The Florida agriculturist., 1906-03-07

the HOlstein. If his land is more roll
ing, produces less grass but of finer
quality, as rolling lands do, then there
is nothing better for him than the Jer-
Sey. If he has rolling lands that will
produce a large quantity of rich grass
and his climate is severe, as in the
more northern sections of the country
then the Ayrshire is probably the best
COW, provided he can secure sires
readily.
Whatever breed he selects he should
stick to the one breed. Don't cross
Ayrshire with Jersey. nor either of
them with HOlstein. Select the breed
for its adaptation to your purpose,
and then stick to it. In selecting
sires select only pure bred sires.
Don't be tempted to buy a grade be
cause it is a good LOCKER or because it
has all the marks of the breed. You
can't depend upon grade breeding.
Occasionally you will find one that
breeds up, but you don't know it until
you try it, and you can't afford to take
the risk Buy only animals that you
know are pure bred Then buy sires
that inherit milking qualities, whose
dams are heavy mixers You can't
If you are following mixed farming
and are dairying only incidentally,
having as the main end in view the
production of beef, then you don't
want these special purpose breeds at
all; neither do you want beef breeds
You want a breed that will give you
paying quality of milk, and good
beef steers or heifers. You need
dual purpose breed. You can have
ShOrthOrns of Il pronounced milking
quality. Don't say you can't get them.
Don't say there is no such breed. You
can get them if you know them when
you see them, and if you will go to
some pains to find them. Having
selected this dual purpose type of
Short-hOrn COW, or POlled Durham, or
Red Poll, don't spoil it all by buying
Il bull of some pronounced beef type
Here is where farmers fall down. \
heIfer of good dairy type may not |
make profitable milk COW. but the |
chances are she will: the heifer of
pronounced beef type may make a
profitable milk COW, but the chances |
are she will not.
The great trouble with the dual DUR
pose farmer is that when he BUYS n
bull he wants a bull of pronounced |
beef type. because it looks good has
the broad back, the square form. that
delights the beef grower. He must not
expect heifers from that bull to be
good mixers. They may be. if they
take after the dam; but the farmer
dOes not know whether they will lie
good or not until he undertakes to
milk them. Therefore if YOU are buy
ing bull of the dual purpose breeds.
stick to your milking type. We hope
the time will soon come when breed
ers who milk their cows will weigh
the milk. test it. keep records. and
thus be able to point out to farmers
the type of bull that they should pur-
chase.
SO in every other line of breeding
stock. First determine the kind of
stock you are going to raise: then
determine the special object for which
you are going to grow them: then
select the type of animal that will
accomplish that purpose. and stick to
hat. Don't ever allow yourself to he
Inverted from that definite purpose. If
7Ou follow this line, you will succeed.
f you don't do it, you will fail and
will deserve to fail. Nothing is ever
accomplished in the way of farming
" anything else without having
lefnite purpose in view and keeping
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