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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
January 22 
NEW YORK STATE STOCKMEN. 
Report of the Annual Meeting of the New 
York State Breeders' Associations, at 
Ithaca, N. Y., January <> and 7, 1898. 
This was a combined meeting - of the 
Cheshire Swine Breeders’ Association, 
the Western New York Jersey Cattle 
Club, the New York State Sheep Breed¬ 
ers’ Association, and the New York State 
Breeders’ Association. This is the first 
meeting of the kind ever held in the 
State, and steps were taken to form an 
organization which should combine all 
the various breeders’ associations of the 
State. It is believed that an organiza¬ 
tion combining all the associations will 
carry greater weight when it goes before 
the legislature and requests the enact¬ 
ment of laws relating to stock interests. 
The meeting was a most successful one 
in every way. While, naturally, each 
breeder thinks that he has the best in 
his line, yet it was the general opinion 
that there is a place for all the breeds. 
Every man should breed what he is in¬ 
terested most in, and in that way, will 
he meet with greatest success. 
The president. Mr. C. D. MeLaury, said 
that the year past has been a memorable 
one. The demand for the best in all 
lines of breeding is the greatest ever 
known. A few hundred years ago, 
animals were being bred that gave 
hardly milk enough to feed their young. 
To-day, we have cows giving 90 pounds 
of milk per day, and the end is not yet. 
Twenty years ago, swine were not bred, 
they simply grew : we have now many 
breeds which fatten in 10 months in¬ 
stead of two years. 
Sheep breeders recollect when a sheep 
which would produce four pounds of 
wool and a lamb was good enough ; now 
we must have nine pounds of wool and 
triplets. We now must have a hen that 
can lay 190 eggs in a year, or off goes 
her head. Three years ago, the New 
York State Breeders’ Association was 
organized. We are now a strong or¬ 
ganization, and have an influence which 
is felt. 
Thk Ayrshire Cow was discussed by 
Frank A. Converse, of Woodville. For 
over a century, the Ayrshire has been a 
famous dairy cow. The improvement 
has been very gradual, and is due largely 
to selection and improved care. Arti¬ 
ficial conditions are not as good as nat¬ 
ural conditions. Forced radical changes 
have a tendency to deplete the vigor of 
any animal. Fancy points in an animal 
have proved a delusion to many a breeder. 
They have made a greater point of some 
of the inferior things, neglecting the 
milk-producing quality. The man who 
would improve his herd from year to 
year must have a vigorous animal, and 
this we have in the Ayrshire. She is dis¬ 
tinctively the “ poor man’s cow.” 
The Fbench-CanAdian Cow.—Mr. C. 
Colburn, of Portlandville, said that this 
is the only race of American cattle, the 
only race of early importation that has 
been kept pure. They were brought to 
Canada in 1774, from France, probably 
from Brittany. All French-Canadian 
cattle present the same characteristics. 
They were inbred in Canada for over 200 
years, so that they are, probably, the 
purest breed in the world. 1 he trench 
population of Canada stuck to the French 
cow, and many of them never saw any 
other cows except at exhibitions. They 
opened a herd book in lb80 in Quebec. 
Not a single animal was admitted to 
registration until the secretary had per¬ 
sonally examined the animal. These 
cows are small and very kind tempered, 
are free from tuberculosis, and in color, 
are black, or dark. They are the best 
milkers in Canada for the average farmer. 
They do not give the great yield of Hol- 
steins or some Ayrshires, but the milk 
yield continues from calf to calf, and the 
annual production is usually greater than 
even the Holstein or Ayrshire. A French- 
Canadian cow that does not give 6,000 
pounds of milk in a year is not a good 
cow. The average percentage of fat by the 
Babcock test is from 4% to per cent. 
They are endowed with a strong consti¬ 
tution, and never have tuberculosis, 
unless they get it from some other breed. 
This breed has, until recently, been neg¬ 
lected, but now in Canada they are com¬ 
ing to realize that the French-Canadian 
cow is not excelled by any of the im¬ 
ported breeds. The Canadian combines 
the good qualities of the Jersey and Ayr¬ 
shire. 
Prof. Wing said that he hoped we 
would, in time, have several American 
breeds. There is abundant opportunity 
for all the breeds adapted to the several 
localities, There is no standing still 
with breeds. No breed ever remains the 
same as when obtained by the purchaser. 
It either advances or retrogrades. He 
would rather have a good breeder and a 
poor breed, than a good breed and a poor 
breeder. Much depends upon the care 
given. 
(Continued on next page.) 
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