The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-02-20

easier 70 dor Why should not the
farmer be privileged to consider thisT
Remember, he is located outside OF
the dairy district or is normally In
beef cattle producing territory. What
kind Of improved bulls viii be avail
able to which he may breed his cOwsf
lie hasn't enough cows to justify hiz
owning a purebred bull The chances
are that one Of his neighbors who owns
q large farm and has beef cattle herd
also owns a purebred beef bull to
which he might breed his cows for the.
asking, or at most for a small service
fee. The chances are also that there
isn't a reputable Jersey bull in the en-
tire community. There are Jersey bulls
there, no doubt, but OF the kind which.
have shamefully slandered the breed
Normally, we may expect all such COM
munities 10 introduce, II they have net
already done 50, purebred bulls Of one
OF the beef breeds because they have
an insistent demand for better calves
and without a market for dairy prod
ucts there Is little incentive toward
bringing In good purebred dairy bulls.
On one condition only should the
Jersey now be entitled to homo in
such a community, towit: that sutfl-
Gent farmers OF that community be-
come Interested in dairying to make
profitable the establishment Of a cream
route and the cooperative ownership
of frst-class Jersey bull. There is a
wonderful opportunity for such deveL
opment- But 80 long as the predomi-
mating interest of the community con-
tinues for beef cattle, due to It's locn-
ton outside the range of an estab-
lished market for dairy products, tha
average farmer would much better pat
tern his cnttle operations after the
best practice Of the majority of his
neighborS adding his quota each year
10 the community's crop NJ good beef
caiyes---as result OF breeding his
cows TO Che community purebred bsef
type bun or TO a buil Of the same breed
es the majority Of his neighbors arr
usfnG f
sinee Ii n more milk that ne needs.
should he NOT buy a Holstsin GOVT
This Ii the question that many such
farmers are asking. and the great REQ
ords Of milk production which tho
Hoistein IL continually adding to her
already enviable list are enough to
make them give her serious considera-
tioh. But these very same farmers
have really never known what It is to
feed q COW. A few nubbins or 4 hand
ful OF bran and little salt Ii consld-
cred liberal compensation at milking
time. At other times she is fres 70
choose her own ration, In the pasture
or outside. The IIolstein was never
used to this, for along with her won
derful milk-giving capacity she has de-
yeioped q remarkable appetite and she
produces milk directly In proportion to
the extent to which this appetite 10 APP
peased. She has been brought to IN
from her native home OF luxuriant pas
lures and an abundance of succulent
soiling, silase and root crops and these
must be supplied her still In a salts
factory measure; else she viii prove
a disappointment.
The question raise Is, will this av-
erage farmer be warranted In bring.
ing upon himself this additional neces-
sity for supplying the extra amount Of
feed demanded by Holstein cowp I
doubt It very seriously. He doesn't
keep enough cattle all told to Justify
a silo He is rarely warranted In pro-
vlding much grain for the mature cows
of the farm and will never be, except
there develop an accessible market for
surplus dairy products. But why
should he not Keep one real milk cow,
giving from TO 10 gallons of milk a
day rather than ) or 4 cows? For the
reason that, from an economic stand
point, he is not keeping VS. to pro-
duce milk, but to furnish him mar
ket for the cheap coarse roughage and
pasture of his farm which can not be
utilized to advantage by other live
stock Incidentally, these COWS should
produce enough milk for his family In
addition TO that requiredby their calves.
Ne Shorthorn is not the only beef
COW which will produce more milk
than her calf requires, but il stands
TO the credit of certain Shorthorn
breeders that they have recognized the
farmers Increasing need for a family
COW and have made selections towardt
that end with remarkable SUCCESS.
Other beef breeders will do well 10
recognize similar aecessity as re-
CARDS the future popularity of their
cattle for the bulk Of the beef supply
of the future must be produced from
the average farmers herd rather than
from that of the ranchman The folly
Of the average breeder Of beef cattlo
located SO that he must depend mainly
upon the small farmer who surrounds
him for market for his surplus, IL
easily apparent when he disregards
this fact end boasts that he'd be glad
II his cows didn't give as much milk as
they do for a period Immediately fol-
lowing calving. He had better begin
right now encouraging ali he can an
Increase in the milking capacity Of his
cows. for some individuals OF all OF
the best breeds have gotten 50 far
fs-nfn IL that they will rauuIra ar.o.,,r.