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that cow told me she was kept in a barn with steam heat and 

 drank twice as much milk every day as she gave, and was kept 

 in the best manner in every way. Those kinds of tests I don't 

 go much on. 



Of course, I do not wish to disparage any other breed of 

 cattle. There are good milkers among other breeds. I am not 

 willing to concede that the Holstein cow will produce more 

 milk and butter than any other cow for the amount of feed she 

 will consume, and I am ready to put two Ayrshire cows with 

 two Holsteins and with the same feed, and agree whoever gets 

 the best record shall keep the cows. 



I do not believe that you can raise a cow for all purposes; I 

 think the cow that makes the most beef will not make a good 

 dairy cow. You know that amongst the Durham cattle we get 

 some fine milkers and some fine cattle, but as far as my experi- 

 ence goes, those that make good milkers, do not make good 

 beef. 



There have been a good many objections thrown out by a 

 great many people that the Ayrshire cows are rather inclined 

 to be nervous and rather inclined to have short teats, and it is 

 true that there are some that way, but it is a matter that can be 

 easily obviated. The Scotch people are very much prejudiced 

 against what they call a long and hanging udder, that is, low 

 down, and they breed their cattle as much as possible to have their 

 udders spread out well under them, consequently they usually 

 get an animal with short teats. I asked them about that and 

 they said that the girls did all the milking and it is much better 

 than men ; and that reminds me I would like to see the ladies of 

 this country import two habits from Scotland: one is, the ladies 

 do all the milking, and they do it better than men; and the other 

 is, the habit that they have in that country that the farmer's 

 wife always carries the purse, so she never has to go to her 

 husband when she wants to buy a new bonnet, and the men 

 say it is a good thing, because sometime in this country our 

 wives ask us for money and we deny it to them; we say we 

 havn't got it, and they don't always believe us. 



