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Mr. Story: — She is a daughter of Golden Lad, out of a 

 daughter of Golden Lad; an inbred Golden Lad cow. She is 

 nine years old and she is not in her prime. That is, she has 

 passed her best days, but she happened to be in condition to 

 bring here today, and being gentle and easy to handle, I brought 

 her in preference to some of the younger and better cows. We 

 think she has a decided dairy form, and, at least from the distance 

 you are from her you probably would not pick her faults. 



A Delegate : — You never tested her ? 



Mr. Story : — We never test our imported cows, for reasons 

 known to all Jersey breeders. 



A Delegate : — I would like to ask one question. Do you 

 consider that the Jerseys are the best milkers and buttermakers 

 of all the cows you know? 



Mr. Glover : — No, I do not. We have four distinct dairy 

 breeds, and you will find excellent cows in all of them, and you 

 will find scrub cows in all of them. No, they are not the onl> 

 breed. They are a good dairy breed of cattle. 



Now, we will consider the Holstein. You have found out 

 that the Jersey cow comes from the Island of Jersey, a little island 

 off the coast of England, seven by thirteen. The Guernsey cow 

 is born there, close to her, on the island of Guernsey. And these 

 two breeds constitute what is sometimes called the Channel Isle 

 breed. 



Here we have before us a Holstein animal. The Holsteins 

 come from Holland. They are called Holstein-Friesian. They 

 are a cross between the Holland cattle and the cattle from Fries- 

 land. They are a cattle somewhat different from the Jerseys, 

 as you will note by looking at the specimen. They are a little 

 larger. They are a little coarser. But at the same time, you 

 see in this cow that same conformation that you do in the Jerseys. 

 The main difference comes in the milking qualities, and the 

 difference between the Jerseys and the Holsteins is this: That 

 the Jersey does not give quite as much milk as the Holstein, and 



