, the herd 

 was known far more tlian locally. Enterprising agricultural journalists 

 had discovered its existence and had advertised it over a wide territory. 



One day the neighbor who had purchased the first bull John had 

 placed at the head of the herd, made a call and engaged in conversation. 

 He was a fairly good man, but like many other persons owning stock, 

 gave liis herd less careful :ittention tlian good business warrante<l. He 



