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farm, in order that they may be tamiliar with what is going 

 on tlicre ; and I want to tell you, gentlemen, that all over 

 the State of New York, and this State of Massachusetts, too, 

 I believe, there are many samples of up-to-date farming that 

 are being carried on by wealthy men which are exam})les for 

 you and me to profit by, but they are not monuments set up 

 for us to try to emulate or copy. 



Question. Haven't you more Holsteins in New York 

 than anything else? 



Mr. Dawley. No, we have more grade cows than any- 

 thing else, unfortunately. 



Question. Don't they mostly come from Holsteins? 



Mr. Dawley. I would hardly want to say that. 



Question. And wouldn't a certain amount of that cross 

 bring down the standard of milk ? 



Mr. Dawley. You carry the idea that I am a Holstein 

 breeder, but I have been a Jersey breeder for twenty -five 

 years. Yet the man who goes into the general milk market 

 to-day with the milk from a herd of Jersey cows, — I don't 

 care if he goes through the country and picks the best, — 

 if he goes into the general market and sells the milk at the 

 price at which milk is sold in the market, he will lose money. 

 I believe the Jersey is the most economical butter cow, and 

 her milk should never l)e brought in competition in price 

 with that of a Holstein ; but the point is right here, you and I 

 as farmers are up against a proposition, — what are we going 

 to do to live ? If, with our equipment, — and it is worth just 

 as much to us, as far as it goes, as is his plant to the manu- 

 facturer on this river, — we can't give our children the same 

 advantages and education that he can, with a like investment, 

 we would better get out of the business. K our Jersey cow 

 cannot make milk at the price at which you can afford to sell 

 it, get a Holstein. You and I have not yet got quite to the 

 state that the manufacturers came to years and years ago, — 

 give the people what they want and what they are willing to 

 pay for, and don't give them any more, or, if you. do, give 

 them a chromo. 



Mr. Sagendorph. I once asked Mr. Ellis how it w^as 

 that he could sell milk at 8 cents a quart, when in my town 



