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great question is, " Will he bring us an increased milk 

 yield in his daughters^" This question can only be 

 answered by the records of the does of his family. Many 

 purchasers seem to care only that a buck be the son of 

 some doe who has established an outstanding record yield 



Fig. 34. — Tyjjicai head uf a TocRonbur^ buck. 



of milk. While such a buck is very desirable, it is prob- 

 ably of even greater importance that he should come 

 from a family all of whose records show a high average 

 of excellence — not only his dam, but his granddams on 

 both .sides, his dam's sisters, his own sisters, and his 

 " nieces." Most valual)le of all, of course, is the buck 

 v/hose own daughters have proved themselves heavy pro- 



