No. 6. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 797 



a successful dual purpose animal, one that in point of beef produc- 

 tion is surpassed by none, and in the production of milk is a very 

 creditable animal. I give due credit to all that has been said, but 

 I protest, and I desire to protest with all the emphasis that is pos- 

 sible for me to put into words, to the statement that it was abso- 

 lutely impossible and silly and fallacious to talk about an animal 

 that is a successful dual purpose animal. Let me point you to-day 

 to the dairy cattle of England, and from what breeds do they come? 

 The dairy cattle of Great Britain to-day are taken largely from the 

 Shorthorn breed, and you can go to the dairies of that country and 

 successfully establish the fact that what I am claiming here is cor- 

 rect. I will admit what Gov. Hoard has said, that many Shorthorn 

 breeders have bred out of their cattle the ability to make successful 

 cows. In other words they have intensified the beef producing quali- 

 ties of their cattle and at the expense of the dairy qualities. But in 

 spite of all that, in spite of the fact that they have overbred as beef 

 cattle, we have to-day numerous instances where we can point them 

 out herds in this state and in New York that are making a very 

 creditable exhibit as milk producing cows. Now, then, we want 

 to be charitable. I give to other breeds every just claim that they 

 can present in favor of their cattle. I want to say here, that the 

 man who attempts to succeed by misrepresentation of his fellows 

 in the race for life is not doing them justice. I do not, of course, 

 refer to anything that has been said here to-day. I make that as a 

 general statment; that we want to be generous to our rivals, we 

 want to accord them just merit of the cattle they are defending. 



