. The dairyman's manual. A practical treatise on the dairy .. . 28 THE dairymans MANUAL. to improTe his herd by introducing pedigree inferior cow when found out, he said, should haveits head cut off, and not be turned away indiscriminatelyto cheat and cause loss to other dairymen. No matterhow renowned its pedigree, let it go to the shambles orto the beef producer, but not to the dairyman. HarrisLewis facetiously urged at the same couvention, that anydairyman having a poor milker would make money bygiving her away, and if he had scruples in this regard,he might make a present of th
. The dairyman's manual. A practical treatise on the dairy .. . 28 THE dairymans MANUAL. to improTe his herd by introducing pedigree inferior cow when found out, he said, should haveits head cut off, and not be turned away indiscriminatelyto cheat and cause loss to other dairymen. No matterhow renowned its pedigree, let it go to the shambles orto the beef producer, but not to the dairyman. HarrisLewis facetiously urged at the same couvention, that anydairyman having a poor milker would make money bygiving her away, and if he had scruples in this regard,he might make a present of the beast to his mother-in-law. Some years ago one of the best dairymen in HerkimerCounty, New York, desiring to ascertain the profit hewas realizing from different cows in his herd, instituted aseries of tests. He had found from actual experimentthat the average cost of keeping his dairy stock throughthe year was at the rate of thirty-five dollars per head,and this sum was embraced under the following items: Two and a half tons of hay at eight dollars per ton-
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