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Show DAIRY COW A MARVEL By D. K. LIVINGSTON I A LL Improved breeds of animals are the re- suit of man's g.nlus. It is not the nature na-ture of any cow to prochicu a large quantity of milk and eKtabllsh such records as we read of from time to time; her natural duty is to give sufficient milk to nourish her calf fop a few months each year. Neither is It natural for the anlmnls we designate as beef breeds to curry such an enormous amount of flesh. Nature Intended the for- uiatlon of flesh solely for warmth and protection pro-tection cf the body, with no thought of the j commercial value of fat and ib-sh. Years .igo, perhaps thousands, all cattle were the I naine, just as we know the buffalo tho deer I .ind the elk to-day. It wu- not untll man j undertook th.ir domestication that the vari- , ovis breeds were formed and a system of j evolution inaugurated which lias brought I about the present variety and assortment of breeds. The dairy cow has been the result re-sult of feeding jind selection for a d.-llnilo purpose; so th it. by selecting tho best milkers milk-ers and giving tfl rn proper feeding and care, It has been possible to bring to their present hicli stale of development the different differ-ent breeds of dairy cattle. However, while they ire nptncntly fixed in type and characteristics char-acteristics there is always a tendency to revert to jM.rnc remote ancestral trait. If tbu joli)li. u. M-i UtH l-u LUbujuuHc the iroo.l ble dairy type Is much nn.ro (Irmly fixe. I. and ' the power to transmit th.-se qu;. I::i'-s is greater In the pure-breeds than tie- ar.lmuls j thut have been br. J imllfie -. ritly'.' It I Just I as easy for a i.ian to serve tvu ni.isler.i '.j ! It Is for a cow t.. pl. ns. belli tl." butch, r and dairyman. The functions if vio.it -.ind dairy production are ..pp. : It,, r ... tor -. Tl.o : I'ow will either Cb ave to the one . i- vl.ll to , the other. The modern da'ry o..w Is the I marvel of the twentieth century. Wh- n j cows are capable of prodm s.g n.-.-.rly t'.Kir own weight of butler anneaiy It i- e.-r'alnly ' a wonderful performance. I. . , the Ib.Utein row t-'arn Jewel Heng-erveld r.ro.Juc-d 2liv pounds of butter In seven days'. Jl'1 1-3 pounds In thirty iiav; her mother produced a little over pounds . f milk in one ejy and fii3 (lounds in M-v.-n deys kist summer. There Is no reason why this m 03 cannot be beaten The whole hbto-y of the j,,-vane'd j,,-vane'd .'airy cow b n ronstMiit r. currerioe ,,( r crds rtabllsbed and brok.-n down. Wh.le we do not hop' t. see ()., average cow producing In r vvlght in butter nnd tins record taken us the standard of excellence excel-lence f"r the farnieir.' herd. y. t we h ive convincing con-vincing prccif of what cm be nrrompl'sbC'l by a little care and an intelligent fciec-tlon. fciec-tlon. and 1 hop.- to scbc time when every farmer Is keeping a r 'cr-! of his c..w and Insisting upon a certain tlandard for every cow iu hi herd. I we.rk of generations of progressive breeding breed-ing would be lost sicht of There is no breed of animals that will go on Improving without constant asl.-taneo and Ihe directing direct-ing hand ..f man. As civilization has ad-vmicrd ad-vmicrd and the population become more dense, the demand for milk and Its products has Increased, and the dairy cow by selection selec-tion and feeding has developed to meet this demand. 1 ibylng lhat universal law that olvvujs moves along tho line of least re.ist-ance, re.ist-ance, the dairy cow has taken on the (unn best adapted to e nuble her to produce a j heavy How of milk with the ba.it expenditure expend-iture of. energy, Thus we have what Is ; know n as the dairy type, or dairy form, whl.-h j we Und In all dairy breeds of cattle. 1 e.. i Jersey, ('.uerne.-y, Ayrshire and liolstein. ! The Shorthorn was at one time called a dairy I breed or the dual purpose cow. but the show I -yard judges have shown such a preference I to the bleed as a b. of animal that it is n,, I longer known nmong the 1 ivy milkers. Tho j Wisconsin experimental stuion tried for kcv- eral years, under Profesxor rarllsles Instrue-I Instrue-I tlon. to prove that the lart'o dual purpose I cows wire Ihe Ilios profitable for the s- ciisln farmers. After calculating the value 1 of food consumed and allowing market prices I f.,r the tcu'V. if. "-MS fcbuvvn conclusive1" - 1 the dual purpose cow could not ho strongly ' recimm. nd. d. In the report of the Wlscon- fin station for r.'ui; II is stated: "At the I present time we (in.) It practically Impossl- I bio lo secure cows of marked capacity fori dairy pi"" iuclbui ;:m'ng 'the Shorthorn bred." Two c..'.vs ttan.l In tho s.uiic sla- Id,.; both are fed ihe same ration, yet olle will extract from the foul twice the amount of buit'i- f.'t This fait Is sen very fre- j j q.ieiilly in ' II herds What Is tne Inner 1 j quality v.k' pi y 01 0 cow can produce so much men- th.-ui the ..th.-r from the simo I ainoiiiu "f f..odV It in hard to find the right j I nairre for it. 'u't it may be called -dairy qu.il-I qu.il-I llv-- .".,x.- ..rliln tree's of ratio are dls- ' Unguis!. .1 l r this quality; they have the I I p ,v.c.- to .. ..:r-. i;h this w.uk in the pro- I j port" n ;nd p.-rr.-rllon by reason of kavlm: ! 1 i , n bml f '" t! ;,t purpose from long lines ,,f ,..:in:'l"iv ot like M'lnlit v. Thousands of f irm'. !:" will spm. I their time and 1 i v Iryiiv.; to m..lo cows of beef breellnj ibt daliy vor " " s 11 n"1 v'l",-n" re.ison.,1 lethat in a breed when- ,ia,ry traits have been the .,,lo object of the originators, whose work been handed down or rather carried on f,.r scv. r..l centuri.-s by generation after j at't.r gem ration of sueceshtul brvt-d.-rs, that u- i.nJ"-v v-ducc tulrnal3 of 11 jir.iflto |