. Better dairy farming; the breeding, feeding, handling and care of dairy cattle. Cows; Feeds; Dairying. 188 BETTER DAIRY FARMING high producing cows should be kept in the herd. The breeding value of a bull shows in the records of his offspring. One cannot hope to make much improvement along these lines without records. Keeping records produces a return in herd improvement and value in many other ways. When cows are to be sold the good ones. Langwateb Cleopatra 47043 Yearly record 15, pounds of milk, pounds of butter fat. Sold in 1922 to R. L. Benson, Princeton, X. J., for §19,500.
. Better dairy farming; the breeding, feeding, handling and care of dairy cattle. Cows; Feeds; Dairying. 188 BETTER DAIRY FARMING high producing cows should be kept in the herd. The breeding value of a bull shows in the records of his offspring. One cannot hope to make much improvement along these lines without records. Keeping records produces a return in herd improvement and value in many other ways. When cows are to be sold the good ones. Langwateb Cleopatra 47043 Yearly record 15, pounds of milk, pounds of butter fat. Sold in 1922 to R. L. Benson, Princeton, X. J., for §19,, the record price for the Guernsey breed. will bring more if the owner can show their records. A calf from a cow with a good record will sell for much more than from a cow with no record. The farmer who begins keeping records will find himself taking more interest in his herd, giving them better care and increasing their value thereby. By giving each cow just what feed she should have on the basis of her production, more economi- cal feeding will result. The tests for fat will serve as a check on the test given by the milk Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Savage, Elmer Seth, 1884-; Maynard, Leonard Amby, 1887-. Ithaca, N. Y. , Savage-Maynard
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