No. 4.] THE PROFITABLE DAIRY COW. 85 



when he fails to see the significance of superiority in breed- 

 ing and individual merit to liead his herd. I have seen ex- 

 amples on both sides, and I never saw an example of a poor 

 individual which won out, and I have seen many examples 

 of fine individuals that brought prosperity to the farm. 



]VIr. John S. Anderson (of Shclburne). This question 

 which we have been discussing here to-day has been dis- 

 cussed for many years ; it has been brought up year after 

 year in this Board. The lecturer tells you that in England 

 they devote themselves in a certain locality to a certain 

 breed. That is true, and that is the way we ought to do ; 

 but we Americans dabble in everything, and amount to not 

 much of anything. In England it is quite difierent. There 

 was Thomas Bates, the champion breeder of the world. He 

 showed the world that there was such a thing as the dual 

 purpose cow. He bred the finest Shorthorn cattle that have 

 ever been bred by any man, — cattle that were good for beef 

 and good for milk. Professor Sanborn of New Hampshire 

 tells us that we can have the beef animal with milk qualities. 

 You gentlemen do not believe it, but I tell you that I 

 know it. 



The lecturer has done well, but he said nothing about the 

 problem of the calf. There is something beside the cow. 

 A neighbor, who bought a cow at my place, got a calf which 

 at eight weeks weighed 250 pounds. He sold that calf for 

 $25. Was not that quite an item in his favor? 



When we used to raise steers they brought us good money. 

 They sold last year for $100 apiece. We sell our heifers for 

 from $150 to $250. Doesn't it pay ? Our people are going 

 back to it. They have seen the folly of raising a special 

 l)urpose cow, and they are going back to the good old sub- 

 stantial cows. 



Professor Plu^hb. I Avas discussing the dairj^ cow, and it 

 is hardly fair to call me up because I didn't champion the 

 dual purpose cow or the beef cow. Each of those has its 

 place, but I propose to bring the strongest arguments I can to 

 bear when talking about the dairy cow. That is the reason 

 I spoke as I did, with all due respect to the dual purpose 

 coAv, of which I have a very high opinion. 



I wish to say, in addition to my argument in behalf of the 



