34S WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
size and the amount of food consumed, than any other pure breed. 
3d. That they are not held at such exorbitant prices that the 
dairymen cannot afford to secure a pure blooded bull to breed 
from. 
4th. That a union with good sized native or grade cows of good 
milking qualities produces a very desirable animal in size, consti¬ 
tution and milking points, and admirably adapted to the wants of 
Wisconsin dairymen. 
5th. Greater uniformity in the general character of the stock, 
from its inherent or hereditary qualities, and greater tendency to 
gain flesh when not giving milk. 
The reason why the dairy cow should rank highest in the list 
of live stock is because the product of the dairy exceeds*. in value 
that of any other agricultural pursuit in the state, and more of the 
common farmers are interested in and benefited by its manufac¬ 
ture. 
DAIRYING. 
Read before the State Agricultural Convention in February, 1873. 
BY MRS. P. PUTNAM, DODGE’S CORNERS. 
Dairying should be promoted to a greater extent, and while I 
would in no wise deprecate these extensive factory enterprizes, I 
believe they cannot supercede the necessity, nor should their ex¬ 
istence lurnish an excuse to avoid the trouble of farm dairying. 
If, from any pretext, our farmers should abandon the custom of 
producing a sufficient amount of butter and cheese for the con¬ 
sumption of their families, a short period of time must prove the 
fallacy of the scheme. Farmers' daughters generally take too 
little interest in household matters. 
A young man, his only wealth consisting of health and willing 
hands, in company with a poor farmer’s daughter (whom he hoped 
soon to make his wife), while at an agricultural exhibition, and pas¬ 
sing by the stands loaded with household products, heard some one 
remark: “ There is some good bread; ” when this dainty-lipped 
