I 1 8 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



Q. Won't the milk veins always extend when the cow becomes ex- 

 cited? Put a cow in the stable you will find that milk vein larger won't 

 you ? 



A. It must be more blood passing through. The milk vein carries 

 the blood to the lungs; there may be more circulation, 



A Member: Will you please give the convention those figures that 

 Mr. Curtis gave at a meeting some time ago on those two amateur cows 

 that had never been milked before; do you recall them? 



A. No, I cannot. 



A. Wasn't it eleven years old and never milked and then gave 245 

 pounds of butter fat. And one seven years old and in nine months 356 

 pounds butter fat. It is as good an illustration of individuality without 

 the breed as I ever saw or heard of. 



Prof. Kennedy: The point of the individual cow is you must study 

 the breed, not the type because they are all shapes and all forms, but I 

 say the only points in common are the udder, the milk veins, and the 

 milk wells. They generally hold true; other things vary. 



Mr. Sawyer: If in starting a dairy herd a man was looking for in- 

 dividuals, and he found an individual Holstein, and^ individual Jersey^ 

 Guernsey, and Short Horn, would he start with those, or would you pre- 

 fer getting the individuals of one line of breed and working for that 

 point? 



A. No, I take this ground. In starting a herd I would g!0' out and! 

 buy the individual cow, whether black, brindled, or speckled. Then go 

 on whatever line you want to. Buy the individual animal regardless of 

 the color. By changing breed I mean changing.sire. Get the cow first. 



