ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



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all mine here for you to look at. I happen to know that my 

 grandmother was a Dutch woman and probably some of the 

 Custers individuals there too. 



Q : — Wouldn't it be a good deal safer where a community 

 of dairymen are raising same breeds of stock to exchange their 

 sires before their calves are old enough for breeding? 



A : — I suppose so. I might say I am going to Champaign 

 and it would be safer to walk, but the chances of being killed 

 on the way and the advantages of going on the train — I don't 

 think that's fair. 



Q : — You are not giving a fair deal. 



A : — I am talking about breeding. I am talking of the 

 business of breeding. By the use of the sire, not the dam. 



Q : — If you breed a sire two or three times you will destroy 

 just as sure. 



A : — How do you know ? 



O : — Have done that same thing and lost. 



A: — How many? 



O : — All but one and tried seven or eight times. 



A : — I would like to have the record. 



Q : — You get the record of that man's Shorthorns. 



A: — I am talking about breeding. 



O : — The principle would be the same. 



A: — No sir. 

 : Q: — Will not inbreeding destroy the vitality of the herd? 



A : — Not necessarily. 



Q : — In thoroughbreds it does ? 



A : — Not necessarily. 



O : — Done that this far. Shorthorns. 



A : — Not a single case. 



Q : — Large herd. He found it necessary to kill off his 

 calves and keep only a few. 



A : — No sir, you won't find that. What about trotting 

 horses, breeding of Arab horses, a good many strains of cattle 

 bred right in among themselves. There's Gentry of Berkshire — 



O: — How many killed? 



