ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. IO9,, 



Now then again, breed has its. particular characteristics. It has its. 

 form; its color; its shape, and all these things constituting the type of 

 the animal. The quality of the animal depends upon the uses that you 

 want to make of it. If you want to make butter, you might take the Jer- 

 sey cow. The qualities of that cow are excellent, are among the best. 

 But if you want to make beef the .Jersey has no quality in that respect. 



I use these illustrations, but my work, as has been heretofore stated,, 

 is along the line of beef cattle. I have some cuts (shows pictures of 

 cattle) of the dairy cattle here, but I simply take them along to show the- 

 contrast. That is the use I have been making of them heretofore. I do 

 not mean that in a bad sense, but simply this: If you want a beef animal,, 

 the dairy type is the worst scrub in the world; they are absolutely worth- 

 less. On the other hand, if you w ant a cow to put in the dairy ,and give 

 lots of butter, and rich butter, yo u would not select Anglish,Heref ords, or ■ 

 Short Horns, because they have no qualities in that respect. They have 

 been bred and reared for different purposes, and of course depend upon 

 the use you want to make of the m almost entirely. 



The Jersey cow has great qualities as a producer of butter fat, while- 

 she has no qualities whatever for beef. On the other hand the Anglish 

 has good qualities for beef but n ot for the dairy. 



Now then, our animals are machines, or condensing factories, for the 

 purpose of converting the food we give them into the production that we 

 want. 



For instance, we take the dairy cow, and her function and use is to re- 

 duce the feed that you give her to butter fat. The cow is built for that 

 purpose and no other. On the other hand, the Anglish cow I have repre- 

 sented is intended for a different purpose. It is to take the feed you give 

 her and put it on her back where it will bring the most money in the shape 

 of food. These animals have been bred and reared with this object in 

 view. The Jersey cow, as you know, has been bred for that one express, 

 purpose of putting as much butter fat as possible in her udder. She is ex- 

 pected to convert as much food as possible to that one thing, the result is 

 you have a cow that is largely developed in the udder, while the other- 



