148 BOARD OF AGRICULTUEE. [Jan. 



Mr. Douglas. Yes, sir. 



Mr. Dyer. I would like to ask what breed the gentle- 

 man would recommend to grade-up our stock w4th. 



Mr. Douglas. For a l)uttcr maker, I w^ould recommend 

 the Jersey and Guernsey. If my object was milk produc- 

 tion, of course I should recommend the Holstein or some 

 breed of a larsfer Sfrowth. 



Mr. Bradley. The speaker has only spoken upon one 

 side of the question ; that is, the butter side. There are two 

 sides to this question, — the milk side and the butter side. 



Secretary Sessions. I think the essayist remarked that 

 the same principles would prove correct in grading-up a herd 

 of Holsteins or any herd of a milk-producing type. 



Mr. Douglas. Yes, that is what I meant to be under- 

 stood, although I have no personal experience of that kind. 

 In fact, reason and observation teach me that that is so. 

 You can get the same improvements in that direction by the 

 use of Holsteins or of some type which gives a large flow. 

 I would make that distinction. For butter-making purposes 

 I would select sires from races which are liest adapted to 

 butter making ; for milk production I would use a sire 

 adapted to that branch. Bear in mind that there is room 

 for all. There are two distinct classes of milk, each adapted 

 to a particular purpose. The milk which I describe for 

 butter-making purposes is not adapted to the milk trade. 

 The housewife who receives such milk in the morning for 

 family use will have at tea time a mass of cream and blue 

 skim-milk. She does not want that type. But there is 

 milk which is much better adapted to cheese and to the milk 

 trade than this, Avhich is especially adapted to butter making. 

 I gave extremes, and I fjave one extreme wdiich I would not 

 recommend, although some milkmen might ; to wit, the kind 

 that gave only six per cent of cream. I should not want to 

 sell that milk to customers ; it is too poor. I gave extremes 

 purposely, and between the two extremes you will find all 

 grades and qualities. 



Mr. GoDDAKD of Greenfield. I think it will be conceded 

 that the largest records that have been made of l^utter- 

 making and milk-producing cows have been made "by pure- 

 breds ; and, with the present prices for which Jerseys or 



