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appetite and being in no wise dainty, she is specially fitted for 

 converting the roughage of the farm into salable products; that 

 she reproduces herself in her calves, they being also large, strong, 

 vigorous, and when by reason of age or accident her day in the 

 dairy has reached its end, she fattens readily and makes excellent 

 beef. 



That the Holstein-Friesian cow is large, strong and vig- 

 orous is self-evident, and her hardiness is such as to best fit her 

 for average farm use. The dairy cow is simply a living machine 

 for the conversion of certain products of the farm into other 

 products of supposedly greater value. In buying a machine, we 

 do not lose sight of its capacity for work, neither should we lose 

 sight of the capacity in the dairy cow. By capacity in the cow, 

 we mean her digestive and assimilative capacity, and cows that 

 excel in this must have large stomachs and vigorous appetites. 

 The Holstein-Freisans are such cows. As a producer of good 

 milk, no other breed can approach the Holstein-Friesian as to 

 quantity. Many yearly records might be quoted, but I will 

 mention two that have been authenticated beyond a doubt — 

 those of Pietertje 2nd and Belle Sarcastic. 



Pietertje 2nd produced in one year 30,313 pounds of milk 

 was tested but once, I think, and then tested 3.16 per cent fat. 

 and Belle Sarcastic 23,189 pounds. The milk of Pietertje 2nd 

 Every milking that Belle Sarcastic gave was sampled and tested 

 for fat, and the total fat for the year was 712.681 pounds. This 

 cow was owned by the Michigan Agricultural College, and 

 Professor C. D. Smith has stated that she was the most economi- 

 cal produced of butter fat that he had ever seen. If her milk 

 had been sold at $1.00 per 100 pounds, it would have brought 

 $231.90, and if it had been retailed at 4 cents a quart it would 

 have brought $44-1.72. Of course these cows were large cows ; 

 no small cows could do any such amount of work. 



Many thousands of seven-day records have been made by 

 cows of the Holstein-Friesian breed, under the supervision of 

 the different State Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations 



