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way. It isn't in her to produce milk, and it never will be. 

 It is a matter of breeding better cows, then, and all I want 

 to say is to point out some ways in which improvement 

 may be made. 



A cow should be judged by results, not by the color of 

 her nose, the size of her horns, nor the regularity of her 

 markings, but by her ability to convert food into milk and 

 butter profitably. 



No man should be satisfied with a cow that does not 

 produce annually, tiOOO lbs. of milk or 275 lbs. of butter, 

 and more than this, no man should be satisfied with a cow 

 whose product of milk or butter does not bring an average 

 market price of at least |>20.00 more than the cost of her 

 keeping, and he should not be satisfied with that, for the 

 possibilities are that she can be made to produce $35 or 

 $40 more than the cost of keeping. 



I think, however, that to do this one must breed his own 

 stock, and here is where the question of breed comes in. 



My experience with breeds is confined to. six years with 

 Durhams, Ayrshires and Jerseys, and four years with Hol- 

 steins, at the New Hampshire Experiment Station ; and in 

 the table which I have prepared, you will see the results of 

 this work. 



Pasturing during summer season, 



Grain '' '' " 1000 lbs., 



180 days full winter feeding at 18c per day, 



30 days partial feeding while dry, 



154 40 



Taking the average live weight of our herds into con- 

 sideration, we get the cost of keeping our 



Ayrshire cows to be, -154 00 



Jerseys, 48 00 



Durhams, 60 00 



