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cattle; they are close by England both the Jersey, Guernseys and Alder- 

 neys, close to the coast of France. But you will notice in one place all Jer- 

 seys. Why are they not all over England or Scotland. They are called 

 the rich man's cows. They do give a lot of milk. I will not disparage 

 any cattle, but I want to say this about the end of cattle. The gentleman 

 who sits over there stated to you that yon should not send them all to 

 the butcher, but that you could raise two heifers as well as you could raise 

 one steer. That is correct. But he kr .ow.i very well, but he didn't tell you, 

 that you cannot raise two heifers and have two good cows. A majority of 

 them don't become good cows; they go to beef. If he can do that I never 

 could. I say that you can't raise all the heifers and have good cows. 



You talk about the dual purpose cow. It is a foolish thing; there is no 

 such thing as an all-purpose cow: it is perfectly ridiculous. Take the 

 calves from Ayrshire cows and let them suck the cows and get plenty of 

 milk to look well and show well, but the majority of them never make 

 good milkers. They turn it into beef the first year. 



You go to a farm in England and probably find Durhams; they are 

 gcod milkers; their stables are kept strictly clean and all one kind as a rule. 

 Go to another farm and find another breed and each one thinks his is the 

 best. But it is folly for a man to stand and tell you that a herd of Jersey 

 cattle is the proper herd to keep to s^ll milk in Chicago or to manufacture 

 butter. I have had large experience with five farms and 250 head of cows 

 and I know that up in Kane county and McHenry county when they go 

 into dairying they would laugh at yoi' if asked to buy Jersey cows to 

 make milk to sell in Chicago. They are nice to make butter and for a 

 man to keep. Therefore, I think the idea of Jerseys for everybody is entire- 

 ly out of place. 



I have here a few statistics. I have not kept a regular list of what the 

 cows have done. 



1880-1901. Ayrshire herd owned by C. M. Winslow & Son of Brandon, 

 Vt. This is the milk record for 1901. 



The herd wis established in 1873 by a bull and six heifers, and an ocea- 

 nic nal purchase since of a noted cow or well bred heifer with a view of im- 



