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breeding to the students, we can not keep four different herds, 

 so we decided that we would simply breed one of those breeds 

 and keep from three to five cows as specimens of the other 

 breeds, and it seems to me that is a very good proposition for 

 any agricultural college to follow. The matter of selection 

 and breed, it seems to me, is not the great importance, because 

 you can illustrate breeding with one breed as well as with an- 

 other. It does not seem to me of much consequence which 

 breed you take. 



To answer Mr. Wentworth's question will state that when we 

 selected this breed it seemed to fit our necessities better at the 

 university, the purpose for which we wish to keep dairy dows, and 

 also because I think in the State of Illinois the Holstein, as a rule, 

 is probably more popular than any other, for the reason we have 

 large condensing factories there, and as you know condensing 

 factories like milk that contains three and one-half per cent of 

 butter fat. 



Mr. Barney: I would like to ask Mr. "Wentworth a question. 

 I believe he said that the Holsteins were unpopular in Iowa. 

 Perhaps I could agree with him in that, but I would like to ask 

 him what breed of cattle is not unpopular in Iowa? 



Mr. Wentworth: I will say, individually, there is no breed 

 of dairy cattle that is not unpopular in the State of Iowa. I can 

 only say to my shame that out of 225,000 people we have in 

 making up the population of Iowa, there are not 1,000 dairymen. 

 I am sorry for that. Iowa is leading the world as a dairy State 

 and still it is a side issue, the old woman and the boys are doing 

 the milking. As a general proposition that is what you will 

 find. I am personally very much in favor of the dairy products, 

 and if I were located so that I could deal exclusively in the farm 

 animal and farm products, I would not be able to hold down my 

 job as president of the Iowa Improved Stock Breeders' Associa- 

 tion another term, and I would keep the Holstein cow, for the 

 reason that you can sell four per cent milk by running it through 

 a separator, as we have done on the farm at home and have the 

 skim milk to feed our calves and pigs, and if you desire to sell 

 the calves, you can sell them for better profit than any other 

 calf for veal; your cows will grow up and you can sell them to 

 Illinois farmers, if you are foolish enough to sell your good cows, 

 and get better profit than from any other breed of animals in 

 that line. 



