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ino- to one of them — she had made only 2,000 pounds of 5 

 per cent milk that year — he said : " Look at her beefy 

 thighs, and smooth, meat}' back. She hasn't any room be- 

 tn^een her this^hs there for an udder anyway. The sooner 

 we <ret rid of her, the better off we'll be. Then take old 

 Speckle. She never did have any belly, and her bag is all 

 cut up in front, so her fore teats are thi-ee inches above the 

 others ; she isn't a good feeder, and a poor feeder never made 

 a good breeder or milker. Let's cut down the whole herd 

 by throwing out these 6 ; it's money in our pockets." Old 

 man Winslow saw the wisdom of this proposition. He 

 couldn't think of any argument quite equal to the facts pro- 

 duced by scale and Babcock test. Furthermore, the argu- 

 ments on cow shape which John and Hsecker presented were 

 invincible. So the cows were sold. 



You have heard the saying that '' ])lood will tell," and that 

 " every n]an has a right to be well born." Scientific men 

 appl}^ this to the beasts of the fields, as well as to the man 

 who directs their destinies. The Winslow family had little 

 surplus money ; it was representative of many a hill family 

 in worldly goods ; things must be accomplished gradually. 

 But Mr. John Winslow had not forgotten his lessons of 

 other days. He had studied pedigrees as a student ; he had 

 learned of famous cows and great sires. Had not thousands 

 of pure-bred dairy cows records of 14 or more pounds of 

 butter fat in seven days ? Had not the descendants of Golden 

 Lad, King of St. Lambert, Paul DeKol, Sarcastic Lad, 

 American Ohampion and others proved the unquestioned 

 value of blood? They certainly had. " And blood — blue 

 blood, if you please — is wanted in the herd," said Mr. 

 John Winslow to his ftither. Said the son: "Father, we 

 have never had the influence of a good bull in our herd ; we 

 have used the common grade stock of our neighbors. It 

 has brought us nothing of value ; the calves are without 

 merit, and the heifers are like the other poor ones of the 

 community. We have got rid of (5 of the herd ; let's buy a 

 young bull that we can use on the remaining cows, that 

 will bring us something worth having ; let's buy a bull from 

 a splendid, pure-bred cow of dairy type, sired by a bull that 



