Farmer's magazine (January-December 1920) . of dairyfarm economics and managementbrought recently to light by investi-gations of three years by the Depart-ment of Farm Management of theOntario Agricultural College, withwhich it has -been the authors pri-vilege to be book deals with all phases of thedairy farm equipment and business—the dairy breeds, principles of breed-ing, nutrition and feeding, the care ofthe herd, common diseases, dairybarns and equipment; then financialreturns from the dairy farm, factorsthat bring success, dairy farm organi-zation, economics of breedihg and
Farmer's magazine (January-December 1920) . of dairyfarm economics and managementbrought recently to light by investi-gations of three years by the Depart-ment of Farm Management of theOntario Agricultural College, withwhich it has -been the authors pri-vilege to be book deals with all phases of thedairy farm equipment and business—the dairy breeds, principles of breed-ing, nutrition and feeding, the care ofthe herd, common diseases, dairybarns and equipment; then financialreturns from the dairy farm, factorsthat bring success, dairy farm organi-zation, economics of breedihg and feed-ing, and crop rotations and the main-tenance of soil fertility. It is well il-lustrated, especially in that sectionwhich deals with the construction andequipment of dairy stables. The young man who has not learnedby observation and experience the gen-eral working of the laws of breedingand feeding should find this book ofinestimable value, in that it gives himthe experience and findings of dairy-men and investigators of past fids Darling:, purchased by B. H. Bull & Son. Brampton. Ont., at Ayer & MoKinneysrecent sale at Delhi, The price was $3,600. and pay for their transportation; theyare sold at cost price. Bulls are pur-chased, of course, only when there isa definite prospect of resale. This is the extra little push which isrequired to induce some breeders tomake the effort to change from thescrub to the pure-bred. The value ofthe move cannot be calculated, as asidefrom the immediate gain to the pur-chasers of these bulls, the object les-son to surrounding farmers with gradeherds should have a far-reaching up .to the present the Exchangeis being tried out only in Dufferin Coun-ty, where a considerable amount of ed-ucational work along the lines of stockimprovement has Ijeen done by , it is very probable that if itdoes not prove too costly it will be car-ried into other counties in the nearfuture. Some of these men have paid dearlyfo
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