PUREBREDS OR GRADES 



93 



"The total number of cows completing a year's work in the 

 associations having the proper age specification numbered 1013 

 cows. Every record in this comparison represents the production 

 of twelve months, including the dry period. The classification 

 made consisted of comparing two, three, four, five and over five- 

 year-old grade Holstein cows with two, three, four, five and over 

 five-year-old pure bred Holstein cows. 



Production of Purebred Holsteins versus Grades in Ten Cow- 

 Testing Associations in Pennsylvania 



"The difference in favor of purebreds was 1343 pounds of milk 

 and 38.7 pounds of butter fat." 



148. Banks recognize purebred breeders. — In the "Guernsey 

 Breeders' Journal" for February, 1922, we see how the banks of 

 Wisconsin look at this question in the following quotation from 

 D. H. Otis, Director, Banker-Farmer Exchange, Madison, Wis. 



" Banks depend for their success upon the success of the com- 

 munities in which they are located. In the rural districts and to a 

 very large extent in the cities, the success of the community is 

 dependent upon the success of the farmer. The farmer's success 

 depends largely upon the development of the livestock industry. 

 The higher the grade of livestock, or the nearer the livestock 

 comes to being purebred, the larger the farm profits. This is well 

 illustrated with dairy cattle in the following table : 



No. 



of 



farms 



I Grade cows only 70 



II Grades and purebreds 42 



III Purebreds onlv 8 



