The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-07-30
HAYCRAFT SUBMITS
COMMUNICATION.
Believes He Is Right In State
ments Which He Has Made
Regarding Dairy Cow
BELIEVES IN GOOD s1REs
Five Years Time Necessary To De
velope Herd Which Would Pay
Either For Beef or Milking

i|'o IhdI all On the right
track when submit this communi-
cation and | am not trying to pick a
quarrel or start any trouble or COM
petition, but merely wish to defend
myself in the, statements which I
made in = a recent communication.
Said I. G.. Haycraft when he pre-
scented the following article to the
Pioneer yesterday. -"
This is the second article regarding
the dairy COW which Mr. Haycraft has
The Best Cow For the Northern Min
nesota Farmer
In previous article I took this
question up at some length, relative
to color, but the general contour and
make up of the COW who will paw
the most in dollars and cents is of
still more Importance. There is all
solutely no question but stock rails
ing is the coming industry of Nor
thern Minnesota, more particularly
this timbered region. So a right start
means success if followed up properly.
For instance If we put in several sires
or the right kind and breed, a good
individual of the particular breed
chosen, the effects of such a move
Will be seen in the community for
years, and mistake made in the
! start is very hard to. eradicate. In
fact it is almost impossible to ever
get rid of the i'll effects of a poor
SIRE - .--s.-.z - s.aas
1T is not at all necessary for a COW
to be slab sided, cat manned and
present ragged or ungainly appear
ance to be the best milk COW in the
herd. On the other hand I have seen
and have owned some very paying
dairy COWS who were at all times
when properly cared for and fed, in
good enought flesh for the but
cher's block At the same time
they gave fine flow of rich
milk. There is an old fogy idea that
a COW that lays on flesh during the
milking period is not a first class milk
COW but such an idea is only fit to
prec1pitate an argument. There is no
truth in it. There is no question at
all but that COW, who assimulates
and digests her food properly when
she is getting full ration, can give
to her owner a pail full of rich milk
and lay on flesh at the same time.
The physical makeup of the animal
has good deal to do with their abil-
ity to do this and this is where the
dual or double purpose cow comes in.
There is no reason why the grade
COW with the fine shape, with the
broad, level back we'll sprung ribs,
heavy wide hips, meated well down
to the hooks and having a weight of
1000 to 1900 lbs. can not make Just
as good showing at the creamery or
cheese factory as her ragged, small,
unproportioned, off-colored sister. In
order to secure a good sized right
colored, right shaped, we'll porpor-
toned, all round-milk and beef COW
when crossing with the common run
OF COWS found on the average farm,
it is absolutely essential to make
no mistake about selecting the sire,
and, want to make it as strong as
can, that to select sire Of any of the
exclusive dairy breeds in such case
is radical mistake. .st
eff the offspring is female you
may get a good dairy COW and again
you may not. And if you fail it is
we'll nigh total failure and loss
as the animal is of very little value
for beef and if the offspring should
be male, it is of no real value as a
sire, hence must go to the butcher
and the price he brings is surely in
significant indeed. On the other hand
if you have selected good individual
of the Dual or Double Purpose Type
to cross with the common COW, the
offspring if female may develope in
to first class dairy COW, and if she
does not she is also sent to the but
cher and the returns are very near
double what the female from the dairy
sire would be the same rule VIII hold
good with the male offspring. These
are not erroneous conclusions. They
are based on actual facts and expert
ence. know full we'll that I have
struck several old ideas hard but it
is high time that they were abon-
doned. | have no cattle to sell nor an
ak to grind but have seen so much
appearing in the different papers
about the farmers getting in sires of
fcontinueo on last pagel,