The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-07-07

Dairy Bred Bull, showing Dairy Char
aeteristies.
becfy type OF COW. believing that when
she is ready to die her carcass will
be worth that much more to put in
tin cans.
The $40 Pound Cow.
This is the type of COWS that are
being MIXED the average production
OF which is 40 pounds. There arc
many herds of real dairy cows that
are averaging from 300 to 400 pounds
OF butter year, and taking this out
Of consideration we would probably
find that the dual purpose COW or the
COW of u beefy nature, with the power
Of producing beef steer or dairy
heiier is producing In butter fat quite
likely about 100 pounds per year. Ia
king for granted that rhe herself is
producing l40 pounds Of butter per
| year on the avcraEe-and she is no
more than paying for her keep from
the standpoint OF the butter she pro
/ duces-and giving TO her owner each
year calf. some skinned milk for
/ the pigs. and adding to the fertility
Of the farm, there Is very little reason
to complain about her existence. be.
cause in all liability she Is n prof.
table animal to the farmer and. with.
out doubt, more largely SO than most
any other animal on tho farm. But
the question that arises Is whether
or not she is making the profit that
should be made from an animal upon
which there is bestowed so much feed
care and labor. We have only to look
to the herds that are producing an
average Of from 800 to 400 pounds OF
butter per year to be In position 70
answer in the negative. We're we 10
sacrifice the calf and the extra value
Of the carcass of the COW at the time
OF DEATH an annual valuation to the
Of amount OF 81. and select instead
OF that n COW that will produce twice
as much butter fat, or $50 pounds
and sell It fnr rs cents, which has
been less than the average price re
ccivod by most dalrymen during the
past year, we would have instead Of
Sill s7S40,
Great Mistakes.
Now. without doubt, this places the
consideration on a basis where any
one can figure for himself which class
or breed Of cattle he Is to choose for
the dairy During past years. and
even at the present time. we find
thousands Of farmers that are an
nually sending s7S.40 after this myth
ical 81 that they have been led to
believe is to be found in the dual pur.
pose COW as an advantage over the
dairy COW; but II is apparent in the
face of facts that II is the utmost
Of folly year after year to sacrifice
s7s.4O in the production Of butter for
the sake of securing n $40 calf and
having a carcass that is worth 81 per
year that is used for the purpose OF
beef after its useful life has ended.
This is a matter that can very easily
be figured out and is not subject 10
I
ways Of figuring. but in the end the
same result has been reached. In
arguing against the idea OF the dairy
COW invariably the point comes up
that the United States ia beef.eating
nation and must have beef. and this IL
n fact There never will come time,
| hope, when we will not have a sufii.
clent amount OF beef to be consumed
on every table in the United States,
but Il ia taxing the dairy COW n little
harder than is necessary to ask her
to produce the millions of pounds of
butter that are absolutely necessary
and at the same time produce the beet
that is TO be consumed upon the
tables, unless she is to be paid accord
inply, II would not be right to ask
the farmer to do all that he is doing
at the present time, working hard as
he is, and at the same time produce
In addition to the food and clothing
for the world, the manufactured ar
ticles, reading material, etc. for the
came world simply because we must
have manufactured articles and read
ing material. There are many mer
and farmers who are not capable Of
conducting dairy herds in the mos
profitable degree because Of their dis
like for the business. Likely these
same men are well adapted for the
production of beef. and the dairymor
will. no doubt. leave the production
Of that article to him, realizing tina
II he is to dairy. bis profits. success
and pleasure are to be found in the
milking Of real good dairy cows.