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A : — For milk, about eighteen months' lactation period. 



Q : — About what Rose is ? 



A: — Yes. Rose had the advantage 



Q : — I don't think so. 



A : — If a persistent milker that would be true. 



Q : — Rose w^as a persistent milker and the other one was 

 not. That's the reason she came out higher. 



A : — Mr. Janes is speaking of dairy cows. One with beef 

 tendencies wouldn't milk more than nine months. Of course 

 she W'Ould do better to have a calf once a year. 



Mr. Campbell Q: — After handling these cows, don't you 

 think they are both freaks? 



A : — No I do not. 



Q : — No scientific breeding, and you think that Queen to 

 look at her w^ould be as good as Rose? 



A: — No I do not. If Rose and Queen are freaks, then 

 all the cows, or, rather, one-half of them must be freaks. 



Q : — No special idea in the line of breeding by the men that 

 bred those cows. 



A : — Bred for dairy purposes both of them. We do not 

 know who the sire of Rose was. The heifer was saved for 

 dairy purposes. It was so long ago that it is impossible to 

 find anything more about her. 



Dean Davenport. Q: — How does Queen compare with the 



best one-fourth of the cows in the United States, and how does 



Rose compare wih the poorest one- fourth in the United States ? 



A : — Queen compares better than the poorest one-fourth, 

 w^hich is 133. Rose a little better than the best one-fourth 

 of the cows, which is 301. 



Q : — Was it by intention Rose had six lactation periods in 

 ten years? 



A : — The reason was that she was not bred more frequently, 

 she was a persistent milker. When this was started twelve 

 years ago, it w^as before the dairy department. Then very little 

 attention was paid to the dairy qualities in her. Prof. Farrington 

 got her for different purpose. Then he simply wanted a good 



