. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. Hornless Cattle that possess the characteristics desired. Scrubstock can be quicl<ly improved by the contin-uous use of good sires. It is never wise touse grade or cross-bred sires, since they donot possess stable characteristics. iVIoreover, it is possible for every farmer todetermine exactly the producing power of his dairy cows. When cows are milked the milkshould be weighed and a record kept of it. Ifthis is done it will be found that some cowsproduce as much as one thousand gallons ormore, while others produce not more
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. Hornless Cattle that possess the characteristics desired. Scrubstock can be quicl<ly improved by the contin-uous use of good sires. It is never wise touse grade or cross-bred sires, since they donot possess stable characteristics. iVIoreover, it is possible for every farmer todetermine exactly the producing power of his dairy cows. When cows are milked the milkshould be weighed and a record kept of it. Ifthis is done it will be found that some cowsproduce as much as one thousand gallons ormore, while others produce not more thanone half or even one fourth that quantity. Ifa farmer will kill or sell his poor cows and. In Ohio CATTLE 219 keep his best ones, he will in a short while In her lifetime she provides man with one of have a herd of only heav\- milkers. his chief and best articles of food,— milk ; antl Young calves that are to be fattened should after her death she supplies him with more be fed onl\ such food as will i>roduce rapid, meat than an) other animal. But that is not thrifty growth, so that they may be gotten in all ! The skins of cows and are used for readiness for the market at as early an age as many purposes, and form a very considerable possible. Young dairy animals may be fed any article of commerce, to which they contribute ^-. J^^ ^?ss 1^^^ -m wKKHI^i, _ -Tl— ft!€.=?=^i WHSflgEV ^^Rp^^<^^^^ WV ^^.■:-^:r-TiSI^ ^KKW^ . — • ■ S. ^:,/::^ <.■ LONG-HOKNEU BullocksIhoto C. W. Keid food that insures thrifty growth, but foods ofa coarse nature are particularly good, espe-cially such kinds as clover, alfalfa, and cowpeahay ; pasture grasses, cor
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