Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-09-22
Rreediar Cow. for The p,ir,.

There are two classes 1T oairyrnen
who are breeding COWS for the dairy.
SAYS Hoarfs D4rs1zaA The great
average class who DO not believe there
S zny science or particular intelligence
10 be used that VIII pay and 50 they
shnt their eyes and trust 4 luck. max
ing Nc special effort @ put this and
that together in an intelligent war TO
produce = good. paving cow The
great ruling difficulty with this class
Is too great ignorance Of the principles
Of stoek-5reedi1g. Being ignorant
they don't believe there are any snch
principles as are talked Of and their
practice accords with their belief
Whenever you see dairyman using .
cheap scrub ball yOu may be sure of
OF two things Either he does not
wish 70 raise calves. or else he coasit-
ers one bal - good a aay other The
ether class are frQ believers in the
principle. as vel as the profit Of
breeding f0r the purpose . wants
the animal 70 serve Ii Is this class
that constitute the bright progre<
szve dairymen. thoSe who are ~
ing 70 improve their herd by better
blood. better handing and better feed
ing. They think that there Is great
advance 70 be made on what they know
toSzy, on all these points The whole
advancement Of u live stock inter
ests are in the hands OF thes. men
Al the Axnitowoe (Wis-) Farmers,
Institute last winter, h sanford ed
itor Of the Asnitesoc 7ri5zEe- who Is
u = breeder Of Jersey cattle. gave ut
terance 70 some very clear ideas on
the subject al the head OF this article
Among other things he said he douot-
ed If . part of fArmwork was more
c~arsiessiy done than the raising OF
dairy COWS. yet one could be done
properly with greater ease Statistics
showed that the COWS OF Wisconsin
produces $50 worth Of butter per year
on Al average, which would not more
than paw for their keeping He said
there was q common expression aEong
farmers that those who were breeding
Thoroughbred stock were mel and
could afford 10 do 50, and many re-
fused 70 improve their stock because
they could not afford TO have s full
herdo Of thoroughbred animals In this
they made q serious mistake IL was
not necessary that they should own
thorouzhbreds. bat they should try 10
breed 1p their animals in the line
which suited them best. whether II
was for beef. butter or large quantity
of milk This would prove 3 means
of cheaply improving the quality Of
their stock and IL would be but little
trouble for them 10 take the best COWS
they had AID make marked improve
merits by using thoroughbred sires
As rule. il had been demonstrated
that Ike besot like though there we're
exceptions. consequently D oettei
the dairy quality Of the sire used the
better the dairy character oi the PROD
act would likely be- he advised ev'
erv one who wanted 10 improve nls
herd 70 select his best COWS and begin tc
breed mn by the use of , thoroughbred
sire. and. II he could afford IL 10 Sc
lact AZ least n thoroughbred COW as
source of fastening The perfection Of
The herd
The business Of a dairy 0 was &C
pive milS and not to make beef hencs
the raising Of the calf had mucn 10 &c
with the Character Of the COW ne
also favored having heifers for ihe
dairy come in milk while yonng, as II
tended TO intensity their characteristic
of miIk-gving. and as that was tneii
business the quicker the,y got AZ IL lhe
better. and the more profitable Q re
suits would be-
In the matter Of giving cows resi-
from miik-prodacing. Mr. s&naisrd
I'D If COWS needed such rest they
would manifest ii. aad saould be gwen
4. ba. there were COWS which did no'
x.,t dat rest The milk propensity
In them was 50 strong 2iif 50 tnet,
ouvbiv established that they wcnio
not take rest without iniary TO them
selves. He had a COW which gwen
milk three wears when he conciuoe1
that She oueht 10 have rest and drleo
her of, but with almost ia.al
70 the COW. This and othe. 80
Renee had convinced him that u 80
not wise to insist upon COWS e-sins
from giving milk when tney "s
ed 10 continue giving IL II the M
cIined TO giving milk every DAY N Tn.
year he was confident that II was PES,
- Leep on milking them he "onl1
,e;ther make a special effort 70 Inauce
COW 10 90 DIR few weeks IN me
year. NOT to give milk peTPetuaiy. oa'
isl;sred the Meditation OF the co"
sIanIS he taken * the safest guide
Following these statements came 1as
Ere ~ questions and answers . part O
which we append -.
How often do you want cows to haVs
Mr.. sandford|ust as often as lean
do that now because | want to prop.'
gate the species II 7 shipS j
~ouid dotbe same thing. as ! believe |,
- .-naency 10 stimulate the MN
and butter production,
NJ. Goodrich was asked:
How long do you milk your cows
Mr.. GoodTch-As long - they vi,
I give milk II they Want 70 r
| the year around l LET fhen 40 M