Thirty-fourth Annual Convention. ^^ 



strong man at 63 but I have not muscle enough to go on the mat 

 but my nerve is good. The cov^ must have a strong nerve sys- 

 tem and the best evidence of its presence is a large full eye. It 

 is an, outward sign of inward grace. Observe carefully and you 

 will find a whole lot of dairy sires with small eyes. He might 

 have a large digestive tract but if he lacks power to drive it, he 

 is like a great separator with a ten-horse engine as a source of 

 power. 



Handle Dairy Bred Bulls With Great Care. 

 Let me offer a word in caution. In proportion as you get a 

 high development of the dairy sire you have a dangerous animal 

 unless you treat him rightly. If you confine him he gets rest- 

 less. He is full of nervous energy and when you let him out he 

 will want to play. If you snap him up with a leading strap or 

 staff the game is up. As soon as he learns that he can overcome 

 by that law of battle he is a dangerous beast. It can be checked 

 by giving him a tread power, and I would have a yard and 

 stable so fixed that if he is you can handle him without being ex- 

 posed to danger. We all have known of people who have 

 suffered injury and death from those infuriated beasts. 



Evil Effects Which Follow the Work of Bad Breeders. 



Now if you have any questions I will answer them, then I 

 will take up another proposition. Do you understand me so 

 far? I am glad to note that you do. I remember a meeting in 

 a certain state the name of which I do not wish to call. I was 

 attending a breeders association where they did not breed along 

 this line, and this sort of an address did not make a soothing 

 effect, but they did not say anything adversely. They knew 

 that I was right, but it hit them pretty hard because they had 

 a lot of stuff" to unload. Oh, it is too bad, and think, gentlemen, 

 what it means. Let a man play poker and lose his money, and 

 he will feel badly and get over it quickly, but when he puts his 

 money into a sire with expectations, waits three years and finds 

 he has nothing, it is a serious matter. There are three yeafs of 

 time, three years of food and three years of opportunity turned 

 into disappointment. It is a very serious matter. 



There is a law of proportion in communities. There is a 

 certain percentage of men that are progressive, you generally 

 find them at meetings of this kind, men who want to go ahead, 



