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THE DUAL PURPOSE COW.

THE DUAL PURPOSE COW.
Many farmers believe in the dual
purpose cow-an animal that will
produce both beef and milk profitably.
We will not at present discuss the
advantages or disadvantages of keep
ing such an animal; sufficient to say
that such COW is desirable in the
judgement of some cattle-keepers, and
that the authorities who conducted
the dairy test at the st. Louis Elk
position provided class for the en-
try of such cattle-Class &C." There
were thirty-five cows entered in this
test-twenty-five Shorthorn, five Hol-
stems and five Brown Swiss. The
fat in the milk produced was valued
at thirty cents per pound, solids not
fat at three cents per pound, and gain
in live weight vt four cents per pound.
The test showed a net profit, after
deducting cost of feed, of $44.S1 per
COW for the Holsteins, S41.93 for the
Brown Swiss, and S29.22 for the Short
horns.
No Jerseys were entered in this
fest, but by applying the rules to the
work of the Jersey herd OF twenty
FIVE cows entered in Glasses IA" and
3D." fair comparison may be made.
The milk Of the Jersey herd contained
5S1069 lbs. fat, which, at 30cts per
ruund, would be valued at $1,74320;
ard 1,1032.S6 Tbs. solids, at three cents
per pound, $330.9S. Their gain in live
weight was ,797 lbs. which, at four
cents per pound, would be valued at
s71.SS. The total credit to the herd
would then be $2.146.07. Deducting
the cost Of the feed, s722.40, we have
Sl.42367 net profit, or 1854 net profit
per COW. Comparing this with the
act profit in the cases of the three
herds taking part in the test, we find
that the Jersey prove the best dual
purpose COW, SURPRISING the Holsteins
IN net profit by 1929 per COW. the
Brown Swiss by s15.01 per COW, and
the Shorthorns by SPITE per cow
The Jersey is not beef breed,
but if a man must have breed of
cattle profitable for butter, for milk,
and for beef, what's the matter with
the Jersey?-R. NJ. Row, in Farmers
Home Journal
THE BREED AND THE FAILURE.
In gong into the breeding of hogs
for pork-making the breed is not so
important as that the breeder gets
the kind that suits his prejudices
best, says New York Farmer. This
Is because he is more likely to take
care of a breed he likes than Of one
he does not fancy
This accounts largely FOR one man
making success of one breed ava a
failure of another. One swine-raiser
says that the better the breed of
hogs, the better care will have to be
given them, and that is correct.
The old razor-back of our ancestors
needed little or no care. He could
take care of himself, when the snow
did not cover the ground or the frost
render it too hard to be plowed up
by his persistent snout.
With the great improvement in
breeds we have animals that make
more delicious, more edible pork,
while the care they need is increased
in proportion. The man who mas been
brought up on farm where the old
scrub variety of hog has been raised
is more than likely to try to give the
improved breed scrub care.
II the fighly-developed Poland
China is left to rustic for his food
in the roo.field or hunt acorns in
the woods, ne will give very poor re-
turns indeed, even if he does not con-
clude to lie down and die of chagrin-
He hasn't the activity necessary to
enable him to make comfortable liv-
ling If left alone with nature.
He is the survival of the fittest
only when he mas man to pamper
him There are a good many hired
men brought up on farms where the
hogs were of the long-ltmbed. hardy
type, and they nave IT firmly fixed
in their minds that the hog has no
need of the excessive care the i'm
proved hog receives.
This will account for a good many
of the failures hired men make as
carers of swine. The raising and
feeding Of improved swine is a trade
that mas TO be learned, ana the Garner
the boy commences the better for
him and for the swine that are to
come under his care.
LEARNED IN THE DAIRY BUSI-
NESS.
have learned that calf given
alfalfa hay as soon as 1t will eat It,,
will make better calf than on any
other roughness l ever fed. have
raised as good calves on separated
skim milk, oil cake and alfalfa hay
as can be raised running with the
cow. OIL cake and alfalfa hay are
cheaper than butter fat.
| have learned that it will take
years to build up a very good dairy
herd. and that we must be very care
full in breeding and purchasing our