114 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



ence in price between the Hereford and the Jersey was 49 per cent, quite a 

 difference. And what I say here in reference to the Hereford would be 

 just as applicable to the Short Horns or Anglish. The others would 

 have put their product on the back, and it would have been the same. 



What a difference there is in the price of the steers. If feeding steers, 

 one weighing 1400 pounds, and ho sells at 2.121/^ under the top of the 

 market, see what you lose, |31,15 on one animal. Take an animal that 

 would weigh 1200, and if there is a differtence of 2.12^/^, it makes a differ- 

 ence of $26.70 on an animal. So you see the necessity of putting your feed 

 into the right kind of a machine. Put it into a machine that will produce 

 what you want. 



I have a few illustrations here, and I may, perhaps, call attention to 

 them as I gO' along. There are several requirements for a beef animal. 

 I don't feel like talking about the type of the dairy animal. A beef animal 

 should have high characteristics. It should be low, like this one; it 

 wants to be broad, deep, smooth, and level with parallel lines. The 

 Hereford and Short Horns, like these cuts, should be level and straight 

 on top with parallel lines. 



I have a cut here that shows the depth of the animal. If you see how 

 the feet are placed, you would know what kind of a back that animal had. 

 The animal that will make two tracks going for a pasture is the kind you 

 want for high-priced meat. 



Here is the type of the dairy cow, and liere is the type of the beef 

 animal. The beef animal's feet are far apart showing a broan back. 

 This animal, the dairy cow, has net; its feet are right together, no back 

 and only flesh enough to cover the bones. The development is in the 

 udder. There must be a place for that udder to develop. Now in the 

 beef animal, we care nothing about that development of the udder. 



Here is another cut that shows the depth that I speak of. And her© 

 is a Short Horn. You see they have the same characteristics, no matter 

 what the breed. 



Something has been said about Short Horns as milking animals, and 

 that is undoubtedly true, but I am inclined to be of the opinion that if 



