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named, each carrying a distinct family type, hut all true to 

 the Jersey standard, shading from the fineness of the 

 Rioter's to the strong, broad faces of the St. Lambert's and 

 Stoke Pogis. I am speaking to you not as a breeder, but a 

 student and observer. In other lines of breeding these facts 

 have been pressed home upon me as emphasizing the great 

 law of mechanics, where harmonj' of parts with reference to 

 purpose is the central thought. 



Milk production is to be the great industry with Massa- 

 chusetts farmers. Will it pay you a net profit over cost of 

 production next year and the year after ? Will your herds 

 and barns be larger and your farm richer in ten years because 

 of your operations ? Much depends upon the farm, but more 

 on the selection of the animals which are to furnish the sinews 

 of war. Every cow must be so constituted in structure and 

 will power that under reasonable treatment she will yield 

 six thousand pounds of milk yearly. Every owner must be 

 made alive to the necessity of appreciating and selecting a 

 machine capable of this, and, beyond that, of directing its 

 energies towards greater results. Herein lies the pathway 

 to success in dairy work, and there are no by-paths open to 

 the indifierent traveller. A positive will, a distinct pur- 

 pose, an ideal, growing clearer ev^ery day, and a love for the 

 dairy cow, will give success, no matter what the breed. 



As we read the story, written so plainly in the faces 

 and structure of our animals, of the widening process of 

 humanity, it is possible to note how important have been the 

 arbitrary standards, based perhaps on fancy, rather than 

 so-called practical points, and how, also, only by holding 

 firmly to these have the individuality of breeds been 

 preserved. 



I am conscious to-day of a dual purpose in coming before 

 you. Our subject has to do with the every-day thought and 

 work of the dairyman, the milk producer or the beef maker. 



It acts and reacts upon the pocketbook, through which 

 channel man is most easily and directly influenced, and fits 

 the needs of the hour as no other can. It has to do with the 

 food of support for the family and its production. But over 

 and above this there is in my mind the reflex influence 

 coming back to the individual who observes, or fails to 



