The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-10-14

steady income through the sale of
milk and cream, the rearing of prof
liable calves for steers or future
mixers, the upkeeping and upbuild-
ing of the farm. This is a permanent
type of agriculture.
Besides the beef type and milking
type of Shorthorns we have the dual
purpose type. We first want to know
what constitutes the dual-purpose an
imal. The dual-purpose type stands
midway between the extreme dairy
and the extreme beef type. A dual
purpose cow is one that will yield a
fair quantity of milk; which will pro-
duce heifer calves that will do like
wise and bull calves that, when steer
ed, will be of good beef conforma-
ton and quality, and which will, her
self, finally furnish a good beef car
cass when fattened. A dual-purpose
breed is one in which these charac-
teristics prevail generally and are
transmitted with reasonable certain
| ty.
FOR DUAL PURPOSES.
The Shorthorn is favored because
its dual-purpose characteristics and
its adaptability to the prevailing con-
ditions in that latitude are generally
recognized. From the foundation of
the breed Shorthorns have been priz-
ed by stockmen for their two-fold
capacity for beef and milk produc-
ton. This has made them distinct
! ly farmers breed. The strength of
the Shorthorn lies in its unrivaled
range of adaptability; in the facility
with which it responds to the varied
demands of those who pursue a sys-
tenn of diversified farming rear
ing of livestock as an essential feat
ure in a well-ordered scheme of mix
ed husbandry. The Shorthorn is dis
tinctively and emphatically a dual
purpose breed.
While history has fully demon
strated the accuracy of this clear and
! forceful statement of the capacity
| of Shorthorns no advocate of the
| breed is so sanguine as to expect to
find the most perfect beef form and
the greatest dairy performance in the
same animal. But it is mistaken
idea that in order to be satisfactory
milk producers Shorthorns must be
thin and skinny and of the form of
dairy COWS. They have the proven
capacity for both beef and milk and
can be made to excel in either when
they have been properly bred and
developed in the line of desired pro-
| duction.
Ask any cow dealer from the At
lantic to the Pacific what type of
cow brings the highest price over a
series of years, and nine times out of
ten the answer will be the COW that
shows both milking and feeding quail
titles; the big dual-purpose Short
horn. The Shorthorn stands out pre-
eminent among the dualpurpose
breeds, and is the one which most
nearly satisfies the demands of the
American farmer.
"No breed has so essentially earn
ed the title of the universal lmprov-
err of native stock as has the Short
horn. The blood of this breed is first
aid to the injured, blending kindly
and effectively for the elimination
Of the undesirable characteristics of
the primitive types and adding size,
framework, levelness of flesh and
aptitude to fatten.
Long years has the Shorthorn held
this honored position, from which it
will not be displaced by any other
breed while native stocks of any
country or cline require the union
of blood which will lay the founda-
ton for profitable feeding.
'Tt is a position of responsibility.
The obligation to restore the Short
horn cow to her place of prime i'm
portance in profitable small farm pro
duction rests on adherents of the
Shorthorn breed. She never more in