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dairy cow, in this discussion of the dairy cow as a producer, 

 that, while you can find isolated examples of a dual purpose 

 animal making a better record than certain dairy animals, in 

 all the competitions that have taken place in this country, 

 on any important scale, — at the World's Fair, I will say, 

 where the biggest things have been undertaken, — the dair}^ 

 cow is the one that has made the most money. Now, I do 

 not say at all that it would not be a fine thing for a man to 

 have a herd of Red Polled, for instance, as they are the rec- 

 ognized dual purpose cows ; they make a lot of money. But 

 the dual purpose animal, if you please, has a very consider- 

 able advantage, so far as that type is concerned, in its addi- 

 tional value as a cow. 



I will also call attention to this, that, in my argument in 

 connection with the cow Mayflower, I referred to the fact 

 that this cow belonged to a very distinctive and remarkable 

 dairy strain of Red Polled cattle. I know the man who has 

 done more to bring out this strain in Red Polled cattle, and 

 it will apply to Mr. Anderson's herd of Shorthorns, — that 

 the more profit that comes from those animals that he refers 

 to as large milk or butter producers, the more are they after 

 this dairy type. There are exceptions, as illustrating the 

 fact that there are exceptions to the rule ; but nevertheless 

 it is true that this t3^pe of animal, whether Shorthorn, Red 

 Polled or what, makes the most money in that breed. 



Mr. Anderson. I say that the farmer who goes into the 

 business of raising milk, and follows the dual purpose cow, 

 will make the most money. He has two strings to his 

 bow, — he has the milk and the beef. AVe had a pair of 

 cows that made over 1,000 pounds of butter in the winter, 

 and one of them dressed 2,400 pounds and the other 2,300 

 pounds. They were not of the dairy type, for if they had 

 been they never would have dressed that and brought the price 

 they did in the market. My cattle are not of the dairy type. 



Professor Plumb. There is a great diflference between the 

 Bates Shorthorn of former days and the Shorthorn that is 

 in the United States at the present time. It is running to a 

 rangy type of cattle, and Thomas Bates all his life long made 

 a special study of the dairy development of his cattle. 



