Carlsbad current., 1901-01-19
bRADING Up A HERD.
bgrTsR TO BREED THAN DEPEND
\ UPON PURCHASES.

Noe worth white 90 spesa Time ana
kTroshie Upon Isf-rior ADimsis.
poiess 60 he Considered In select
fns Cows.
beginning ten years ago with native
bows. such as were ordinarily found
bpon farms at that time. we became
Impressed with the idea that by grad
ing UP with n Jersey or Guernsey sire
nn improved herd Of dairy cows might
be secured, says n correspondent OF
The National Stockman. The first
rrOss, as Inns been suggested, was 80
satisfactory that the work Of grhiing
mp was carried on with increasing In
tcrcst Only the best Of the female In
crease were retained as breeders, the
rcicciion being made after they had
rome IN milk. These bred again 20 n
pnyr bred sire gave us three quarter
blood animals This process continued.
1udiciouFly cullng the herd from year
80 year hy means of the i,nbcock test
nnd pnlcs. gave us IN n few years a
herd ~ COWS which numbered over 40.
The nycrrg" test Of milk being . per
cent
Of course it was not 90 be expected
that every animal would DO of suiii-
,icnt value ns a butter producer 10
Justify her retention in tho dairy. Hui
every effort has been made to develop
the female animals In the best possible
manner.
The males were not retained. Most
of thrm went for baby beef 60 bc used
ON the family table. This we found
10 ir n very fntlsfartory manner of dis
posing ~ them. rhcy were led on
sweet skimmilk and grain, with clover
hay. uniil tWo to siN months ~ age,
then dressed oT ana hung iu the rrlri,.
crniDr. With the family vlieh the
farmer usually has to pruyld" Tor there
II no troubl" In dispu-iug uf them In
thit way /, furnishes cheap mont and
spttlcl worry satisfactorily the question
Of Wiat a. de- with the surplus males
which an not suitable for the brcf
market s f'w fuggc silpus nrc here
with offered 30 those who would follow
the csumplr Of the w.llor aud rni.c
tich dairy oow1 ln preference TO pur.
chnH'ug ihc,u,
Err,d from COWS of recognised excel
loncr. II d. not worth willie 90 spend
the tl,ur nul tJoUhlr with Infer. nul.
mnls Loo. ~ II t!.ai tie dam las the
,Struai poiais 81 a plol dn.tv cow.
Among the u1.t important of thrYc iH
thp uLitr. Avoid mnl9Duuutuna. hr
rurr ~ iolcct cc"s haNin; well shaped
uddrrs mad good s6rd tcniH. u Is posai-
llc g. breed ~ crriniu type or uddnr,
and white ihcrr mny occasionally he
drncicuclra IN this rcHpvol. II the rule
~ adhered 81 the great mNipr'iy VIII be
oT good form.
Among Tie Gucruscyg there IA n tgud
cncy Ia udl,is lacking ia frontal full.
ness, uithuugh mau> of t'am carry
slIce=iid uddrrB square ana generous
" .rc
Another thug of Importance Is
whytlcr ur uu, "a cow takes on tat read
ily Ihorr urc excellent COWS which
are ~ for tlc lioct ut al lIwca COWS
which produce above 800 pounds ui
butter II year but 90 rule pin youl
fnih 90 the angular COW. The houy
structure ,houll bv pronounced. which
iH u -igu thnl her fuDd does not gn e
rat hut rather to the production ut
iliIfh. \ tNN must iit an tAtfiNlNNilA
heavy uiilvrti NaIInHt bcius retained
In thr butter dairy n ly the llalcoci
th, durt uYt SHOW better than u 1 p,s
cent t,tt pf course while fresh ana!
cuN q. O. lp,a tlUu Letter ON IN tlc lgc
teal period. ilut un average, Huy afiCj
hEu lnB been Swing MIR Tor fuu
mou'lis. should orriuihly tho. onuaId
Umhly better than the figure namrd
The retail mllk d,nl,r may consider ,
COW which gives lurWc quantity or
per cont milt best for ha usc but (,
hr manufactured into butter II is bet
ter 10 haven lcrr quantity Hud have I
firhrr
SIM another point Ia be consilurc
IN selecting COWS to be bred with
view a. development uf the dairy her
~ temperament Avoid the kicker nlas
It"wrmhcr that Il ls a law of uatur
thut Ike produccs like. aud while kich
iug u merely huhlt il h believed TIM
even Ia this there win Ice transmitted
tendency g. the same thing ln the ou
spring
Certainly my experience justlncs ia
assertion that it is hcttrr Ca grade u
nnd breed dairy herd such as ON
Wishes rather than depcnd upon "a
uncertainty of making satisfactory u,
duiuns by purchase.
40" Much salt,