166 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



is the way we recommend to determine the good cows, to tell 

 whether they are good or poor, and you can tell after that is done. 

 There are two reasons why we should know something about a 

 cow from looking at her. One I mentioned, and the other is : 

 Many times you buy cows for certain reasons and have no op- 

 portunity of testing them. If fresh, the thing to do is to see 

 her milked and test the butterfat. Supposing the cow is dry, 

 then you can't tell much about her. 



When we come to the market, we frequently have to select 

 the' bull from looking at him. It is not the ideal way. You 

 should know his ancestors and then go and get an individual. 

 Keep him until you have tested him and he has daughters and 

 then test them. 



When we consider how some of the dairy cows are bred, 

 it is not surprising that we have as poor cows as we have. Dean 

 Davenport went over the breeding part yesterday and we will 

 pay no attention to that part at the present time. 



There is only one way really to make money out of the 

 dairy cow. I take it that we are to talk of the dairy business 

 pure and simple. A man in the dairy business, he ought to 

 be in it for the money he can make in it. If he has only one cow 

 or five, he wants to get all the money possible out of them. The 

 way to do that is to have cows of large capacity, and after fully 

 matured, push them for all they are worth. Feed them all they 

 will eat. The proper feed is a balanced ration. A cow of small 

 capacity and not fed good, why, you had better do something else. 



We will start in with the score card and tell you the best 

 I can. Turn to the score card. 



First I want to tell you what the score card is used for. 

 You go and score this cow, and bring another cow and score 

 that one 100, and that is what they are worth. That is not so. 

 The highest is not always the best. The score card is only a 

 means to an end. It will not determine the value of the cow. 

 The purpose for which it should be used is to call attention to the 

 principal things of a dairy cow. You know it is not always the 

 dairies scoring the highest that have the cleanest milk. 



You will notice on the score card there are three distinct 



