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now existing. Success In such an undertaking requires 

 not onlv a oood deal of knowledore at the outset, and 

 careful attention and study for years, but it demands 

 that a standard be established at the commencement 

 from which no Influence shall induce us to deviate. 

 The points of excellence that are to be considered as 

 absolutely essential should be as few as possible, but in 

 such as we do adopt we should stop at nothing short of 

 absolute perfection. 



"It is out of the question, of course, for a single 

 writer or for any committee to fix the standard toward 

 which all should breed. It is suggested, however, as a 

 very good standard, In the absence of a better, to seek 

 to raise cows of 7noderate size that will produce 300 

 pounds of butter In a year, and that, while being of 

 various colors, with a goodly proportion of white, should 

 all be striking examples of the characteristic beauty of 

 the race. For value and satisfaction to their owner, a 

 herd of such cows might compete most favorably with a 

 herd of solid French grays with black points, which, 

 even with larger size, would yield only two-thirds the 

 amount of butter. 



" While, so far as personal indications are concerned, 

 more reliance is to be placed on the appearance of the 

 cow than of the bull. In establishing a herd the bull is, 

 of course, of infinitely more importance than any single 

 cow, and he should be selected with even greater care, 

 the decision resting less with his own appearance and 

 points (though these, of course, should be unobjection- 



