The aegis & intelligencer., 1916-05-12

selection ul dairy cows. 80 clear, plan
and useful ARE his views that we feel
we would do nothing more helpful to
our readers than reprint them for their
benefit
SCI ECTlNG DAIRY COWS.
The future of any dairy herd de.
pends upon the manner IN which the
foundation herd - selected and how
they and their offspring are developed.
In ihct, the subject ~ 81 broad that
volumes can be and have been written
upon 1t. Success or failure, mere
recognition of fame. depend upon
clear Keen knowledge ant application
of proper judgment with which the
fundamental rules of selecting and de-
vrlupng the herd. nre followed This
~, therefore. n subject of ms vital in
trrest to the one who has been breeding
cattle for many years aS to the new
beginner who Is Just entering the ranks
of dalrNlng and on the verge of pur-
chasing his first cows
HCk of advancement or even "A de,
cine IN the value of II herd Is. in large
percentage OF cases, due to the fact
that the breeder fails to apply proper
thought and Judgment IN selecting from
his herd animals for disposition and
those to keep for the upbulding of his
herd
No breeder of live stock ever built
really great herd of cattle who year
after year sold his best cattle Far
more promising Is the future of him
who makes mistakes in securing his
foundation herd and ever afterwHrd se-
I"cts and retains the very best he breeds
than he who buys well in the beginning
tut perpetuatrs hls herd with ndivi- |
duHls, the chief virtue of which is that |
they have not appealed to buyers
The proper selection of the females |
for herd depends upon knowing the |
dairy COW. There are good cows and |
poor cows all over this country. Which |
ARE the good cows and which are the /
poor cows IL II problem that must he |
solved. la our state we are making |
strenuous efforts to determine the good |
cows and eliminate the poor ones
In my experience have never seen
n herd but that some cows in II We're
profitable and some were unprultable.
simply eating up II portion of the profits
TINT the good cows were making. In
testing associations. which we have or
l,hnlIcd in Iowa, we find many peculiar
lns tHnCcI. Often times in one and the
same herd will be found two cows
side by side, one of which,
when her record has been kept for n
ycnr, VIII have produced 100 pounds Of
butter, while the other, kept under
drutIchlly the same conditions, being
Ted by the same feeder. MIXED by the
.Hmc mixer, gwen the same food in
amounts nndquHllty, will have produced,
according to the scales and lIhhcoCk |
Test. 100 pounds of butter during the
,nrnr period Of time.
''lut "a tni,r for granted that IT costs
i2n year 10 feed the first COW and that
ICr butter sells for zoe II pound, yield |
M gross income for hcruwncr of $40 |
'lgurc the net profit and It IL not dllli-
'ult To ascertain that THIS COW has made
or her owner ~ net prullt, after allow
ug In" skim milk, calf and fcrtilIZIng
Ingredients of the Oilall to pay for the
Hhur expended upon her In other
words, the dHrymnn or farmer has con.
cnt"d himself with milking II COW over
90 times for II net profit of 81.
We, IA farmers and dHlrymcn, are
irUur to complain about the drudgery |
m the dairy farm and about the scar
lty and high priCc pl farm labor. Still /
h" proprietor Of n farm one Of the \
,rrHtust factories of the United States, {
= willing to sit under COW night and ,
morning, over 100 tunes u year, and I
mix her for the mchgrr profit of 81. {
Consider her stable companion, how [
ycr. that has mndc 100 pounds Of but
cr. which when sold at zoe. per pound I
yill return $l2O. She may he fed $50 I
worth of feed md stu return net
rUlit of $50 for her owner. II means
hat thI4 COW, making 90 times m much \
roilt ~ the other COW, ~ worth mt least /
Who'll" herd numbering 60. of the less n
rudurtlvc type
This Is the condition that faces the t
american farmer and dnirymhn today {
ic, and he alone cnn. hy intelligent
trthUd- 40 select and car" for hls cows \
= lo mnhr them all return hlm large v
"r"rntng" of profit.
con the other hand, "" rcnlIzc that
our inrms are gpWr farms and your t
pws hrc yo"r cows, and you are nj
bcfly t. do ns you like. You can milk
u" go" for y"hr and max" hn"t profit
I 500. or You can mix 80 COWS for the =,
anne period Of time in order to make '
he same amount of proiit, In other VI
Z rds, you can mlk ON" COW ON"
chr TO mike prulit OF 500, or you can Vt
nix the same KIND Of an old COW 60
cur- IN order to make the sHmc 500 Of -,
roIit y
'iIpw"vcr, "" know tn" American
lrmrr well enough to he certain TINT d.,
e. VIII not knowingly mix Who'll" herd
COWS to max" ih' prulit which on"
NV should mike, and thos" who are u
I.Ilng TO tnkr time I" weigh and trst "
nch individual COW milk To determine
b" relative mcrta of hls cows can ~
'nllIy sort out and retain only the ,
rutitahlc COWS for their future herds, >
AS Farmers, "" should rchllzc ihnt IN -
'HiIiy the farmer ~ II manufacturer
T farms ARE the greatest mhnuinc !,
uuug plants N tn" world, and every u
umnl that We hnyc ON them, ne
rnttcr %nnl else II mny be, lsh mhchlur
lHCrd there for IN" purpose of manu- y
srlurInF finished products out Of raw /
INTERVALS, the Rrnln- nudgrhs-c' grown
} the fields And | -hy to you, that n
be- farmers Of the United States Will ,
ever reach their highest plain ol n
ipnlty until they realize their position "
cbuu"rcnIi-m ~ manufacturers b
1T Is well known lnct that greater o
crcrntngr of profit rnn be- mndc FROM
hw nHlerlnis hy using efficient mn