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ceirtain extent. But I think the universal type to go by is the udder, the 

 milk veins and the milk wells. 



Perhaps there are some good cows that will not have a large uddter, 

 but good milk wells and milk veins. No man today can tell by looking 

 at a cow how much milk she is going to give. They cannot do it. There 

 is only one way to find out and that is to use the weigh scale and Bab- 

 cock -test. Pay great attention to the udder, milk veins, and milk wells. 

 If not milking, pay attention to the milk wells, light thigh, and noit for 

 the udder. See that there is plenty of loose skin if not milking. 



The question is this: It is not a question of buying dairy cows in 

 this State, but who is^ going to breed these cows? A great many people 

 buy a herd of cows; they will milk and' feed) them, and when thro'Ugh, put 

 them into beef and send them to the Imarket. The dairy oow is a hard 

 animal to judge, and if some of our herds werei judged a great many of 

 them would have been sent to the market long ago. 



Who is breeding your cow? The men who are interested in milk- 

 ing these cows don't care about their breed. They just buy them and 

 :sell them; keep them six months or a year. It is no object to them to 

 pay much attention to breed. 



The average production of a cow in the United States is about 120 

 pounds of butter. Of course every man when he buys, selects nothing but 

 good cows. He has scoured these neighborhoods and got all the good 

 ones. The farmer and the dairymen must breed his own cows., He is 

 interested in it and he is the man who is running this business, and it 

 stands to reason that a man who is interested in the business should cer- 

 tainly do it better than a man disinterested. 



If you have got some cows, do it. Select good sire, and' save your 

 Mcalves. Remember in selecting the sire that he is one-half the herd. The 

 farmer generally buys the cheapest one he can get his hand's on. You 

 say, how are we going to know? He is just as hardi to select as the dairy 

 cow, or even harder. 



When buying a sire, buy one that is from dairy stock. Buy on© 

 whose mother was a good milker, and whose grandmother was a good 



