The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-12-25
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DO YOU KEEP A cow
Prepared in the Bureau of Animal
Industry.

INDUSTRY.
You are farmer in a Southern State
with some cotton growing every year,
maybe with all your farm tied up IN
cotton growing and you and all your
family dependent on the money which
you hope to get on this crop. Do you
keep COW? II you do, why do you
keep herr II you keep her for milk,
what do you do with her calf2 WhAt
kind Of bull do you breed her to9
Suppose you 1--we long way from the
city, with roads that are none too good.
You keep COW or two to supply your
family with milk and butter. You are
so far from town that you are not able
to sell milk as business. So you
ought to have cows that will keep your
family supplied and that will produce
calves that some one will want to buy.
Just now our country does not have
enough beef to feed its own people. So
every calf which will be worth feeding
for beef can be sold for good price,
Suppose you live long way from
town and keep only one or two cows.
Do you know that the calves from these
COWS will be worth twice as much if you
breed the cows TO good beef bull as If
you breed them to any little scrub that
may be near your
BREED TO A GOOD BULL.
When good calves are s or 6 months
Eold, men who Eyed cattle will pay from
$50 to $50 each for them. Now, these
men always like to find large number
Of calves in a neighborhood. They do
not like to spend lot Of time hunting
for them. So il you want to breed good
calves that will be worth $50 to $50
EACH you should get several of your
neighbors to do the same thing. Then
let them get their friends to do it, and
before you know it the whole county
will be breeding good cattle. Then peo-
will hear about it, and the male calves
will be bought up rapidly at good prices.
II your whole county should do this it
would surprise you how soon the scrub
cattle will disappear and how much more
money your cattle will bring you.
USE THE SAME BREED.
When you and your friends decide to
improve your native cattle, you should
next decide what breed to use. Don't
begin until you have determined that
you will use only one breed and that
you will then stick to the same breed.
You must decide on the breed your
selves. Fl you select either Hereford,
Aberdeen Angus, Shorthorn (Durham),
Red Poll, or Devon you will not 60 far
wrong. OF these breeds the Hereiords
and Deyons are the best grazers, but the
Devons are small. The Shorthorn and
Red Poll cows are the best mixers.
The Aberdeen-Angus are good grazers
and fatten well. Get your county
demonstration agent to give you advice
before you buy your bull.
HOW 10 GET THE BULL.
a good beef bullwil cost about $3.50.
Sometimes he will cost little more;
sometimes he may be bought for little
less. The cheapest way for you to do
would be to organize a bull club with
enough members TO represent the owner
ship OF 200 cows. -Four bulls would be-
needed for these cows. Divide your
membership into four sections or
Stocks, ? with members in each block
living near each other. Then change
these bulls around every two years, and
ii may be eight years BEFORE any Of you
have to think about buying another
bull
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