Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-07-15

the specific purpose Of being utilized
as machines for the conversion of raw
materials produced upon the farm into
beef: and. ON the other hand. we have
animals developed for the specific .pur-
pose Of making for US a machine with
the ability to convert raw materials
or the grains raised upon our farms.
into milk and butter.fat; and when
ever one of these breeds oversteps it's
bounds and enters the field of the 9TH
er. then. from the standpoint OF an ef-
hcient and profitable machine. they
are at a loss because the other ma
chine can do that work much more ef.
ficiently and prontably.
Tho Dual Purpose Cow. .
However. as indicated in the begin
ming. there is probably a place for
the dual purpose COW, by which term
we mean that COW that Is capable Of
producing some milk and butter-fat
and some kind Of a calf every year.
There are many who are to be found
In every business who cannot accom-
plish to the same degree the results
OF others. and likewise there are many
breeders and feeders who. were they
to have the very best beef cattle that
could be raised. would not appreciate
them to the extent that they would
take the very best care OF them. and
consequently they would degenerate
and deteriorate from year to year.
SO that in the end the results would
be far from fiattering. and 1t is with
out doubt equally profitable for these
men to have an animal much inferior
to the very best. And the likelihood
is that they can make almost as much
profit out of a common animal as they
can out OF an animal developed to
the very highest degree possible. and
the same is true relative to the COW
that has to be MIXED upon the farm.
There are many who would milk cows,
that have not studied the fundamental
principles Of handling. caring for and
feeding the dairy COW and 1t would be
terrible hardship to the COW were
she compelled to Withstand the care.
feed and management that she would
receive at the hands Of these feeders,
because, as has been stated before.
she Is more or less of an artificial be-
ing. and in order to do her best work
she must be subjected to the very
best methods Of management, and for
this purpose likely the so-termed dual
purpose COW Is to be recommended.
She has been of wonderful service
in that she ha1 been used as a stepping
stone from beef production to the pro-
duction OF milk and butter-fat II We
look to the history of every country,
we will ind that the different stages
Of development are. first. grain farm.
ing. next grain and stock farming.
next stock farming. and finally stock
farming and dairying. Tho man who
has educated himself rs a feeder Of
beef cattle always hnds that to feed
for the production OF milk Is Q much
different business. He must have DIFF.
ferent kinds Of animals. keep them un-
der different kinds of shelter and feed
them foods Of different kinds and In
different proportions. and on the whole
care for them entirely differently: and
were this man to step Immediately
from the feeding Of beef cattle into the
fedins and caring for the very high.
est character Of dairy cattle. he would
not be pleased with tho results rs q
feeder Of this second class Of animals.
Consequently. when he nnds that there
are greater profits that are more Ger.
tain to be found in milk production.
the nrst step which he takes is to
begin milking the cows that have
heretofore done nothing but produce
the calves that he has later sent to
market; and rs he feeds for a period
kuN fNp
him regularly hardly enough milk and
butter.fat to pay for their keep. he be-
gins to wonder II there are not other
methods Of feeding these same cows
that will better their production. and In
consequences. he learns from time to
time and from year to year OF the bet.
ter methods or the ways OF producing
from these same cows moro milk and
butter fat and doing It more econom-
ically and profitably.
During this period that the change
has been coming about. he has learned
to properly care for the COW and now
the time is ripe for him to go Into
the dairy business and to use the real
dairy COW. II is somewhat like the
custom OF the small boy who must
ride the wooden hobby horse FIRST. later
the Shetland pony and finally he is
capable of riding and managing sue
cessfully a real saddle horse. There
Is no doubt but that Of all the horses
the saddle horse Is the best. but 1t
would be the height Of folly to give
him to the boy at the period when
he should be riding a wooden hobby
horse, or even at the time when he
should be riding Shetland pony.
When the proper time comes he will
be very successful in riding blooded
saddle horse. and 1t would be the ut.
most folly for him to be trying to get
some place on q wooden hobby horse