. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. December 24, 19U4] ©he gveebsv gpovtemaii 23 ment and make more tests, we can help the farmer more, and more California boys will be able to come there and learn how to obtain the best results. I believe that if we take hold of these problems and work them out we can greatly increase the aver- age yield of the dairy cow in California, and it will redound to the benefit of the creamery operator and the dairyman. (In a discussion with Mr. Dore and Mr. Brooks, Prof. Major stated that they got the best results from their dairy cattle by giving them oat straw in add
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. December 24, 19U4] ©he gveebsv gpovtemaii 23 ment and make more tests, we can help the farmer more, and more California boys will be able to come there and learn how to obtain the best results. I believe that if we take hold of these problems and work them out we can greatly increase the aver- age yield of the dairy cow in California, and it will redound to the benefit of the creamery operator and the dairyman. (In a discussion with Mr. Dore and Mr. Brooks, Prof. Major stated that they got the best results from their dairy cattle by giving them oat straw in addition to alfalfa hay, as the cows seemed to relish the hay or straw when eating alfalfa; and also stated that they gave the cows from four to eight pounds of either bran and barley, or barley and middlings; that the bran made from the California wheat could be fed with alfalfa; that this mixed feed was given to the cows in two different feeds per day.) THE JERSEY AS A BUSINESS COW. In this age of keen competition and of scientific methods in all lines of business, it is becoming more and more imperative that all men keep awake on those questions that more nearly affect their pecuniary in- terests—in plain words, their bread and butter. The dairyman is no exception to this rule. In fact, prob- ably no business has of late years been more affected by the adoption of scientific methods than that of the dairyman. The old-fashioned, happy-go-lucky ways no longer serve, if the dairying business is to be car- ried on with profit. One of the first requisites is the selection of the right breed of dairy cattle—the breed that will yield the highest profit on the money in- vested in the purchase of the animals, in the first place, and in their care and feeding afterward. A number of breeds of dairy cattle are now urged upon the attention of the dairy farmer with a good deal of persistent clamor, and he may well be some- what confused in deciding as to their relative merits. Claims of
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