The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-07-19

No doubt many more would compete for pre-
miums at our fairs II they could be sure oil
good, intelligent, impartial judgment And n
any thing can be done to lead farmers to breed
better grade OF stock, especially cattle and
swine it is the duty of this institution to do it,
When we see the kind OF stock OF all kinds
that the majority Of farmers keep we are not
surprised to hear them say EARNING don't
pay There can be no object in keeping
stock merely to eat up what is raised. II cattle
are kept that have been bred In and in till the
cows will give but half the amount Of milk IN
year on the same feed that Q better grade
would give, while the former just pays ex
pensef, the latter will give . good profit. The
difference between good and poor breed OF
hogs, is that one will just pay for the corn il
has eaten, while the other gives good per
cent. of profit. II Is generally mistake for
farmers TO undertake through breeding, it is
certainly poor economy for them to keep
scrubs. What then shall they do? We ans
wer: Grade the stock by getting good male
to use on common stock. Always use good
male, don't get the stock pretty well up, then
try poorer male. Four or five generations,
we are told here, will improve the stock ma
terlally. SO noticeable are the results of first
good cross that most farmers stop with it as il
content. The succeeding crosses may not be
so marked to the eye, but VIII be equally ad-
vantageous. Five things every good breeder
must keep In mind, as rules: 1st. Have q
definite idea Of what the stock ought to be-
Fix on an ideal. I'd. Do not change the ideal.
Vscillation in ideals will defeat the end to be
gained. Sd. Have critical eye, i. e. see points
OF likeness and difference to prevent undoirg
In one cross what you have worked for in |
many. Its always easier to upset than to
rght-up. Judgment and caution are mpera-
lively demanded in stock raising, 4. Must be
unpr ejudiced in favor OF this or that mans
stock or even Of his Own. g. Must study to
improve his own stock by looking both ahead
and behind, by reasuming from cause to effect
Ind ctce corsd. Valuable points are more
easily attained than retained Few individual
farmers, probably, feel able to buy and keep a
thorough bred male, but great improvements
AN be made on the mass Of our stock few
,eighbors forming a company and 80 mutually
lelp each other The only trouble has been
hat men are for the most part, so jealous of
zach other, that they will quarrel over every
hing OF mutual benefit. good example OF
vhas can be done, Is to be seen in Nov. Oak
and county, where MIR. Brooks and some neigh
'ors, few years ago, dubbed together and
ought thorough bred bull. Now Mr..
crooks and his neighbors have the best beef 9
reeds in the State. They are the men who =
upply the christmas market of Detroit. the U
len who get the best prices paid in the market i
nd make the most clear money out Of stock {
took IN our State is, for the most part. in 1
cry poor condition. As mutual result. the
armers are in a poor condition. Stock rails C
,g will naturally increase as the condition of I
le soils for grain raising weakens. and il is I
lily time that farmers were awakening to the G.
lea OF better stock. Here thew may promote y
ne OF the most important industries of our G
tate, and put money into their own pockets. =
est such advice to older men should seem
assumptions on my part, wish to say that it =
one OF the lines OF thought suggested by >,
II studies here. under men who have made il
life study