r g ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



which was the best breed. But the Pan-American test practically set- 

 tled this. 



Placed in the hands of men who are raised above all petty jealous- 

 ies, it was carried on sucessfully and the result has been surprising to 

 most of us. 



Nearly a year ago, Mr. Converse, the supperintendent of the agricul- 

 tural and dairy products at the Pan-American conceived the idea of 

 having a model dairy. He invited the different breeders to meet him at 

 Buffalo, if possible, which was done some time in February a year ago. 



At that time there were ten representatives of as many different 

 breeds present, and they all agreed to bring five cows of their respective 

 breeds. 



In the meantime, after this meeting was over and the members had 

 returned to their homes and began to think about the test more than 

 they had done before, the American Jersey Cattle Club, also the Ameri- 

 can Holstein Cattle Club decided they would not enter the test under the 

 rules laid down at the meeting. The Canadian government had a rep- 

 resentative at Buffalo nearly all last winter. He came in contact with 

 Mr. Convers and told him that if the American Jersey people, and the 

 American Holstein people were not willing to enter the test under the 

 rules, they would bring five cows of any breed that would refuse to go 

 into this model dairy. There you will see the wisdom of those Cana- 

 dians in making this proposition. They are reaping a good harvest from 

 it now, selling breeding stock to people who came there to investigate. 

 On the 26th of April, just beforr this dairy was opened, and the Cana- 

 dians then had five breeds of theirs represented there, a meeting was 

 held, and it was brought to such a pass that the Canadians really had the 

 power to decide what should be done and what should not be done; and 

 they decided it should be a dairy breed test pure and simple. None of 

 the American breeders — some of them not being present personally — had 

 any objections to that, except the Guernseys. They all agreed to go; in 



