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lent individuality of this young bull commends him but .also the fact 

 that his mother last year produced over 500 pounds of butter-fat, which 

 would make nearly 600 pounds of butter in 365 days. By the use of 

 sires of such individuality as this young bull, having such an excellent 

 and productive mother, as well as other commendable maternal ancestry, 

 great improvement upon the herds of cows that are now being milked 

 in the state will result. 



The next illustration shows Dijkostra Beauty Lad, Parthenea 

 Hengerveld and the other three members of the first prize and 

 championship Holstein herd at the Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois state 

 fairs of 1909, as well as at the Fourth National Dairy Show. The prin- 

 cipal feature of this view is the uniformity of these animals which 

 shows not only the color markings of the Holstein breed but also the 

 general type, form and conformation of the animals of different ages 

 which are commendable from the standpoint of dairy cattle breeding. 



No. 5. Victoria. First Prize and Champion Guernsey Cow 

 at National Dairy Show. 



The Guernsey cow, Victoria, owned by Fred Bogel, Jr., of Wiscon- 

 sin, was the champion cow of her breed at the Fourth National 

 Dairy Show. Although she is of a different breed, which originates on 

 the Guernsey Isles instead of in Holland as do the Holsteins, it will be 

 noticed that with the exception of size and color the same characteris- 

 tics of form and conformation are to be found in this cow that were 

 found in the Holstein. The same length from the eye to the nose, indi- 

 cating a lack of beef making tendencies, the same large, bright, promi- 

 nent eye indicating the right kind of a nervous temperament, the long 

 neck contrary to the short, chuffy neck of the beef animal, clean cut, 

 charp withers, a deep chest and heart girth indicating constitution, a 

 long barrel from the shoulders to the hip bones and a well sprung rib 

 indicating great capacity. The length from the hip bone to the pin 

 bone, the clean-cut face free from beefiness, a large udder and mam- 

 mary veins all point towards great and profitable milk and butter-fat 

 production. So truly is it a known fact that a certain form is conducive 



