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view. That is the reason why I recommend a pure bred animal. She 

 will do for him the thing he is looking for, and the thing he has 

 planned. 



There are two principal things that cattle are bred for; the one 

 for beef, and the other for dairy purposes. Then, again, there are 

 special interests in the dairy business; some of us want to make 

 butter, and others to go to the market with our milk. For the but- 

 ter, we have the Guernsey and the Jersey, and for producing the milk, 

 we have the Ayrshire and the Holstein ; they produce the milk which 

 is the best balanced ration for the human family. The Holstein or 

 Ayrshire milk is not so rich in fat, therefore it is more easily di- 

 gested, and it contains more of the proteids, and therefore the human 

 family will thrive better on their milk than on the milk of the Jersey. 

 The Jersey paid for my first farm. We had a small Jersey cow. T 

 had some chickens, and the skim milk came in very good for the egg 

 production. I sold my butter and fed my skim milk to the chickens 

 and poults. I have also owned Ayrshires and Guernseys, and while 

 these animals have their place, and do their work, when it comes to 

 selling milk, I made up my mind that the Holstein is the cow for 

 me; and also, when it came to selling her, I had more demand for 

 her in the market. And it is the Holstein cow that has helped to 

 leave the little old back hills, and come down into the beautiful 

 Shenango Valley — one of the richest and most fertile valleys in the 

 State of New York. Therefore I would be ungrateful if I did not 

 stand up for her. She has enabled me to give up riding 'in the little 

 old-fashioned high covered wagon, and now T can ride in my auto and 

 I can ride beliind a good team of horses when I want to use them, and 

 it is all because of the Holstein cow; she has enabled me to get on 

 in the world, and I would be ungrateful if T did not stand up for her. 



And what I have done every man can do if he has a little snap 

 and push in him. Some years ago a young man caught a coon on 

 the way to town. He didn't know what to do with it, so he decided 

 to giveit to the boy who showed the most intelligence. He asked one 

 of the boys, ^'Wliat are you. a Democrat or a Republican?" The boy 

 said '*I'ni a Republican." "Why?" "Because pa and ma are Repub- 

 licans." "What are you?" he asked the next boy? "I'm a Demo- 

 crat." "Wliy are you a Democrat?" "Oh, because pa and ma are 

 Democrats.""^ Then he asked the third boy; and he said "Mister, I'm 

 anything to get that coon." 



kow, there is a moral in that little story. If we want to succeed 

 at anything, we must do anything that will help us to succeed at it, 

 if it is work night and day, or anything else, so long as it is honor- 

 able and upright. If it means get up before daylight to milk your 

 cow, do it,— anything that will not bring disgrace upon yourself and 

 family. 



Then, again, there is another important thing. Don't be anything 

 because pa and ma did it or said it. I know of no man who respects 

 his father and mother more than I do, but when it comes to leaving 

 home, no man will succeed if he does a certain thing just because 

 pa and ma did it. A man must decide for himself, and not be afraid 

 of good, sound, hard work. We want to use our brains with our 

 lifinds — brains and brawn goes together in making success, and you 

 don't want to depend upon brawn altogether, anymore than you do 

 without it altogether. Drive your business; don't let it drive you. 



