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2. By mating thickly-fleshed beef bulls whose 

 dams were heavy milkers and beef cows which 

 transmit beef character to their progeny is it 

 possible to establish a heavy milking strain of 

 beef cattle within a breed, the female progeny of 

 which will be double purpose beef and milk ani- 

 mals and the males strictly of the beef type ? In 

 other words, is it possible to retain the typical 

 beef form in the male animals and increase the 

 milking tendency of the females ? 



Dr. C. W. McCampbell who was placed in 

 charge of the Department of Animal Husbandry 

 July 1, 1920, did not feel that the object had been 

 well stated or that it was practical and changed 

 the plan to one of attempting to show that both 

 male and female can and should be of the same 

 type broad, deep and thick and that such fe- 

 males can and should be able to produce strictly 

 beef type calves and 6,000 to 10,000 pounds of 

 milk annually. It is quite apparent that it will re- 

 quire several years to develop such a test yet re- 

 sults to date show that the new plan is both prac- 

 tical and feasible for practically all the cows now 

 in the test are the broad, deep, thick kind and 

 they are producing broad, deep, low-set, thick 

 calves and a heavy flow of milk. Only a few 

 need be mentioned. 



1. College Emma 106095, a big, thick, smooth 

 Scotch "Butterfly" is the dam of the first prize 

 junior yearling steer at the International Live 



