The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-06-08

lhe DOWNWARD trend oil butterfat
prices has made it improbable to
feed heavily when the present is con-
sdered II we had to buy all our feed
and did not have pasture, we could
not produce pound of fat for the
market price. These very times have
in time past turned out more profit
able than boom salable times for
breeders. Breeders during these times
have been compelled to keep their
surplus heifers, which has given them
more accurate choice of animals
to keep in their herds, for a good
Judge can line up the points of a
heifer and get good idea of what
she will be. He also can most of the
time bank on the bloodlines of sire
and dam, but even the novice can
pick choice heifers after they fresh
en- and their milk and fat has been
weighed and tested and even the very
best can be distinguished from the
best
A profitable COW in war times may
or may not be a profitable COW in
reconstruction days, yet it is an evil
dent fact that a COW that will produce
a profit on 20 cent fat will produce
more profit on 40 cent fat
These are the times, Gentlemen, to
use the Cow Testing Association.
These are the times to build herd of
to quit milking for fun and replace
that improbable COW with good one
Do not sell that heifer until she cal
YES and you see what she will make
Do not hesitate to sell non-producer,
and then when the war cloud, if it
should again darken the days, comes,
we will be prepared to fight with 400
pound cows instead of 200 pound ones.
Then when times become stale and
prices adjust themselves and other
people consent to let the farmer share
their prosperity, we will get high
prices for cows raised on cheap feeds.
We will get $500 a day for work
done in 81 90 times There is only one
way to beat any game-Study and
stick, get wise with the ups and get
busy with the downs.
A few statements taken from Van
Sykes Modern Methods of Test
ing Milk" chapter one, page 81
Amount of Fat in Milk-Normal
milk varies greatly in its fat content,
containing from below two to over 10
per cent, if we consider single milk
ings of individual cows. The milk
from herds of cows varies in fat more
commonly between the limits of 3
and per cent. The average amount
of milk-fat in milk produced in this
country taking the true average for
the entire year, lies somewhere near
per cent, perhaps a little under.
Many of the conditions that affect the
percentage of fat in milk are fairly
we'll known, while others are little
understood, We will briefly consider
some of the well-recognized condi-
tons that influence the fat content of
milk.
Cd Influence of individuality of
COW on fat content of milk. 1t is I'M
common to find in a herd of cows
two individuals whose milk contains
the same per cent of fat. whether we
consider single milkings or the aver
age of many milkings.
Co Influence of breed of cow on
fat content of milk. 1t is. well known
that the per cent of fat in milk varies
in somewhat characteristic way
with the kind of breed of cow
The following figures taken from
the records of the New York Gene
va) Agricultural Experiment Station,
represent averages of many individ-
uals for several periods of lactation:
@oof fat in milk
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