Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1914-10-30

cultural college. When he canno
do this he should inspect 81 nan,
high yislding dairy cows - b cal
and and u be win study their point
Thoroughly be win soon b able to d,
fairly good work in selecting cow
that will pay at the pail. A dairy
man should keep up this study q
long as he lives.
The type Of COW il more important
than the breed. The dairyman should
keep good cows Of the breed he likes
best. Many grade and scrub cows
are very profitable mixers. but their
mixed breeding makes it very uncer-
tain as to what their progeny will
do.
At the beginning ! would not rec
ommend the purchase Of pure-bred
cows. In the first place they re-
quire too much capital, all the way
from 5000 TO 5000 laid down here.
In the second place, we are begin
ners more or less, and there will have
to be some learning and experiment
tation. We can do that cheaper with
good common dairy COWS. Later we
can buy good bulls from high record
cows and improve our herds. The
breed to be chosen is largely mat
ter Of personal preference. However,
il would likely be best to build our
herds toward a breed that commands
the highest price on the market and
that at the same time will be good
milk and butter fat producers.
Prof. Haecker of Minnesota has
given good advice to the beginner:
"TOO much has been said about bal
anced rations and too little about
kindness and regularity; too much
about dairy bred cows and too little
about dairy bred men. First learn
how properly TO care for scrub COW.
and after you have thoroly learned
this, it will be time enough to think
of getting better bred cows. Serve
your dairy apprenticeship with the
scrub COW; then you will not make
failure when You employ the dairy
grade or pure bred" | would, how
ever, emphasize the great necessity
Of buying cows with good dairy
forms, cows that will give over 800
pounds Of butter fat per year.
Not only must you purchase good
rows, but you must purchase them
ut price that is commensurate with
The producing capacity Of the COW.
At this stage Of the game we cannot
afford to pay any fancy prices for
poor cattle nor can we pay any ex-
horbitant profits to spectators or
brokers'. Under conditions that are
more or less untried and where a
debt shall be incurred
IN the purchase Of our dairy cows,
we must adhere to the strictest econ
my. Present market conditions will
'ompei us 10 snip most OF our cows
n from 'ne e"st' ana ! wou'd strong
y urge that some arrangement be
made whereby the man who is to
work this problem out by the sweat
If his brow, be given the benefit of
my profit that might accrue in the
purchase ana se'Iihg OF thse cows.
Inc DAIRY business Is not a bed
II roses, It means long hours, no
sundays or vacations or mondays
I means cleanliness ana STEADY APP
,lication and grim determination.
me DAIRY business TO De successful i.
'annot be delegated to the hired man.
Milking Is mol Pheasant ]oo. NO
nan can AFFORD to take up dairying
lhiess ne Is wiiiing 10 roll up MS
'eeves ana WORK a dairy cannot
e successfully handled on the street
orners.
we are gong INTO the DAIRY bnsi-
less because we expect TO make mon
y MOST dairymen Oh our South-
'estern rngation projects hgure
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