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have developed. There is no better blood in the Jersey breed 

 than some of her ancestry. 



Mr. Stewart: Why do you keep a cow like that at 

 the expense of the state when you are satisfied 

 she is no good.^ That is a question I want to ask; 

 another thing, you have stated that a cow could not have 

 a nice hindquarter and be a good dairy cow. I beg to differ. A 

 cow may have a nice, straight, handsome hindquarter and a good 

 udder at the same time. I have imported seventy-five or a hun- 

 dred Ayershire cows, I have visited the countries that they come 

 from, and I am satisfied that you can find a nice type of that 

 kind of cow, with straight, nice hindquarters, and yet have a 

 good udder. 



Then I disagree with you on the proposition that you can 

 make milk and beef both. I have visited herds in England and 

 I never found a herd that made good milkers and good beef in 

 the same herd. You take Durhams in the country where they 

 are used for milkers, and they are fine milkers but not good 

 beef. 



Professor Curtiss: You misunderstood me about the 

 development of the udder. I did not mean to be 

 understood that a cow could not have a good hind- 

 quarter and a good udder, but you cannot have a good 

 udder combined with a thick, meaty thigh, because there is no 

 room for the udder there. Now, In reference to this cow I 

 spoke about, our object in keeping her was somthing like that 

 of the reformed drunkard, who went about the country lectur- 

 ing on temperance by exhibiting himself as a fearful example. 

 We are simply keeping her as a warning. We want to warn 

 people to keep away from that kind of cow, and we want to 

 urge on people the necessity of studying their cows. On the 

 other point, I can only repeat that I know it is possible from 

 experiment to combine beef and milk in the dairy cow in a prof- 

 itable degree. 



Mr. Tripp: Could you do that anywhere except up at the 

 experiment dairy farm.^ 



