Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-04-19
soop DAIRY ANIMALS.

ns,rving as q side line to general
awning or as an industry by itself.
has become popular all over the coun-
nv Dairy products are no longer
.hean, and the man who keeps cows
,or milk or butter production has an
,ucome every month of the year, while
,be manure from the animals adds
fertility to the farm for growing
larger and better crops every year.
u IL one of the branches of farming
that will help the farmer to make a
good living while his land is increas-
ing in fertility.
One of the main essentials of good
dairy is good producing stock. Land,
ised and labor have become too scarce
and high priced for the dairyman to
bother with anything but the best
class of producing animals. On
many farms there are cows which do
mt pay profit on their feed and
keep Some even are kept In the
herd at an actual loss.
The only reliable test Of good
, dairy animal Is the milk record. The
Young COW must have a dam and sire
whose ancestry show high milk-pro-
ducing records. The judge may give
a premium on what he considers .
good COW or bull, but the scales and
Babcock test are better judges. They
(establish records without shadow ct
4 doubt These are the score cards
for Judging this class OF animals.
BREEDERS of dairy animals must NOW
furnish milk records with the pedf-
Srees.
1t Is best, II means permit, to start
With pure-bred dairy animals with
high milk and cream records. Rut IL
this cannot be done, q start ,oam he
made with common COWS, bred regu-
. hrly to a pure-bred male OF high
dairy standing and of proven merit.
The test of this value ts the producing
performances Of his daughters. 1t ts
Z well-known fact thBt bull rs in
fuenced by and transmits the >charac-
tiers of his dam to his Offspring. II
bis dam and grandam have shown
high records as milk and butter pro-
ducers, 1t is safe to conclude that
+ these same qualities will appear In his
offspring. This is true both in guam
tity of milk and butterfat. For one to
be sure he is securing the best in
purchasing q male for grading up a
herd of common COWS, he should be
sure that these records sof perform
( anoe are official. ..-.
3 In purchasing a d4iry bull, in most
cases. It is a good thing for several
neighbors to Join together and ,pur-
chase good tone In this way 1T will
/ be possible for all of them ITO imme-
Aately breed to the best, and Thereby
secure excellent grade theifers, while
II a single farmer Were to purchase a
hull alone he could not afford to pay
out the full price tOf the highest grade
animal. In most localities good male
will soon make his way through out
" side service fees. In many cases q
good neighborhood dairy bull has paid
for himself within "a lpertod of three
K years. ~ .j.4-aa |'~@- =
Where a number of nefghbors Join
in purchasing a dairy bull mot only rs
the cost of the animal less to each
one concerned, hut the cost 'of keep
ing the animal iiminishes with the
greater number owning him.
The first cross from pure.bred bull
with common COW will be a grand
animal of half!breed. The second
cross will give a three:fourths pure
bred animal. The third will give
seven-eighths, and the fourth, fifteen
at1teenths. Some aof these grades for