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Show WHICH IS BEST DAIRY BREED? . 0stlon Often Asked and Never Satisfaitarlly Answered Selection Selec-tion of Individual la Vital. How often does that quest Inn come up? It Is constantly asked, and never satisfactorily answered. Which girl will make the bet wife? There are a host of men trying to find ouL On tbe cow question the following .classification by PrwT. F. K. Woodward Wood-ward of lluih is comprehensive, fair and Just: Ranked with reference to the amount of milk produced, tbe breed etand aa follows: HobOcln. Ayrshire, Guernsey arid Jersey. With reference to richnens of milk: Jersey. Gnernsey, Ayrshire, llolsteln. With reference to .color of milk: Guernsey, Jersey, Ayrshire, Holsteln. With reference to size: IJolsLeln, Ayrshlne, Guernsey, Jersey. With reference to early ma turtty qualities : Jersey, (rwwnsey, 'mm f Ferrie Golden Winnie. Ayrshire, llolsteln. With referenie to ability to rustle for a tiring: Ayr ahlre, Jersey, Guernsey, llolsteln. There la very little difference In tbe amount of butter fat that la produced on the average by various breeds There I a great deal more dlfferenie between tbe Individual of a breed than between the breeds Good cowa are found In every breed. And poor cows are found In every breed. A good llolsteln I better than a poor Jersey, and a good JerBey I better than a poor llolsteln. The selection of a breed, then, I not of ao much Importance aa the selection of the In-dividual In-dividual within the bred The llluyratlon show the head of Penis Golden Wlnuie. a champion 2 year-old Jersey Heifer on the Wis conain atate farm |