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it must be admitted that it has been reached quickly 

 and without mucli concerted action upon the part of any- 

 large number of breeders. 



As to the other points raised, there are some things 

 which should be said. Definite data bearing directly 

 upon the possibilities of profit in the handling of a dual- 

 purpose type of cattle are scarce. 



1. In the introduction, the writer has declared that 

 individual animals of the dual-purpose type, the desir- 

 able characteristics of which are generally understood, 

 exist. 



Performance of grade and registered Shorthorns at 

 the Michigan Experiment Station, grade Shorthorns at 

 the Wisconsin Station, and again registered Shorthorns 

 at the Nebraska Station, to say nothing of numerous 

 breeders and farmers throughout the country, should 

 be sufficient to prove the possibility of dairy excellence 

 in cows of somewhat pronounced beef type. 



The Red Polled breed has also made a good account 

 of itself at experiment stations and in the hands of 

 farmers and breeders. The Iowa Station, as well as 

 breeders and farmers, have fattened and marketed steers 

 from such cows, in some instances the produce of cows 

 with which satisfactory dairy records have been made, 

 that have sold well up to the top of the market. 

 While "topping the market" is not necessarily an index 

 of the highest obtainable quality, it usually accom- 

 panies the sale of bullocks very satisfactory to the 

 slaughterer. 



2. Dairy performance. 



The Kansas Station has shown that a herd of grade 

 cows produced in one year an average of 6288.58 pounds 

 milk, containing 251 .24 pounds butter fat, per cow. The 

 Michigan Station in Bulletin 166 published the dairy 

 performance of a herd of twenty-seven grade cows, the 

 average production of which was 7009 pounds milk, 

 containing 259.91 pounds butter fat. 



The writer is familiar with the type of cows used in 



