Il5 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



milker, and you will find you are not running nearly so much risk. Do 

 not buy a cheap one. It never pays. 



Another point in selecting th e sire. A mature sire is the best and 

 saf e&t at all times. Suppose he is s ix years or seven ye^ars old ; he is as good 

 at ten as he was at five. See the stock from that animal; if they are good 

 you want them; if not, you don't want him. You say the old siresi are 

 cross, and you are afraidiof the old sire. But, gentlemen, you mu&t get 

 over this scare of crossness. Th e best sires are cross. For my own sake, 

 if I was to buy a sire that was a little cross, I would prefer him to a kind 

 one. A cross- animals never kills. It is the quiet animal you need to be 

 more afraid of.. You do not keep the quiet animals tied up. Bulls are 

 not lalwaysi quiet and you are not prepared for it, while the cross animal 

 you keep at a distance and you ge"^, no harm. 



A man was breeding Jerseys because he says, "I want to get better 

 milk." Then the next year he wants Holsteins for more milk. Then 

 the next year he takes- Short Horns. Keeps running around from one 

 breed to the other. If you dlesire Jerseys, why this is the stock you 

 should start with. But whateve r line you start in, follow in that line. 

 Don't go mixing .breeds. Keep to one line. There are just as many poor 

 ones' in all breeds. Always bear this in mind, that it is- the best animal 

 you want. Don't buy either just because it is a Jersey or Holstein, but 

 because it is a good' Jersey or a good Holstein. 



A few years ago in Minnesota the Jersey craze came over the farmiers. 

 And the Wisconsin people were p retty sharp for them and' shipped! th«m 

 their little light colored Jerseys, and they have got a cattle no good for 

 beef and no good at all for milking. If you memtion Jerseys out there 

 now you would be nearly mobbed They bought Jerseysi, not good 

 animals. They ought to have paid more attention to the animal and not 

 bought them just becaus-© they were Jerseys, but because they were good 

 animals of that breed. 



Get your own stock. Get your heifer& and weedi them. out. Always 

 bear in mind and save your good ones. Don't say you don't know be- 

 cause if you do you will surely save the poor ones. Don't be afraid of 



