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show you a couple heifers I got;" and he look me to the slablii ainl 

 showed uie two females four years of age, sired by a good sire af. a 

 cost of |!4.50 fee for each animal, and the rest of the herd were bred 

 to a sire at a cost of lifly cents and the result was that he would not 

 have to talk long to get |125 apiece for those bred by the good sire 

 and those bred at a cost of fifty cents each he would have to talk an 

 ear off to get $G for. ISIow that shows that that original investment 

 was prelly well made. 



The cow testing association has done wonders and 1 believe it is 

 going to continue until it will revolutionize to a large degree the 

 dairy business. I am a member of a cow testing association, while 

 my herd is so far away from the home of the association that I have 

 no benefit only in a general way. They have demonstrated with a 

 cow testing association of twenty-six members that one of the mem- 

 bers can produce milk with his herd at a cost of sixty-seven cents per 

 hundred pounds and I think he has got about $2.42 from his herd for 

 each dollar's worth of feed consumed; and the poorest dairy in the 

 herd was paid the owner about eighty-six or seven cents for each dol- 

 lar's worth of food consumed. One of these fellows has realized that 

 he has a good herd and the other fellow has realized that the herd 

 has got him. And those things happen wherever there is a cow test- 

 ing association. 



I had the pleasure last winter of visiting a large part of the dairy 

 section of ^'ermont, and in every particular county there every little 

 while, as I was looking for Jersey cows, having some Jerseys, every 

 little while someone would say to me: "Have you seen Deacon Har- 

 vey's herd?" "No, I have not got there yet." "Well, he has got the 

 best herd in this country." And in a little while some other felloAv 

 would say: "Have you seen Deacon Harvey's herd?" And I would 

 say: "No, I have not yet." ''Well, he has the best cows in this coun- 

 try." After awhile 1 learned I was a couple of miles from Deacon 

 Harvey's. So I went up to Deacon Harvey's and out from the house 

 came a nice, genteel looking old Vermont Yankee. And I said: "Mr. 

 Harvey, I heard much of your herd of cattle and if j'ou don't charge 

 too much I would like to see them." He said : "If you don't get too 

 close it won't cost you nothing." I went over to the barn and he had 

 a large herd, in the neighborhood of 50 head, of the most beautiful 

 uniform type of dairy cattle it was my j)leasure to see in the State of 

 Vermont. And I looked them over very carefully and I said: "Uncle 

 Harvey, what price would you say for cows like these?" He said: 

 "It would not be right to price them. I would not care to price them 

 It would not be right." I said: "It is a good time to sell when you 

 have a buyer. What would you ask me to pick out a few and let me 

 depend upon my own judgment? I may get the poorest ones as well 

 as some of the good ones." He said: "Well, I need a little money, 

 and if you mind to pay |60 a head you may pick out a few." So I 

 picked out three and I went up to open the stanchion to let the fourth 

 out and he said : "Hold on, Mister ; I won't sell another one." Well, 

 I argued with the old gentleman but could not get any more. When 

 I drew him my check for those three cows, he saw my name on the 

 check and he said : "Are you the President of the National Dairy As- 

 sociation?" I said: ''Yes sir ; I have that honor." He said: "Well, 

 you must know Governor Hoard." I said: "I certainly do. I am 



