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nal shape, bj the eye and by the feeling. It seems to me in 

 regard to testing, as far as the cow testing is concerned, that 

 that will tell what a man has after he owns his herd. But 

 sometimes he wants to go out and buy a herd. I should be 

 disappointed if Professor Dean did not agree with me in this, 

 that the handling of a cow, the viewing of the different points 

 of a cow, are all the sum of experience, which you call judg- 

 ment, and is an ability, and is of great value in the selection 

 of cows. 



Professor Dean. It is, if you were dependent upon a 

 man's word as to what she'd give, regardless of your own 

 experience ; but you have this to back you up if you have your 

 cow-testing association. Here's a certain cow that has been 

 fairly tested ; you have her official record, and you know what 

 she has done. 



Mr. BuESLEY. Some of us in getting a herd of cows would 

 rather have those sleek, nice, straight-backed, wedge-shaped 

 cows, with nice horns, even if they didn't give quite so much 

 milk. I think I like to have those sleek ones myself. I like 

 to buy the cow that the other fellow wants, too. 



Question. Do you have score card tests ? 



Professor Dean. I do not use the score card at all. Not 

 all the men in our college, however, would agree with me. I 

 only teach the live stock part to our special short-course stu- 

 dents. I think it is of some advantage in calling attention to 

 the different points of a cow, but as far as telling the actual 

 value of the cow goes it may be a guide to that man in his own 

 experience when he goes out to buy cows, and has not an 

 opportunity to test them. There's no doubt that the average 

 man likes to have a nice-looking cow, but a cow that is a fine 

 looker may not always be a good milker. A more important 

 point, that is a great problem in itself, is the keeping account 

 of the cows' feed, what their milk produces, what it brings in 

 the market, what profit at the end of the year. These are the 

 problems that are at the foundation of dairy economics ; yet 

 they must have our attention more or less. 



The Chair. I think the trouble in forming cow-testing 

 associations is the expense. When you ask a farmer to pay 



