The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-01-09

when it comes to beef production pure
and simple. When a man can sfoTd
to keep q COW a year for the chance OF
a calf, these breeds will give the Short
hort breeders all they want to do
Shorthorn breeders should pot conceal
that these other breeds era excellent 10
this line, for the breed ex experiments
and the fat stock shows demonstrate
that ur q lestioned superiority does
not lie in any of breeds but in the indi-
viduality of the particular animal and
in the skill with which it is fed.
N-iGher will it be maintained that as
q mllK producer the Sborthorn is Fupe-
perior to the jersey or 81 lstein. These
will produce pounds OF butter fat at
a less expense than the Snorthorns
will. The place for the ShOrthorn is
with the farmer who must have both
beef and milk, must have them under
one hide, must have milk enough to
pay for his feed and care, and muet
have a package in the shape of a calf
IN which he can pro6tably condente
the vast amount of feeds which would
other wise either go to waste on the
farm or sell for less than they are
really worth. Here the SnorthOrn ie
supreme. We do not say that it would
De supreme over any OF the other breeds
If they had been kept for genera tione
under the same environment, natural
and artificial. In other words, if they
had been MIXED as the ShorthOFns
have been, they would have developed
mixers. Milking capacity in excess of
the demaGds of the calf is the result Of
milking and not the result OF any
color or type or form. It is the
milking and the feeding for milk thas
varies the type or form to meet the
r ~quirepents Of the situation. In other
words, if you pray for mllk by feeding
and milking you can increase the
amount and improve the qlality slowly
and gradually, from generation to gen
and in doing this you neces-
change the type and the form.
The S1orthorn has this advantage,
that ia England, it's home, it was de-
veloped as the type Of COW needed to
meet the requirements of the tenant
whose position, financially end
socially, differs but little from the
acre or half section farmer OF
the United States to-day, and this
class of men must for a long time con-
tinue to be the chief purchasers Of i'm
cattle. The ShorthOrns OF the
therefore. have q larger con-
cy of purchasers than any other
breed under the III q breeders who
will take pains to develop the milking
qualities. not overlooking the beef Will
mold and shape the form and destinies
Of the Shorthorns of the future. They
have this great advantage, which com.
o~ensatea, and more than cOmpe0sates
for the disadvantage of poor specimens
he result of long continued popular ity, |
widespread distribution. and poor
breeding and poor feeding. 1t vi l
more tnan commemorate for the dleRd-
of different c1loTs and the
MISTAKE s that has g been made thr0Ugt
.i9alousy, rivalry, and a c or the
broader compre beDs'O on of the reQuIrr
nents Of the situation From tn
point of view no breed hes a grandeI
before it than the old rellaD"
8horthorn, generous in the yielC anc
of milk, bountifui in great, /
.hick roasts and steaks fE for the pal
ates O. epinnree fHo nnlaces Of princess
. I'd the tn blas Of kings.