. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Saturday, November 5, 1910.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 13 GOOD SIRE IMPORTANT. No dairyman who keeps more than a half dozen cows and expects to in- crease his herd can afford to be with- out a good dairy sire. Any person starting into the dairy business should either own a dairy bull of some pure breeding or be in a position to secure the services of one at any time. The only way to secure and main- tain a good producing herd is to breed the cows to a bull whose ancestors had good milk records, and continue to breed in the same line without cross- ing, saving a
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Saturday, November 5, 1910.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 13 GOOD SIRE IMPORTANT. No dairyman who keeps more than a half dozen cows and expects to in- crease his herd can afford to be with- out a good dairy sire. Any person starting into the dairy business should either own a dairy bull of some pure breeding or be in a position to secure the services of one at any time. The only way to secure and main- tain a good producing herd is to breed the cows to a bull whose ancestors had good milk records, and continue to breed in the same line without cross- ing, saving and breeding tbe heifers. The dairy bull must not only be pure bred and registered or eligible to re- gister, but his dam and graridam must show high milk yields. The heifers from such a bull will almost invaria^ bly be good producers, but of course a "few may fall below a high standard. Many dairymen who started in the business a few years ago with common cows and a pure bred bull of some good dairy strain now have cows of very high milking qualities. One man who has been breeding in this way. and carefully selecting heifers, has brought his entire herd of producing cows up to about an average of 10,000 pounds of milk a year. Such cows pay a good profit, but such cows cannot be secured unless they have been bred w-ithout change for several genera- tions, although none of them are abso- lutely pure bred animals. When you start in with a good bull of some of the standard dairy types, keep the heifers till their second calf, at which time you can tell whether they will pay to keep. If at that time they show signs of heavy production you may be sure that they are valu- able, both for milk and for raising more heifers. Breed them only to a bull which ycu know to be of a high producing family. o The prevention of tuberculosis in cat- tle consists simply in keeping tubercu- lous cattle or other animals away from the sound ones; in keeping tuberculous animals out of the pastures,
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