The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-07-14

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 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 its
bounds and enters he field Of the 9th.
or. then, from the standpoint OF an Of.
ticient and profitable machine, they
are at loss because the other ma.
chine can do that work much more ef.
nciently and profitably
The Dual Purpose Cow.
However, rs indicated In the begin.
ming. there Is probably place for
the dual purpose COW. by which term
We mean that COW that is capable OF
producing some milk and butter.tat
and some kind OF n 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, ana 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 dcteriorate from year to year.
so that In the end the results would
be far from ilattering. and II Is with.
out doubt equally profitable for these
men to have an animal much inferior
10 the very best. And the likelihood
is that they can make almost as much
profit out Of common animal as they
can out Of an animal developed to
the very highest degree possible, md
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 dc 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 hns been OF wonderful service
in that she has been used as a stepI Ing
stone from beef production to the pro,
duction OF milk and Juttor.fat II We
look 70 the history OF every country,
we will find that the different stages
of development are, first, grain farm.
ing. next grain and stock farming,
next stock farming. and finally stock
farming and dairyinE The man who
has educated himself as a feeder OF
beef cattle always finds that to feed
for the production of milk is much
different business. lie must have dii.
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
feding and caring for the very high.
est character OF dairy cattle, he would
not be pleased with the results as a
feeder OF this second class OF animals.
Consequently. when he finds that there
are greater profits that are more Ger.
tain to be found in milk production.
the Grst step which he takes Is to
begin milking the cows that have
heretofore done nothing but produce
the calves that no has later sent to
market; and as he feeds for period
OF time these cows that produce for
him regularly hardly enough milk and
butter.fat to pay for their keep, he be.
gins to wonder If there are not other
methods OF feeding these same cows
that will better their production. and In
consequence. 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 more milk and
butter fat and doing 1t more rconom.
ically and prohtably.
During this period that the change
has been coming about. no has learned
to properly care for the COW aud now
the time is ripe for him TO 20 into
the dairy business and to use he real
dairy COW. It is somewhat Hike the
custom Of the small boy who must
ride the wooden hobby horse inst, later
the Shetland pony and finally he is
capable OF riding and managing sue
cessfully n real saddle horse. There
is no doubt but that OF all the horses
the saddle horse is the best, but II
would be the height OF folly to give
him to the bog at the period when
he should be riding 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 It would hc the ut
most folly for him to be trying to get
some place on n wooden hobby horse
at this time.
But, in its place, the hobby horse
has been extremely valuable In that
e. has tnupht the first fundamental