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ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



and breed form to form and by such line dairy breeding overcome 

 by heredity the tendency to revert to the original type which 

 we do not want, and which we can no longer afford to feed and 

 keep. 



In the matter of quality of milk we have not written but 

 now add, as all sufficient, let the milk test be used. This is the 

 only safe guide in that matter. So, in addition tto this matter 

 of selecting by type, we must breed from a line of producers of 

 good quality of milk, as shown by test. 



The Ancestors of a Sire Are Great Factors. 



Bulls selected from a line of performers on both sides of 

 his parentage and that unbroken by one or more that were pedi- 

 greed non-performers, are safe bulls to use for the improvement 

 of dairy stock. Such bulls, however, will show the dairy form. 



A good dam and a good grand dam go a good ways to 

 establish quality in a bull. 



quality for money asked. We have bought pedigrees and breeds 

 long enough. Now we want an animal that is worth some- 

 thing, with the pedigree and breed thrown in. 



