. Agriculture for beginners. , it is possible for every farmer to determineexactly the producing power of his dairy cows. Whenthe cows are milked, the milk should be weighed and arecord kept. If this be done, it will be found that some cows produce asmuch as fourhundred or fivehundred gallons ayear, while othersproduce not morethan half thatquantity. If afarmer kill or sellliis poor cows andkeep his best ones,he will in a shortwhile have a herdof only heavy milkers. Ask your father to try this everything you can find about taking care of cowsand improving them, and
. Agriculture for beginners. , it is possible for every farmer to determineexactly the producing power of his dairy cows. Whenthe cows are milked, the milk should be weighed and arecord kept. If this be done, it will be found that some cows produce asmuch as fourhundred or fivehundred gallons ayear, while othersproduce not morethan half thatquantity. If afarmer kill or sellliis poor cows andkeep his best ones,he will in a shortwhile have a herdof only heavy milkers. Ask your father to try this everything you can find about taking care of cowsand improving them, and then start a herd of your own. Conclusions, (i) A cow with a tendency to get fat isnot profitable for the dairy. (2) A thin, open, angular cowwill make expensive beef. (3) The sire is half the means that a good sire is necessary to improve a herdof cattle. The improvement from scrubs upward is asfollows : the first generation is one half pure ; the secondis three fourths pure ; the third is seven eighths pure ; the. Fig. 177. Shorthorn Cow DOMESTIC ANIiMALS I97 fourth is fifteen sixteenths pure, etc. (4) By keeping arecord of the quantity and quality of milk each cow givesyou can tell which are profitable to raise from and whichare not. (5) Good food, clean water, kindness, and careare necessary to successful cattle growing. SECTION XLII —SHEEP The sheep was perhaps the first animal domesticated byman, and to-day the domesticated sheep is found whereverman lives. It is found domesticated or wild in every lati-tude, and finds sustenance and thrives where other animals
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