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tence, and all of its various products, so essential to the 

 peace and harmony of every well regulated household, we 

 must willingly grant to the cow her just and well earned 

 position. 



Breeds. — The Bovine race is divided into many different 

 families, and is to l)e selected from, according to the differ- 

 ent purposes for which they are desired, whether it be 

 Beef, Milk, Butter or Cheese. 



Probably nine-tenths of all cows in Essex County are 

 kept for the sole purpose of raising milk, to be sold in the 

 market as such. The pure breeds of fancy stock are too 

 expensive for the ordinary farmer. Even we are told that 

 an entire herd of Holsteins although great milkers, will 

 not yield the necessary amount of solids, which the law 

 requires, a mingling of other breeds being necessary to 

 produce the lawful standard. Our dairymen have learned 

 by experience that judicious crossing is the best method 

 to produce the desired result. 



The young farmer, not having the ready money to pur- 

 chase, desires to raise up and enlarge his herd from year to 

 year. The problem which confronts him is, what assurance 

 has he that he can accomplish his object. 



We are constrained to believe that there are certain laws 

 of the animal kingdom which hold true, not only in the 

 human, but among domestic animals as well, which is, 

 that the general characteristics of feature, temperament, 

 and complexion of the father, are to be found in the female, 

 and of the mother in the male offspring. Working on 

 these lines we should expect to accomplish the desired 

 result. 



Having a good healthy cow of extra milking qualities, 

 we should seek a sire, whose dam was an extra good milker, 

 and the chances are that the offspring Avould develop like 

 qualities. Where both antecedents possess those qualities, 

 the chances are so much the better. 



