102 ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



THE DAIRY BREEDS. 



SOME POINTS ON HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN CATTLE 



By M. S. Campbell, Genoa, III. 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen : 



In coming before yon to advocate the merits of the Holstein ■ 

 Friesian cow, I would not wish to be understood as asserting 

 that the Holstein-Friesian breed contained all the good cows, 

 nor that the other dairy breeds had possession of all the poor 

 ones; but I can assure you that in the Holstein-Friesian breed 

 the proportion of poor to good cows is very small. 



It is my experience in the dairy business, that the dairyman 

 himself is the main factor, and the man who is stuck on his job, 

 puts heart and soul into it and really loves the business in itself, 

 will make a greater success with the common cattle of the country 

 than will the careless, slovenly man, even if he start with the 

 best pure-bred cattle on earth — the grand Holstein-Friesian 

 breed. 



Most of our dairymen keep cattle both for pleasure and 

 profit; though we may be sure that there is very little pleasure 

 where the profit is wanting. Men take greater pride in a pure 

 bred animal than in a mongrel, be it a dog or a horse, hence, are 

 able to get more pleasure out of its possession. If then, the 

 largest profits possible to be got out of the dairy business can 

 be combined with the pleasure to be derived from the possession 

 of pure-bred or high grade stock, would it not be to the interest 

 of all dairymen, who have not done so already, to grade up their 

 herds, and for the more earnest among them to make trial of 

 pure bred stock? 



Holstein-Friesian breeders claim that the Holstein-Friesian 

 cow being large, strong and vigorous, naturally abounds in 

 vitality ; that she yields large quantities of the best milk, suitable 

 to all purposes for which milk is used; that having a vigorous 



