The Hope pioneer., 1922-06-29
FARMER BROWN GETS ALL
HET UP AT FARM MEETING

call Farmer Brown shouted in speech
at a recent farmers meeting: ''The
damning sin of our people is isnor
ance." He continued by saying: "a
lot Of my farmer friends and neigh
bors are not at this meeting because
they belong to the class that will neve,
find out that they don't know any
thing. They will condemn everybody
from the president to the merchant
and weather man when prices and con
ditions are unfavorable, without con
sidering their individual strength.
can afford to say these things because
am a would-be farmer and dairyman
and know what I'm talking about
Much has been done to encourage
better dairy cattle and dairy products
but we have not made q start yet
except in sections. The start is in the
use Of purebred sires. The exicu: o1
this ignorance is astounding and is hy
no means confined to the generally
| ignorant class.
"Hugh G. Van Pelt, who Is known
to all breeders and dairymen, defines
scrub bull as an inferior individual
whether he be registered, grade. OF
scrub breed. He says that it is in.
conceivable that man will milk an
Improbable COW 700 times year, but
that the strangest blunder of all is the
use Of scrub sire, and that there is
not man on earth whose brain is
hitting on all cylinders that will at.
tempt to contradict this. On the Jer.
sey island, bulls are so severely
culled that only the outstanding ami.
mails are saved, though they are all
subject to registration and highly
bred.
"Yet, with the average COW owner
here, any old scrub will do if he is
here and free or cheap. With each
generation cattle either grade up OF
down. One of the worst enemies to
grading is the pretty grade bull that
is Just about as good as the purebred
and belongs in the scrub class, fit only
for the butcher, and suggests:
ODE TO A SCRUB BULL.
A farmer called Henry H. Peck
Took his old scrub bull by the neck,
And said, you're the one,
You son of a gun,
That mortgagcd my dairy. by heck.
So now to the block you retire,
To eat you is my great desire,
No more you'll disgrace
The dairy cows race,
For I've purchased pure Jersey sire.
"The COW that is not good enough
to breed to purebred sire should 60
to the butcher. She should be re.
placed by Il producer and then devel
oped by proper feeding and care. One
more than three ordinary scrubs. but
it is strange and touching to see how
fond!y the farmer will cling to the
scrub COW. which suggests the follow
ing from Hoards Dairyman, 4 love my
COW. l love my scrub COW. She gives
me employment every day in the year,
She consumes my hay and grain, and
grows fat and sleek. She is a thing
Of beauty, though Il burden forever
To produce milk and butterfat would
detract from her physical beauty {;
therefore it is unreasonable to expect
it of her. She helps to reduce my in.
come tax. l love my scrub COW. She
is luxury Dairymen are entitled to
luxuries as well as other people My
neighbor tells me to sell her to the
butcher but my neighbor is a hard.
hearted man, so is the butcher. The
official tester says that the profits
| from my three best producers will keep
her in comfort, so why should !
worry? I love my scrub COW.
"'It requires much time to feed her,
hut very little time to milk her. My
banker says that the small amount Of
milk she contributes can justly be
called the milk of human kindness,
for it is human kindness that allows
her to live. Even Parson Jones was
heard to remark, "A greater love hath
no man than he who wears his young
life away to support a scrub COW, ex.
pecting no reward, not even the re-
spect Of real dairymen.' love my
scrub COW. Who can doubt it?'
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