Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-06-05
BREED TEST A oeLUsIoN,


The proposed plan for tests Of dairy
breeds at the St Louis exposition. as
outlined before. does not meet the APP
prnyal of Farm. Stock and Home.
The test. according to this authority,
is delusiou and a snare. anyway. A.
test OF COWS. Of form or type is the
sensible. up-to-datc test. and the only
one that should be considered at the
first great exposition oi the Nth CEN
fury. Let the test be made to deter
mine. as far as possible. il form really
has auythiuC to do with the milk Civ
ing functions and if ST.. what form Is
best. When this is done then the
breed that most ahounds IN iNdividu-
ais of that form will be the best breed
Such a test will change the inquiry OF
what is the best brood?' to what is
the best form@' and the last inquiry
will giye breeders a tremendous i'm
pulse in the direction in which lies
rapid and substantial Improvement in
dairy cattle
Tests Of breeds are Of no practical
ais of the same breed differ as widely
as they do. Suppose a group of one
one breed should make the best show
ing in the aggregate at st. Louis, but
in the group wCr some individuals that
were better by so to Zoe per cent than
others of the group; what sor t a
guide would the taking of the first
premium be to a buyer of COWS? II
he bought a Holstein, for instance,
simply because a group of that breed
TOOK the premium he might get an an
lmaI vastly interior to one ct breed
lha' STOOD several points below IN the
aggregate test, AZ BuhaIo there were
lndlNldual COWS IN groups making the
poorest showing IN the aggregate that
were muCh better IMAM some lhulNluu-
ais in groups that stood at the head,
or near 1t. therefore, what Is the
good OF such tests!
II the 81. Louis management wants
TO make an innovation IN It's DAIRY
test or tests let 1t make faithful pic
lures OF the COWS that win or STAND
well to the front, and also OF some OF
the poorer ones, and If the best are
OF great similarity to type, regardless
OF breed, and the poorest are also or
similar type as to each other, but dlt-
an OBJECT lesson Will be taught that
VIII not only be OF great benefit to the
country, nut VIII cause the test ana
the st, Louis exposition to be remem-
Dered when all their predecessors are
forgotten,
Wisdom in Corn in the East
Indian corn must be ranked as a
money crop on eastern farms this
year, says the Rural New Yorker,
Wheat is considered such crop, yet
at present prices an acre of corn will
I bring more than an acre of whcat-to
say nothing of the value of the stalks.
! 1t is no longer true that one fun crop
year VIII orlhE down the price TO the
Ola tlme level because the demand Tor
corn Is greater than ever before The
export trade Is no" large enough to
ahect the retail price and 1t Will
probably increase" since Europeans
nave learned TO eat corn. All these
things heIp to change the situation
ioF the eastern farmer. ON some
farms "here formerly II ana not pay
opiaht corn, me crop must be grown
now as maIIor OF economy. Corn
Is crop that adapts ltseIt u1,e well
to almost any SOL, provided an aollnu
ance OF plant food is supplied. 1t Is
the crop on which the stable manure
is used, but 1t responds freely to nigh
grade fertilizers also. This is Tor
tunate thing for some eastern farmers,
who have use FOR all their stable ma
nure, for by using fertlllzefs Freely
they can grow good corn on Old mead
ows or pastures. With corn at its
lowest price, they could not afford to
do this, but this year there wilt be
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fcred by the New York Tribune
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