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fatten them up. They are ''forced" records. It does not make 

 any difference to the men who own them how much it costs 

 them to do this because they get more for her offspring. 



O. Then is it wise for an ordinary man to buy a sire from 

 a cow that makes such a record? 



A. Yes, that does not hurt the sire. 



Q. Would it be profitable ? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. You recommend buying a sire from a cow that has 

 produced a high record? 



A. The high record does not make the sire any better. [ 

 Here we have a choice between two sires. Here is one that has 

 a dam with a high record, here is the other with a dam equally 

 as good perhaps but she has never been tested out. That sire 

 might be as good as this one only you don't know it. I believe 

 every farmer ought to buy the best sire that he can afford to \ 

 buy. These records are from Holstein. cattle. With $150 you' 

 can buy a Holstein sire that will work wonders on the grade 

 of your cows. Common native cows bred to a pure bred sire 

 will have a wonderful effect on the offspring, much more than 

 the dam. 



O. You spoke a moment ago that you had two cows giv- 

 ing 9,000 and 7,000 pounds of milk, approximately, under the 

 same circumstances and same feed. Don't some cows make a 

 bigger record at one time or another? 



A. One record will not do. These are averages here, that 

 is why I bring to you the averages. 



Mr. Mason : ''I will appoint the following committees : 



Membership Committee — H. C. Horneman, of W^atseka; 

 Elmer Mack, of Springfield; H. C. Sutherland, of Carbondale; 



