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lift the individual production of his herd by breeding, selec- 

 tion and care, employs one whose delight is in the round, 

 symmetrical quarters of the beef animal, he places an obstacle 

 in the pathway of development which will surely delay, if 

 not entirely prevent, the desired end being reached. So 

 much hinges on the will of the breeder expressed through 

 care, selection, handling and mental control, that harmony 

 is called for with all agents standing in any relation to the 

 breeder or the cow. So unnatural and intensified are the 

 functions of the profitable dairy cow, that, for further im- 

 provement to be possible, the steps already' taken, and objec- 

 tive point aimed at, must be clearly known and seen, and 

 every person employed be in full sympathy. 



Meeting a young man lately who had received thorough 

 instruction at the hands of one of the best milk producers, 

 and who was returning from a visit to another large herd, I 

 began to quiz him, until finally he said: "It may be all 

 right for that man, but we cannot make milk in any such 

 way. Those cows were upon clean floors, and most of them 

 were standing. We hed our cows so freely that we invite 

 them to lie doivu, knowing that the more quiet they are, the 

 more milk they will give."" That young man will lift the 

 standard of production with any herd over which he has the 

 care. He is not only seeking the harmony of structure in 

 the machine, but he has a definite purpose in mind, and that 

 will control the animal. 



Mr. C. M. Winslow, secretary of the Ayrshire Breeders' 

 Association, discarded last year every cow which did not 

 yield sixty-five hundred pounds of milk ; this year he sets 

 the standard at seven thousand pounds. But think you this 

 would be possible, even with this expert breeder, if the men 

 under his charge were filled with the idea of beefy structure ? 

 I may be leading your thought out of the field of actual 

 demonstration, l)ut I firmly believe it necessary, in order for 

 a breeder to succeed, that he have positive convictions 

 regarding structure and production, as well as color, etc., 

 and that his thought be impressed on those who care for his 

 animals. In no other way could we have to-day the distinct 

 families of the same breed, known at a glance by the student 

 and breeder. A score of families of Jerseys might be 



