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profitable herd may be produced. In the vicinity of large cities 

 are to be found herds of high grades that produce large yields 

 of milk for the retail trade. By selecting sires coming from 

 families yielding milk superior in quality as well as quantity, 

 more favorable results may be expected than if no care in 



Fig. 120. The pure-bred Holstein-Friesian ox Jerry, owned by J. D. Avery, 

 Buckland, Massachusetts. This ox is reported to measure 17^ hands high, 

 to girth ioi feet, and to weigh 4365 pounds. On a good road he will easily 

 walk a mile in 30 minutes. Photograph from Mr. Avery 



selection is practiced. Owing to their size, the bulls should 

 not be mated to animals of smaller breed type. 



Holstein-Friesian oxen are in favor in some localities where 

 cattle are employed in draft work. Mr. James D. Avery of 

 Massachusetts, who has long used them, testifies highly to the 

 worth of the breed for this purpose. A pure-bred ox of his, named 

 Jerry, at nine years old weighed 4365 pounds, stood 17-J- hands 

 high, was 10 feet 3 inches in girth and 15 feet 11 inches long. 



