. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Patented Aug. 11, 1896. Patent No. 565,681. The choice of the bull is of very great importance, and the saying that the bull is half the herd should not be forgotten by the dairyman, as every calf added to the herd takes half its blood from the bull. One cow may prove a poor dam and fail to breed for a season and yet give a profit in milk. Such a fault is but a trivial one and can be easily corrected, but if the bull proves a poor sire, the in- crease for a whole year is lost. It can be readily seen that it pays to purchase a good bull and one that has been tri
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Patented Aug. 11, 1896. Patent No. 565,681. The choice of the bull is of very great importance, and the saying that the bull is half the herd should not be forgotten by the dairyman, as every calf added to the herd takes half its blood from the bull. One cow may prove a poor dam and fail to breed for a season and yet give a profit in milk. Such a fault is but a trivial one and can be easily corrected, but if the bull proves a poor sire, the in- crease for a whole year is lost. It can be readily seen that it pays to purchase a good bull and one that has been tried. The temperament of the bull depends largely on the kind of treatment he re- ceives and the way he is handled from calfhood up. I have reared a few bulla and kept some of them until considered too old for service and I always begin by inserting the nose ring before the calf is a year old and by always keeping it un- der subjection, never allowing it to real- ize its strength.—Farm and Ranch. o TYPES OF DAIRY FARMING. There are three more or less distinct types of dairy farming, namely, (1) the selling of milk and cream, (2) the pro- duction of milk for butter and cheese making, and (3) the raising of pure-bred dairy stock for sale as breeders. Gener- ally speaking, when dairy farming is in- telligently conducted it is quite profit- able, though it requires more labor than other forms of live stock farming and a larger investment of capital. Beginning in a small way the capital necessary can be earned, and this is usually done by men who embark in dairy farming. In fact, it is much safer to begin any inten- sive form of farming on a small scale in order to learn the details of the business with as little risk as possible. Dairy farming maintains the fertility of the soil perhaps better than most other types of farming. This is especially true where only the coarser feeds are grown and the concentrates are bought. In recent years the prices of farm labor and con- centrated f
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