254 ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



Mr. Glover: — We want to note the Holstein cow. She is 

 dry, understand, but we want to note that she has a large udder. 

 I do not suppose you can see from that distance, that cow's udder, 

 but she has four large and well placed teats. She has just 

 started to spring a little bit now, so her udder does not show 

 up quite as well as it would if she was just milked, because it 

 has started to fill up. The Holsteins are not so susceptible to 

 disturbances as the Jerseys. The Jersey is disturbed when you 

 take her from her stall and change milkers, while the Holstein 

 pays but little, if any, attention to who milks her or what stall 

 she is in, so long as she gets enough to eat. And she is not 

 easily angered. But when she is, I don't know of any other 

 dairy breed of cattle that gets so angry as the Holstein. 



We have here this afternoon, as I understand it, a dual 

 purpose cow, that is supposed to produce heifers that are good 

 milkers and to produce steers that are valuable for beef. She is 

 named Davy Bell :2nd, was bred by G. W. Coleman, of Webster 

 City, Iowa, and is owned by James Kestel, of Manhattan, Illinois. 

 She is a Red Poll and had a calf the second of August. She is 

 supposed, as I said, to be a representative of a dual purpose 

 breed. You will notice, about that cow's udder, while it is a 

 fairly good one, the teats are not quite as well placed. You will 

 sometimes find the same thing in the dairy cows, mind you, as 

 that. But it is an objection. We should look to getting the 

 udder square, and having, as I said before, the teats large, and 

 well placed. You will note that this cow carries more flesh. 

 She is, however, more of a dairy animal than a beef animal, and 

 I think, if she was put in the beef class to be judged that she 

 would not rate very high, but she would be classed as a dairy 

 cow. In some families of the Red Poll you will find them 

 more beef. Some judges, when in the show ring, you will find, 

 judge from the dairy standpoint, and others from the beef 

 standpoint. And I am unable to solve the question how we are 

 going to treat a class of cattle that will make good beef and 

 milk in any large quantities. I do not deny but what the Red 

 Poll will give you a great many very good cows, but we are 



