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Guernseys, and his heifers, I see, are doing very well. 

 Will he please tell us something about them? 



Mr. Noah Sagendorph (of Spencer). My son is making 

 a specialty of Guernsey cattle ; he endeavors to raise from 

 the very best of Guernsey stock, so that he has some from 

 everywhere where he has found a good animal. At my farm 

 I keep Guernsej^s and Holstcins. In the first place, Avhile 

 my boy was at Cornell I began getting Guernsey cattle. 

 Of course I had to have an outlet for milk, and all at once 

 my customers began to find fault with my milk. I en- 

 deavored to find out what the trouble was, and they couldn't 

 tell me, only they didn't like it. I bought some Holsteins, 

 and found that my customers all liked the milk. I have 

 since been breeding at my farm pure-bred Holsteins with 

 Guernsey cattle, and now and then a Jersey or a grade 

 Jersey. My preference from the beginning has been the 

 Guernsey cow, but people don't like to drink the Guernsey 

 milk. 



Ex-Secretary Sessions (of Springfield). The deduction 

 which we may possibly draw from the discussion between 

 Mr. Ware and the lecturer is that a pure-bred bull is all 

 right, anj^way. I want to know, Mr. Lecturer, if that is 

 the position you take? 



Professor Plilvib. I think I stated that it should have 

 merit with the pedigree ; physical merit should be consid- 

 ered, as well as inheritance. Therefore, any pure-bred bull 

 wouldn't necessarily be a desirable animal. I have seen 

 pure-bred males where I would a good deal rather have 

 nothing, or some grades. I don't know how it is in the 

 State of Massachusetts, because I have never had anything 

 to do with buyers of stock here ; but 1 have bought and sold 

 dairy cattle for nearly twenty years, and this has been my 

 experience invariably, covering three States : most every- 

 body Avants to buy as cheaply as possible, and it is a rare 

 man that ever makes any inquiry as to the merits of the sire 

 or dam. The first thing is, "I have $25 in my pocket; 

 what can you give me for $25 ? " — without looking into the 

 future at all. Now, in such cases the need of education is 

 apparent, because, as I heard one man say, " One loses sight 

 of the gold dollar, backing the cent up in front of his eye," 



