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Professor Fraser : If I knew that any dairy breed was un- 

 popular in this State, I don't know that I would have the cour- 

 age to talk here. I have given illustrations of two other breeds 

 here, so you would not think I was a Holstein man. 



Mr. Wentworth: We need the education you have given 

 us. I believe that fifty per cent of the sour milk going into the 

 creameries all over the State of Iowa would be obviated if we 

 were milking Holstein cows instead of milking the other breeds 

 of cows. In other words, the Holstein milk will keep sweet, 

 maintain its normal condition, longer than milk from any other 

 animal. It does not sour as quickly. You can take the milk 

 from a Shorthorn cow, the milk from the Jersey, and milk from 

 a Holstein and set the three together and you will find this true 

 Is there any man here to dispute that point? I have tried it and 

 proved it. The reason I became so partial to the Holstein is due 

 entirely to my family physician. My wife and two daughters 

 suffered from typhoid fever and our physician told me to buy a 

 cow because the milk we were getting was impure. He told me 

 to get a good Holstein cow. As that was new to me, I asked 

 him why a Holstein. I thought, like a whole lot of others, that 

 if I wanted a good cow I would get a Shorthorn, that I would 

 not consider anything else. I would cut out the Jersey for the 

 reason that I like to have something that will stand up when I 

 milk her. I do the milking myself and I believe there is a palat- 

 ability which the Frenchman calls "the- aroma of the bouquet" 

 in the Holstein milk that is not in any other milk. 



Mr. Anderson: Why is that? 



Mr. Wentworth : There are a good many things I can not 

 explain. We have to go to higher power to find out this. It is 

 simply a breed characteristic. I will say another word, and 

 that is that probably the best herd of dairy animals in this 

 country was the herd that was built up by Mr. E. D. Tillson, of 

 Tillsonburg, Canada. Do you know of a better one than his, 

 Professor Fraser? He started in with the Shorthorn breed. He 

 was English, as was my ancestry.. We love the good old 

 English roast beef and love the old English animal. He started 

 in with the old typical animals. Shorthorns. Nevertheless he 

 got it into his head that he was not getting the right kind of 

 dairy animal. After a good deal of thought he went out and 

 bought as Professor Fraser did. He found a good Holstein bull 

 with a record. He had one with pride of ancestry and pride of 



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