. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 14 THE DUEKDER AND SPuHTSMAN t Saturday, October 6, 1906. Prof. Shaw of the Michigan Agricultu- ral College in a recent talk to the dairy farmers spoke strongly againsl this reckless tendency lo cross-breed- ing so many farmers have. He urged the dairy farmer to select some breed and stay there, not changing from a Jersey to a Shortb'M-n and then to Holstein and so on. He urged them to slick to the dairy type and let the beef men or half b°?f men have the beef type. That is the only way to develop the dairy cow to a state of milk giving that will prove profitab
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 14 THE DUEKDER AND SPuHTSMAN t Saturday, October 6, 1906. Prof. Shaw of the Michigan Agricultu- ral College in a recent talk to the dairy farmers spoke strongly againsl this reckless tendency lo cross-breed- ing so many farmers have. He urged the dairy farmer to select some breed and stay there, not changing from a Jersey to a Shortb'M-n and then to Holstein and so on. He urged them to slick to the dairy type and let the beef men or half b°?f men have the beef type. That is the only way to develop the dairy cow to a state of milk giving that will prove profitable. According to the Cornell station, milk pails should be made wUh as s-riaii rr-1-!^^ as possible. They are usually made the other way. much wider at the ton than at the bottom, exposing an extensile surface to the air and all that is therein. Th3 Oo-- pell experiments showed that m'lk drawn in an ordinary naU c~n^a'"u^d 1 ?no bacfc-'a per ^ub'C centimeter, wh'le that drawn in a pail with half as wide an opening contained only 320 bacteria. Wool is a product from feeding, just the same as fat or flesh, and the flock should be fed and managed with a view to wool growth, and that of fine quality. A national dairy congress is to be held at The Hague, Holland, in 1907. Among the subjects to be discussed are the unification of the chemical methods for the examination of milk, butter, cheese, and of milk, butter and cheese control, etc. The sale of Shorthorns at the Min- neapolis State Fair disposed of forty animals for $7,150; average, nearly $179. Top price was $575 for bull Gloster Marshal. Top price for cow, $395 for Molly II. A sale of Aberdeen-Ang-us cattle at the Minnesota State Fair disposed of 2S head for $2,105; average, $75. In Herefords, 43 head brought $3,145; average. $73. One of the things discovered is that milk drawn from the cow by the milk- ing machine and packed at once through tubes or pipes in bottles without coming in contact with the air will keep unch
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