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ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



cattle of England, of the milking cows, are you not very well aware that 

 you can't raise a beef and milk cow at the same time. Is it not a fact you 

 can spoil a calf the first summer, and spoil a milk cow. The distinct 

 breed in England where you get a good milk cow, you don't get the beef 

 cow. She develops in different ways from the first six months — she 

 changes. If you feed her right, she will develop into either a good milk 

 cow after the first six months, or a beef animal. I found this summer in 

 Aberdeen beef had become so high that they were selling cows for $165 

 when they were fat, and were taking milk cows and were making them 

 into beef and selling them. 



A. I agree with Mr. Stewart, but I do not think the dairymen make a 

 mistake in thinking you have got to keep a calf thin to make a good 

 dairy cow of her. It may be the matter can be overdone, but at the pres- 

 ent time it is too little feeding rather than too much. 



HIGH GKADE MILK. 



BY H. B. GURLER, DE KALB, ILL. 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: 



I wish to tell you that this is not a question of my own selecting. 

 The president and secretary have had the fixing up of this matter for me^ 

 and I don't know whether I feel quite at home. It is in my line, but at 

 the same time I feel a little delicate about talking about it. I do not like' 

 to be blowing my own horn, and telling what I am doing myself. Let 

 me tell you here, if you want to ask any questions, don't hesitate to break 

 in any time. 



High grade milk. We will suppose, in the first place, that our cow& 

 are all right. That is a subject there is no end to. You will find that 

 Mr. Grout here will lead off on to the beef animal; he ought to know 

 better. 



