The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-01-25
HOW TO RAISE GOOD HERD.
The Best Way of Starting and Building
Up Il P~rOfitabl Dairy Herd.-Prof.
John MithciS. of the A. & NJ. Col
ie@e. Writes About Requirement. for
Intelligent Rreeding-Necessary to
Have Pure-Brcd Cows and SireS.

With the average farmer the cheap
est and most satisfactory way of start
ing a dairy herd is to select as foun-
dation stock good-grade COWS and a
dairy breeds. The grading up will
be most rapid when the predominant
blood in the grades corresponds with
the hloOd of the sire.
4 foundation Of this kind, of ours
does not produce stock that can be
registered, but by continuing the use
of good ~pure-bred bulls of the same
stock is soon obtained which. SO far as
milk and butter production is con
cerned. very closely approaches in
value that of pure breeding.
purc-Pred Cows and Sires.
To start with a p~ure-bred herd is
practically beyond the means Of the
majority of farmers. Furthermore
there is an objection to placing we'll
cared for. pure-bred COWS under AVER
age conditions as to feed. care an6
management. because under any such
chance the attainment Of satisfactory
results would be practically impossible
Where there is a gradual infusion OF
pure blood. as in the ease of grading
mp q herd with Dnre-bred si"es. the
new blood is gradually accustomed to
the change of environment and the
herdsnan is given the necessary time
to chance his methods to meet the re
quirements of pnre-bred cattle.
Who're the dairvrnan understands
the management of p~ure-hred stock.
and has the means with which to nur-
chase the rioht kind a nu~a-hrnd herd
NAV he started 70 rood advantage.
one Of the chief danpnrs in start
in" with q pura-hred herd is the lack
OF funds to procure the right sort of
ari~a1e. instead Of purchasing a our
bred hu1l and a INV of prre-h~na
cows Of common merit. it is .battn~
no'icy 10 h1v re1ativnlv chnan grade
cows ana 70 o11 40 ~ornv thus saw
J TO that ORIGINALLY set aside For the
"n. This extra money is likely 70
be tho r,n~~~ of securing q bull of out
landing merit.
Tmrnrtance OF Sire.
Whn+hnr the cows bn GRADES or
p,,~e-hrnds " is OF the hi~hoet ~, nort-
ance in h,'il6ino IN q dairy herd 70 So
cure a nnrn-bred hull Of or+etanain"
dairv ra-it. Unless the hull is do
~cer1n6 from GOOD ~ilka~S il ic fof1v
To evrect hin, to oroarnn GOOD milknro
no matter how fine or ideal he may b
AS an iraivi5nal.
TT ic frr+-n-more Of imoo~tance r.
rernemher trat a hnrd cannot src"ees-
erlixr he hri1t w unless tha huilc thr+
ava s,,ccaSSivc1v ,JSn6 halNn~ TO tn
90 breed IF tho ~odin~ IN n~ocaec
ro,rct be continued ,,rinterruDted1v bv
tho rcn Of Io-Sav HOOD.
Thn mrnrtnroe Of tho 6ai~v sire is
rarHTr1oN" ~ tho nvrroSC'on. "f1o nv
SC ho,f +ha he~d' rTcrn1lv. hownve-
tho hull IS move thon half tho hor"
either for good o~ bad TN the rns'
90 common Nv ~rada cows. fo~ avam
rta the rr,re-hrad bull NAV rH',rt f"r
+h-ae-rrnr+nrS or mora cP herd hS
reason Of his oraa< rren0tencv. To 60
o~aat on ev+ort dooc the hvN Hn+"r-
~,ira tho announcement or Hn+A~fH~n-
+ion % tho bod ae 70 COW for the
ut~~oct caution IN he eafa"t'on.
Tn the cnco &c a 6nirv Nun. ocnoc'af-
" VOW" hr11 hsa cHinf value is Sete--
rairea NV the pa~rFornanca % his a"-
cact~v. The Doints OF greatest i'm
portance to consider in his pedigree