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only five ordinary cows. I believe myself I could go right out in the 

 State of Illinois and pick out five better cows than they had. If they can 

 come next to the Short Horns for beef, why are they not termed a dual 

 purpose cow as well as a very ordinary cow? A Holstein will feed out 

 piecemeal as well as any other cow. 



The Michigan Agricultural College a few years ago took two each of 

 Guernseys, Holstein-Friesans, Jerseys and Herefords and kept an accurate 

 record of them for seven months and on food consumed, and the two Hol- 

 steins had the greatest gain. They required seven pounds and a fraction 

 of mixed food to increase a pound in weight. The Herefords required ten 

 pounds of the same mixed food. The Holsteins were the most economical 

 feeders in the test. That is just the same as they are doing out here. 

 They are at it every day and weighing the food. If those Holsteins made 

 a gain on seven pounds and the Short Horns had to have ten pounds, why 

 are they not a superior animal? 



I have heard you can take six or eight pieces of meat, put them on a 

 plate, and you can pick out the Holstein meat. I just heard that, but don't 

 take it seriously.. The only reason the Holsteins are not good for beef, 

 is they are too valuable an animal to feed to beef. There is no better 

 animal than the Holstein for taking on flesh during her resting period. 

 There is not another class of cattle that can do it better, and it is a ques- 

 tion in my mind if there is a better. 



They claim that Holstein butter is of an inferior quality. Possibly 

 that may be so, but it is pretty hard to tell. At least the most expert 

 judges cannot/tell when taken into a room where the butter is not labelled 

 and they cannot tell. The chances are if they guess at it they will give 

 it to the Holsteins. Mr. Jackson judged the butter at Madison and the 

 test was so close that the judges decided to leave it to expert butter 

 judges. Jackson was one of the judges and he is a Guernsey and Jersey 

 man, and had both those breeds on his farm. They supposed he would 

 give the Guernsey and Jersey butter the preference. When he got through 

 he had given first, second and third to Holsteins and hadn't given the 

 Guernseys and Jerseys a place, for the simple reason he could not tell 

 the difference. One of the men asked him if he could tell the difference 

 between Holsteins and Channel Islands and he said " Yes," and tried to 



