. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. PRIVATE RECORDS. It will pay every farmer and breeder to keep a record sheet of the per- formance of each breeding animal that he keeps on his farm. If we succeed in developing our herds and flocks to the highest degree of perfection it is very essential that we study them more carefully as individuals than col- lectively. â Every practical dairyman knows the value of milk records; whether they are certified by the officials of the ex- periment stations or not, such records may entitle certain cows to places in an advanced registry, or increase their value in t
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. PRIVATE RECORDS. It will pay every farmer and breeder to keep a record sheet of the per- formance of each breeding animal that he keeps on his farm. If we succeed in developing our herds and flocks to the highest degree of perfection it is very essential that we study them more carefully as individuals than col- lectively. â Every practical dairyman knows the value of milk records; whether they are certified by the officials of the ex- periment stations or not, such records may entitle certain cows to places in an advanced registry, or increase their value in the eyes of men who are buying them or their progeny for breeding purposes; but the private record sheet will tell just as good a story of profit from day to day. It tells us the difference between the good and the bad, and enables us to weed out the inferior cows that are not paying their board. Without these records the dairymen would find the work of building up their herd slow and very uncertain. Too many men look upon these re- cord sheets as simply long rows of figures that mean nothing, but to the intelligent breeder they have for many years kept a private record sheet of their breeding animals. Their figures carry with them no official recognition whatever, but they have enabled the breeders to carry out their ideas of improvement and make greater progress than would have been possible without them. They have never been verified, authenticated, or investigated by any public'official, yet they have done their work. The well kept private record is just as valuable to a breeder and the breeds as though each individual record had been under the eye of a government official. By keeping an accurate record of the performance of each brood-sow and every breeding-ewe, and adding a few notes, it serves, as an excellent guide in making' selections for the next year's breeding animals. Our knowledge is more definite and we have a record of performance of the ancestry of all our bre
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