. Breeder and sportsman . ended in the production of butter fat must be returnednaturally, habitually, constantly. Therecord-breaking milker must be kept inperfect health. It is at bottom always a j learn to reproduce climate in the fields, i and green and succulent pasturage from I November to November again. I The Delta lands ot the Stockton Colo- | nies are among the richest in the world; I thev are overhung by the mild und equableairs of the Pacific, and provided with soperfect a system of irrigation and drain-age that the poroub Boil can be kept inexactly the right condition by percolatio
. Breeder and sportsman . ended in the production of butter fat must be returnednaturally, habitually, constantly. Therecord-breaking milker must be kept inperfect health. It is at bottom always a j learn to reproduce climate in the fields, i and green and succulent pasturage from I November to November again. I The Delta lands ot the Stockton Colo- | nies are among the richest in the world; I thev are overhung by the mild und equableairs of the Pacific, and provided with soperfect a system of irrigation and drain-age that the poroub Boil can be kept inexactly the right condition by percolation,neither too wet nor too dry. In otherwords here is combined rich soil, avail-able moiBture and abundant sunshine,and theee are the prime factors in produc-ing the natural meadows to which thehighlv bred cow is heir, plus all the im- | provement in selection and mixture ofgrasses by which man is able to improvenatures handiwoik. Nature is an ap-prentic, man makes a journeyman of her,and the ccw of the Riverside Dairy and. Floating Pumping Plant on San Joaqaln River question of the health of the cow orhorse. The pace cannot be kept, therecord broken on the track or in thedairy without perfect working of allfunctions and tip-top conditions of bloodand nerves. Other things being equal,speed comes from nervous force. In thecow, phenomenal yield of good milkcomes from an animal highly bred, deepin the flank, large in the udder, withcapacious frame, immense digestivepowers and then the best food, and themost healthful conditions of life. Thebest food is good grass; the best condi-tions are the natural ones, life in theopen air, pure water in the field and greenpasturage all the year. This insures per-fect health, good digestion, vigorous life,and that means the conversion of foodinto milk and butter fat, storing in trie the meadow she feeds in are better every-way than unaided nature ever did makeor ever will. It is worth while to get the reprint o*the Sunset articles, with the adde
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