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Q : — And general appearance ? 



A : — Including the whole of the cow. You have to include 

 he udder. If lacking very much in udder, she is then exceedingly 

 eficient. You mean general symmetry of the animal form? 

 n a steer that would be all right, but I am talking of the dairy 

 ow. 



The object of the scorecard is to draw attention to the im- 

 ortant things which we should look after, the general good 

 ymmetrical form, with a good barrel and udder. One is as 

 mportant as the other. 



We have to keep cows two years before they freshen at an 

 bsolute expense. If only going to live one year, then we have 

 ;ot to produce enough in that year to pay for her feed and 

 he expense of raising a cow to 2 and one-third years old. It wall 

 ake a pretty good cow to do that. Suppose, like Rose, with a 

 •Qod 14 years of milk record behind her to pay that back. The 

 .ifiference would be in simple constitution. Dr. Mcintosh says 

 here is no disease, just lacking constitution. She was a wonder- 

 ully effective machine if she had had a constitution. That is the 

 eason why we must test cows to determine the value of them. 

 Pest the milk at the end of the week and see how much she ab- 

 olutely gave in milk and butterfat. Some people claim that is 

 .11 you have to do. Use your good sire on best cows. 



Q: — Judge a cow by her butterfat or the quantity of milk? 



A : — The quantity of milk and butterfat both. If selling 

 >utterfat and dump your skim milk in the gutter, but people are 

 lot doing that way. 



O : — Suppose the milk is the way it is, would a cow like 

 Jueen pay for her keep? 



A : — It would depend on what price you were getting for 

 our milk. 



Q: — What did it test? 



A : — I could not say exactly, 3.6. 



Q : — About the average ? 



A: — The average Holstein. 

 I want to repeat what I said before. There is just one way 

 civen to make money out of a dairy cow, big money. If you are 



