Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-08-25


Fation Of the right heredity, is foun-
dation for success in animal hus-
bandry. You see farl RS Indifferent
10 the quality of the SIRE, hence the
scrub or low grade will be used in
vast number of instances. Such
farmers do not see the truth of the
principle at stake or they would act
differently They do not see the way
they are shaping coming results or
they would not do as they do /
have seen farmer after farmer delib-
erately breed down a herd of nice
Jersey or Ayrshire grade cows, or
well selected native cows, by placing
at the head of the herd a beef sire.
When asked why he did this, so de-
stroying in its effect upon the future
dairy quality of the resulting heifers,
he would answer, 20. l want more
size in my male calves" But" |
have asked in reply, do you want
less dairy quality in the heifers? Can
you afford to exchange a pound of
butter for FOUND of beef? Then
would come this wrong notion in re-
ply: 20, can make that up with
feed"
1t is passing strange that these
men. with lifetime spent among
cattle, cannot see that individual ca
pacity in the cow first, and feed aft
erwards, is what determines the re-
su!t.-that this thing that we call in
dividual capacity, we must establish
by breeding. 1t makes a serious
difference in our profits when we are
feeding for butter. whether we put
that feed into a COW that makes but
ter cost 10c a pound or zoe; yet al
most every herd in the land will show
that difference in COWS, and the own
err going right along unconscious OF
where and how he is wasting his
profits. We must breed for butter.
and then with all our breeding, we
will find that we must test and select
rigidly. Breed is the foundation
feed the support and finish of that
| foundation. The horse that trots a
mile in 2:10 on u quarts of oats is
in sharp distinction on the race track
with the one that works twice as
hard to do the same distance in
double the time and on double the
feed. Is the difference in the horse
Tor the oats? And when you seek to
raise a colt from a mare of sucn
heredity that you hope will have like
quality, will you breed in draft blood
and expect to secure the results You
are after? Why is it that our farm
ers so generally do not see that it is
just as unwise, in breeding, to juggle
with the dairy quality in cows as it
is with speed quality in horses? Yet
this very absurdity is rracticed by
farmers all over the land, and be-
cause of it are they wasting their
time and labor.
Patrons look to the creamery or
market end when they should look
10 the farm end fer their profit. the
butter or cheese of every patron sells
for one and the same price. The
| creamery cannot add one gill of mink
or ounce of butter fat to the product
of any COW. The farmer must do
that Here again comes in play the
value of wider dairy knowledge. OF
better dairy education and Judgment.
in order that he may do more for his
herd of cows, improve them breed
them better, feed them with more
skill, enlarge their productiveness
and increase his individual profit
The great drawback to dairy pros
perity today is the careless, indiffer-
ent farmer, unwilling to educate him
self In modern ideas Because OF
this, comes the badly bred COW, unfit
for place on the farm; wrong ideas
of herd, milk and butter manage
ment; badly built and unsanitary
creameries, cheese factories and
barns Such men and such cows load
the market down with a surplus of
butter, cheese and milk produced at
a loss. There would not be pound
of surplus product, and prices would
be steadi'y good. if every COW that is
kept at = loss was taken out of the
problem. All these evils are correct
ed at once in any community of farm
ers where right dairy ideas prevail.
The future of dairying lies wholly
in one proposition: Can the farmer
make profit at it? If he can, then
the future is bright The question
of whether he can make q, profit or
not, depends more on himself, his
knowledge his skill, whether he is
well-posted dairyman. than any other
thing. Run the price of butter down
to Ice and | viii show you the man
who will make it for Toe. Let it go
up to soc and | viii show you men
who will then make it cost all they
! get. For the dairyman that will
make himself intelligent in this bus
mess. there is good, solid future.
For the average farmer who win not
appreciate the true situation, there IS
no profit In d2irying. The character
/ of the dairy farm therefore, Is gov
erned by the determination of the
1 farmer to be well-posted exponent
/ of dairying.
| wish to present you with mos.
convincing array Of facts to prove