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ma Is that you see. Take the figures and commence i<> study them 

 and look at the records which are given with them to-day, and you 

 will see just what constitutes the type and form and that is being 

 done to-day for the science of breeding. I thank you for your 

 attention. 



Questions and Answers. 



MR. STOUT: I would like to ask whether there is anything like 

 a general purpose cow? 



MR. DETRICH: I never met her and I never studied her. 



A Member: One point I hope has been impressed upon this audi- 

 ence, referred to by Dr. Detrich, and that was in the selection of the 

 male. That is one of the most important points in breeding cattle 

 particularly. I agree with the Doctor when he said that the sire, 

 through the dam, conveys to his heifers the milk and butter quali- 

 ties; is that correct? 



... ~ m 

 MR. DETRICH: Yes, that is correct. 



A Member: You spoke of the carbohydrate feeding for the calves. 

 Did I understand you to advocate that? 



MR. DETRICH: The carbohydrate feeding for the young calf, I 

 think is very much like a child. You know children crave for 

 sugar and they want, and must have it. They are always plump 

 and fat, and all that fat will after a while leave. I have noticed 

 the very same thing in the dairy animal; you know our physical or- 

 ganizations are not so very dissimilar. I find that the young really 

 ought to have more carbohydrates than we are inclined to feed 

 them. 



MR. MARTIN: Did you ever have trouble with milk fever? 



MR. DETRICH: I never had milk fever but once or twice in all 

 our history in dairying; milk fever comes from improper feeding, or 

 from exposure and improper feeding. 



You know the custom at Flourtown was not to let a dairy animal 

 run at large. We take the food to her and give it to her in such a 

 balanced ration that we could get the very best results, therefore, 

 we stabled the animals almost continuously. The only time we 

 let a cow out was when she was dry, and then we made her go out 

 and stirred her around and gave her plenty of exercise. 



We are getting more and more to live under roof, and we must 

 make provisions accordingly. I have fcmnd out that a dairy cow 

 for 365 days in the year, if she gets the care, the attention and the 

 necessary light, and the necessary support, she will do the work, 



