ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



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go out there with? With a draft horse or with a race horse? Of 

 course, to draw a load requires an animal that is bred for that 

 purpose. An animal that has the muscular development, the 

 Aveight and that peculiar temperament that is required of that 

 animal. If there was to l^e a race out here on the same track, 

 what kind of a horse would you take to enter in that race? 

 Would you go out there with a draft horse or with a race horse? 

 A race horse of course. And you would not want any draft 

 blood in that animal. 



This (pointing to chart) represents the draft animal that 

 is the dairy cow of the beef type. I wish to separate these cattle 

 into two classes, the dairy type and the beef type. They are dis- 

 tinctive as the race horse and the draft horse. 



You will notice that this animal is of the beef type. It has, 

 for instance, a breadth between the eyes and short from there to 

 this point. It has a short neck and the further back the wider. 

 You will find it is short legged, ^)uilt close to the ground. Now 

 this principle not only holds good in beef animals but it holds good 

 in the draft horse ; it holds good in the best developed porker that 

 we have today. You find that there is no place left here between 

 the hind quarters for an udder. It would be impossible to place 

 an udder of any size with this beef animal. If you are in the beef 

 business this is the kind of an animal you want, that is, one of 

 this type. 



You will notice in this cow (indicating chart) that the dis- 

 tance is greater from the muzzle to the point between the eyes. 

 You will notice, that she has got a slender neck ; that she has bare- 

 ly meat enough on her back to cover her hones decently. That is 

 the dairy type. You will find the development here. The thigh 

 is thin and slender, leaving room for a good sized udder which is 

 always necessary in a good dairy cow ; you must ha\'e an udder. 



You will also find that the milk veins are well developed, 

 and here is a principle that holds good in all dairy animals, you 

 must have the catham, the reverse of what you must have with 

 the beef animal. 



