Show By Dr L L D LeGear V S SSt S St Sl 51 o Lout Mo n SS College 1892 Thirty r j work vork Eminent on S 8 t f I i 1 poul other r livestock 11 lock ond poul- poul poultry poultry try Nationally No lly known Ic Ice Ice- tuner harer writer and author HOW TO 10 CHOOSE A I PROFITABLE DAIRY COWl COW Dair Dairy Dairying m mg is the largest re ref I producing department of the Ine lit 11 e- e stock industry of the United States The rhe products products made from milk of our dan dau dally cows which in include m- m include clude elude butter cheese ice cream condensed milk powdered pondered PO dered milk etc amount to more than 4 billion bil- bil billIon bil billion lion dollars annually which luch is J our greatest industry There are approximately 22 millions o ot dairy dalr cows tows including heifers tit two h o 0 y ear can old 01 over on farms III in the United States Of this number about one third of these CO cows s are arc loafers or board board- board I boarders boarders ers ere and are kept on our fauns at atI ata ata ata I a 10 loss About ono break en e ct en that is they make mahe no looney I and andone one third are good profit pro producers producers I If only one third of the ICO 8 cows on our farms faring are money to the owners o it is tery ery I essential to know kilos how ho hoto to select a good dalr dairy cow aI I Buy the best but an and breed them theiu better is the slogan of a lead lead- leading leading ing mg J Jersey erse breeder Tins This slogan lead lead-I in my estimation is the best one that I ha hate cr c seen 01 or heard I Those seven se ell works word mean me Il more to the mg of our dair dalr dairy herds than any an words that t ha t I bate ha e e e eter eer er seen grouped together Cheap cattle are arc rc seldom a bargan Deep bo bodied led CO cows S with good t type pc an and plenty of capacity alC the most profitable to the 0 owners ners Cattle of tins this quality may cost more but the profit from flom the sale of milk and surplus stock arc are much grea greater ter It pa pays s to Bu nU Buy the best and breed them their better II What is a dairy cow cos north orth 1 TIllS This is a question that I am often asked and there is but one any Cr and that is that she ISal is val tal- valuable in proportion to her pro pro pro- in III the milk null pail One cow mi not be worth woith 01 her keep and may be worth orth 01 more There are me two wa ways s o of deciding a cows cow's cow CO s 's value alue One is to fo buy huy her and see sec if she pays pa s her hersay herway say ay and interest on the inet ment est cst estment ment an and the other is 15 to see sec her ber record as no mide m 1 ide e in a cow testing association or on official test bythe by bythe bythe the breed association A cow test cow t mug association as oem lon record ia h i more likely lIke lIkely ly to be bc found and an may a be con sidel cd reli reliable ble The rhe cow 1 is J the hardest worked 01 ked animal ammal on the farm She must lt have ve a strong constitution to produce pro pro- produce produce duce large lal ge ly persistently and profitably Constitution 11 li in indicated m- m heated by large open well ell distended dis distended dis- dis distended tended nostrils by well ell w ell sprung fore ribs and an deep heart girth signifying room for foi large heart and lungs Also Aho by largeness of windpipe an and breath of chest A cow never produces a pound of milk from an any anything thing other than feed and water ater Other things be being be- be being ing mg equal and mOle feed a cow cats the greater will III be her yield icid in milk mIU Therefore it IS essential that a cow have capacIty which h is inflated by a large largemouth largemouth largemouth mouth strong jaws haws Jaw and a large abdomen denoting a good feed feeder er She must mut ha have hate e a body hody that thatis thatis is 15 deep and long with well SPI sprung ung ribs far apart and n wedge shaped conformation A good goo fairy dallY cow must have shat h t is known n as dairy tem temperament which determines whether hether she is a worker or a loaf loaff er This is indicated by a broad broadwell broadwell well ell dished face anda and a large bright prominent staring C eye eveA e eA A dairy dalr cow should not put on too much fat along her back and she must hat ha have hae e c wide wl e prominent hips She must have good blood circulatIon for carrying food nutrients from from- the dl digestive ss- ss S B ten to the tho udder where these nutrients are arc converted into mIlk and butterfat A good circulation circulation circulation tion is indicated by prominent cinq prominent t cm on the lie udder adder ud er and lar large e crooked and clastic elastic milk veins A good dairy cow must mut ha hate ha ability which gives gIve her the pow v power power er of manufacturing milk and butterfat efficiency This is indi indicated cited by an udder of good qualIty texture that is long and broad between thin well arched thighs Zhe 1 he udder also should hang high behind and an should be carrle carried well forward I recommend 1 bull circles or bull Q associations as the cheapest t way and a good way ay to hUll build up the quality of dairy dair dalr cows in m any an com corn community The t best bulls a should be used for bl bleed bleeding bleeding eed ing e eI 4 I mo most t heartily endorse the work ork of CO testing cow testIng as associations for in these CO testing cow associations associations complete records of the milk produced pro and the feed con consumed slimed arc are kept thus enabling the I farmer to market his unprofitable cows s at the end en dof dot the test cow ing association 5 y car ear COP Copyright rIght 1930 b by Dr L D LeGear V S |