192 ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



Breeds stand for distinct meaning. They are the result of 

 carefully laid plans and high ideals which have been moulded into 

 realities in the form of animals highly adapted for serving their 

 purpose most nobly. For examples, we have the Jerseys, a breed 

 developed o n the Isle of Jersey, from which it has spread ex- 

 tensively, producing animals beautiful in form, bright and alert in 

 disposition, and useful in producing milk of the highest quality, 

 thus making the breed a very satisfactory one for the breeder, 

 who will breed Jerseys and cater to people who would have no 

 other. Next we have the Guernseys, a size larger in body, weight 

 and capacity, yielding milk of excellent quality and excelling the 

 Jerseys in quantity produced in proportion to their size and ca- 

 pacity. Developed on the Isle of Guernsey and closely related 

 to the Jerseys, they have many of the same characteristics, but 

 the Guernsey people have given special attention to performance 

 at the pail and less attention to the matter of beauty of form, re- 

 sulting in a plainer looking animal, perhaps, but one which is 

 capable of surpassing all other breed representatives in the pro- 

 duction of butter. Again we have the Ayrshires, a breed devel- 

 oped in the southwestern part of Scotland, where the climate and 

 general environment has been such that hardihood has been de- 

 veloped with other breed characteristics which distinguish Ayre- 

 shires from other breeds. The Ayreshire is a good cow, both in 

 the quality and quantity of milk she produces. Carefully selected, 

 she is a rival to the best of our dairy breeds. In the country of 

 Holland, in the districts known as North Holland and Friesland, 

 bordering on the North Sea, where large quantities of butter and 

 cheese are produced and where rich dyke lands furnish an abund- 

 ance of pasture, we find the home of our largest breed of dairy 

 cattle, namely, the Holstein-Freisian, more commonly called the 

 Holstein. With a large capacity for succulent juicy feeds and 

 other roughage, and possessing a constitution which will endure 

 heavy grain rations being fed in addition to roughage, the Hol- 

 stein holds the world's record for milk production. The quality 

 of the milk produced by the Holstein cow is often criticized, but 

 she usually makes up in quantity what she lacks in quality, and 



