;8 ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



Again when I read the program and saw I was first, I thought he was 

 wise, as he well knew it would take Mr. Taylor but ten minutes to tell 

 about Brown Bess, and Mr. Stewart to tell about his Ayrshires and the 

 others, consequently a good share of the time this morning I can tell 

 about the Holsteins. 



It would take a good man weeks to tell about the good qualities of 

 the Holstein cattle. I will only try to tell a few of the things. I guess 

 the Guernseys must have died on the road, as they are not represented 

 here. 



We used to know nothing about butter fat. The milk was taken to 

 the factory regardless of quality, and we will acknowledge openly and 

 publicly that the Holstein-Friesans do not give as high a per cent of butter 

 fat as the Channel Island breeds; but 3.6 per cent has been made some 

 eight years ago. Consequently they will make more butter than any 

 other breed of cattle. They have demonstrated this in all the public tests 

 all over the world, in the United States and Canada. They take nearly 

 all the butter premiums except at the Pan American and World's Fair, 

 because they were not represented there as they would have been if there 

 had been any breed test. At Omaha they went in there and took every- 

 thing — first, second and third prizes. So they have at all the state fairs 

 and expositions, and at the Pan American you know they got second 

 prize. They got first prize on products. 



By the way, I will just give you the net earnings at the Pan American. 

 First in the list was Holsteins; they had a net profit of $274.37. Second 

 in -the list was Ayrshires with $242.30. There was the second best breed 

 of cattle in the United States for dairy purposes. I will say right here — 

 and I ought not to say it — if it wasn't for the short teats on the Ayrshire 

 cows they would be a pretty close first with the Holsteins if they had the 

 same teats the Holsteins had. Short Horns came third with $220.85. 

 The Guernseys were down about eighth with $207.65. They had there the 

 cream of the Guernsey breed and were down eighth. The Holsteins went 

 out in one or two herds and took five cows which made almost $65.00 bet- 

 ter than the cream of the Guernsey herd. They did get more butter. The 

 Holstein-Friesans made the greatest gain in live weight among the dairy 

 breeds and were excelled only by the Short Horns. That shows conclu- 

 sively to every one what the Holsteins could do at the Pan American with 



