ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. i i j 



it. Save the animals whicli will be profitable. Keep at it and you will 

 get some good ones. 



DISCUSSION. 



Q. How many years will you keep Jersey heifers' before discarding 

 them? , 



A. Have her drop her first calf at 2 years old. 



Mr. Sawyer: Were those two cows weighed during the test? 



A. They were and strange to say we cannot find where it went. The 

 two cows, and each had as much food as 'the other, and yet there was % 

 pound more butter fat from one than the other. 



Q. How were they bred? 



A. One half breed Jersey and Holstein and the other Short Horn. 



iMr. Dor&ey: What is the milk well? 



A. You all noticed there are veins and you follow them along on to 

 the body and you will find it stops there. Put your finger where that 

 vein stops and you will find that maybe you can put your finger in. That 

 is where the veins enter the body and are the milk wells. 



Q. What is the point to judge? 



"A. The size of it. If a cow has only one milk well, that should bet 

 large; if four or five they may b e small. 



Mr. Davis: Wouldn't the effect of feeding develop the udder so Sihe 

 might be able to give milk up to 60 pounds? 



A. These milk wells will always be there. In the young cow the 

 vein® may not be large, but these wells should always be there. Nature 

 put them there. 



A Member: In case of this cross breed cow, that cowhalf Jersey and 

 half Holstein you speak of, which breed would you say was best to start 

 in on? 



A. If you are a Jersey fancier breed Jerseys; if you are a Holstein 

 fancier breed Holsteins-; just follow whichever line you start to follow, 

 but stay with it. Don't breed Holstelns this year and Jerseys next. 



