The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1900-02-01
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The lhl Farmers Institute Last Week.
Was Interesting and Very
Largely Attended.
The Court House Was too Small to
Accommodat the Interested
Farmers and Wives.
thursday the first session of the in
stitute was held at the court house and
although the thermometer registered
several degrees below zero the farmers
sbraved the weather in such numbers
as to make that building entirely too
small to shelter them. The later
meetings were therefore held in the
.Jesrner opera house and that spacious
room was none too large. A good in
Eterest was noticeable throughout the
Institute and the instructors were
pleased with the success of the
meetings. ~ IS 81, # d -ss .=s..,s 1ss. :
IS The UNION secured syuopses OF the
different talks and will publish them in
rs large installments as its space will
ALLOW. . sl ..s.....
| Fhe profitable dairy COW, said Mr..
EYerett, is never large. Size is Of no
|impDrtance. 3 She is always thin in
Flesh. Her function in life is to pro-
Educe milk from the feed given her and
Enot beef. If she converts part of the
Heed into milk and part into beef she is
tnotsa dairy COW and cannot be profita-
Ibles The dairyman can get no pay for
heSfeedEa COW puts on her back unless
The kills the COW. The dairy COW has a
tfortn peculiar to herself. Note the
Ilarge muzzle, the clear outstanding in
Iteligent eye, and the large, strong jaw
lcapable of doing lots OF work, the thin
meek and light limbs: no superfluous
flesh anywh here. Prominent back bone
indicatiye OF great nerve power, long
lsilky tail, Large udder running up we'll
behind and we'll forward toward front
negs, wedge-shaped from both ends to-
lwards the barrel which should be of
Ilarge capacity: Milk is made from the
flood consumed by the COW. The more
lshe eats the more milk she: will give,
1lprosided always that she has the form
ldescribed, hence the necessity for pow
Ierful jaws, large storage and digestive
1eapacity. .:.. g. = :. ~. =. - - =
The true dairycow always. has this
Iltype care much more for the type
Than tie breed from W,shic1l she ia
|come. because we fl I'D this dairy form
4 lin many Of the breeds It is always
we'll to remember that the dairy COW
has been bred for hundreds of years
for special purpose, that is. for milk
production. Do not throw feed away
in trying to make beef OF the dairy COW
but force her to full capacity in the
work for: which she has been so vel
fitted, ana when her life is ended; give
her decent burial. It is. useless also
to attempt to make money dairying
with the beef cow See -ho%, she i:
built; think of the Years of patient
work in fitting her for a special pur
; pose. She will make beef at a profit
but ruin the man who is after rich mill
in paying quantities. IT,.
i The safest way to- get a herd of goot
, dairy COWS is to raise them. Ever,
farme; has some COWS which are bette
; than Others It is his duty as bust
) ness dairyman to get at the value o
his COWS as to their ability to CONVEX
feed into milk Poor COWS are board
ers upon your hands that pay nothing
Flor their board. Get rid of them. D
not sell them to your neighbor: bu
send them to the canning factory.
It is now time to study the dairy sire
I Choose one from some of the dair
breeds. In making the selection on
should be careful as to his ancestry
! Look the animal over carefully. If h
! Ihas the dairy form, is masculine in az
pearance, has we'll developed rudimeu
taries and shows plenty of vigor, he i
all right individually Next study hi
pedigree. Did his sire come from
rich milking family? Has he produce
heifers with marked ability? VIVA
: was his dam and grand dam? Turn t
I the mothers side. Has she a good rec
ord at the pailand was her mother
great COW? This is all necessary be
! cause these good qualities are trans
mitted to the. offspring. The bette
q the ancestry the better the individual
Z He will be more prepotent, better abb
Il to transmit dairy qualitiessIsto tn
I. calves. When you buy such an ANNA
sbe sure that you get his pedigree an
{ lthat'he is accorded. Thepe digree is;
4 history ofihis breeding, . guarantee q
L is5pnrity, and will be demanded whe1
& you wish to dispose of him. tssalve