. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. May 23, 1903] &he gveebev axtb Qvavtstnan 15 Improve Your Dairy. The farmer who keeps wiva to produce milk or butter needs a dairy cow. If beef is the object in view he wants an entirely different cow. It is impossib'e for him to produce both successfully and with profit from the same animal. Often I have this question asked me by our patrons : " Where can I get cows giving a large quantity of rich milk?' There are two ways of getting such ani- malsâone by purchasing, the other by growing them yourself' A man who starts out to buy high class dairy catt
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. May 23, 1903] &he gveebev axtb Qvavtstnan 15 Improve Your Dairy. The farmer who keeps wiva to produce milk or butter needs a dairy cow. If beef is the object in view he wants an entirely different cow. It is impossib'e for him to produce both successfully and with profit from the same animal. Often I have this question asked me by our patrons : " Where can I get cows giving a large quantity of rich milk?' There are two ways of getting such ani- malsâone by purchasing, the other by growing them yourself' A man who starts out to buy high class dairy cattle will soon learn that the man who understands hi* business is not selling his best cows until their days of usefulness are past. When a man offers to sell a cow that promises to be a good milker for any ea- sonable price, the buyer is apt to discover after he purchases her that she deceives her look", and that she has some Becret fault which will show itself later on. Dairymen who are excellent judges of cows will sometimes get hold of Br^t-class animals, but as a ruie they will buy them from men who are not acquainted with their business and with whom the posses- sion of a cow of this kind is an accident Even then, only a few of these cows will come up to his requirements, or give any- thing like the satisfaction of those that he might raise him elf, and I think that when he counts the time and money that he spends in experimenting in this way, he will come to the conclusion that the best way for the dairy farmer to improve the quality of the herd is by raising his own stock. It does not take so many years to grow up a herd in this way as one might suppose. In raising up a herd himself there are several advantages to be derived, the prin- cipal one of which is that he be able to control the breeding. Milking qualities are hereditary and the heifer whose sire's dam and grandam is a good milker will be a good milkerlalso. In raising calves for the dairy always feed for m
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