LEADING DAIRY BREEDS 



103 



163. General appearance. — "An animal of the type described 

 above will have a stylish appearance, an alert carriage, an in- 

 telligent look, which will impress you with the fact that she is wide 

 awake, ready to take advantage of every opportunity of converting 

 feed into milk. 



"I want to take this opportunity to impress on your minds that 

 in order to become successful breeders of high class dairy animals 

 you must be able to see and acknowledge defects in your own 

 animals and to see and acknowledge the superiority of the other 

 fellow's — if they are superior. Study superior types as often as 

 opportunity offers. Show your animals as often as you can. Keep 

 trying to make each succeeding generation better than the one 

 before. No higher calling than yours, as breeders of dairy cattle, 

 exists. No one — no matter what his calling or profession — can do 

 more for the advancement of our country than can you, by pro- 



Oak DeKol Ollie Homestead 85529 

 Grand Champion at National Dairy Show in 1916. Owned by Iowana 

 Farms, Davenport, Iowa. 



