Thirty-fourth Annual Convention. ^^ 



Wednesday Morning Session. 



Meeting called to order at 10 A. M., President L. N. 

 Wiggins in the Chair. 



The Chairman: — We had better start this meeting. We 

 are a little late this morning, it seems to be hard for everyone 

 to get here. I am sorry I could not have been with you yester- 

 day but I was unavoidably detained at home. 



I know you are all pretty well acquainted with Mr. Gregg, 

 of Minnesota, and he hardly needs any introduction. Last year 

 we were much pleased to hear from him while at Joliet but, un- 

 fortunately, his time was limited, so this year we have endeavored 

 to give him a full morning. I take great pleasure now in intro- 

 ducing to you Mr. O. C. Gregg, of Minnesota. 



IMPROVEMENT OF THE DAIRY CATTLE. 



By O. C. Gregg, Lynn, Mass. 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen : — 



This morning I want to do my very best for your sakes and 

 not for my own. I am doubly interested in the subject of breed- 

 ing good dairy cattle. I had a strong desire to come here to this 

 convention because I believe most firmly that I have had exper- 

 ience that if I can impart to you even in part it will do you a 

 lot of good. I find a few here in Marengo that. have known 

 me for some time and I think they will tell you that I am known 

 at home as a sort of a cow crank, but I glory in the name because 

 to those who know me it means that I have made a success in 

 the breeding of good dairy cattle. 



We Must Reject Some Full Blooded Dairy Cattle. 



I am doubly interested in this subject because I And so much 

 of misunderstanding and ignorance concerning it. I know that 

 a man who will tcilk to you as I will this morning is up against 

 a great deal of opposition. There is a certain per cent of the 

 breeders of dairy cattle who do not like to hear me talk because 

 I advocate the knife too freshly and I tell them, as I do you, that 

 there is too large per cent of full blooded dairy stock that ought 

 to be driven to the canning factory and embalmed. They then 

 are scarcely fit for a good soldier to eat. 



