Still applicable
https://books.google.com/books?id=IORFAQAAMAAJ&dq=scotland%20cream%20white%20cattle%20black%20ears&pg=RA13-PA26#v=onepage&q=scotland%20cream%20white%20cattle%20black%20ears&f=true
I think he is saying, choose the type you want to breed- Develop an eye for the characteristics of that type in breeding stock-then breed from the best of that type to the best of the same type, regardless of the pedigree, and stay with it.
