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Show WltK on OECF. tn.l, Will ray ll.l-Il..( r.llle r Ii.ltI Feeding dairy cows It profeMlon In Itself. A tnllk cott It at llnlcky In lir tiutea u a uillUcnalre, and her apra-tiio must 1-a ttndled and humored. Taken; altogether there u no tnulner-a on tin farm that n-qnlrrt moro care and pains taking effort to U uiado .ucccMful than dairying. The map who it not willing to give hit time and attention to it, ami who doea not have tho careful co-oprr atlon of hit family bad better let It alone, lie can make more money j-cr hapt loeo leaaby turning his attention to tome other department of tlio farm which requires lees enra There Is money In raising cattle) for beef only, If th right kind of cattle arj handled. There U TuIH In It If Im proved methods are followed Tu it great extent the veiatlons Incident to th. hiring of htl? are avoided. II Is far easier to get a man who nndentandi handling betf cattle than one who under atands coring for dairy cattle, mainly becauio U-ef cattle do not require the coddling an 1 11 tie tlckytuky work that li o distasteful to tho n,er4go farm han I. The nerd abort referred to tlivwt wbtt can bo done when beef ft the solo object The ouwt run In tho tnra through the summer season and In tho winter at long at tho t ttiira tatte. Tlio calvet are usually dropped there and are lookM alter for the tint few dityt to tee that tbty tuck an I are all right When riecesKary tho aurplut milk It removed, re-moved, and tho bag kept In n healthy condition. Tho calvet are allcwcd to r. mtlu wllh tho cowt tn tbo iattnro night and day until weaning time, when thev are placed in a p-uture of theirown, and fetl a little grain to keepthtm growing right along The recond aummer tlfry run on posture and get their own ftl, an 1 during the winter havo ojrn tkedt to ran umler, with hay and touietliwe a small ainonnt of grain at It aceine ncen tary, to keep op a steady, uniform growth. Thidrycuwtruulnnpcu sheds and get nothing but hay and j-sttiire. Tlio cowt suckllngyouogcal res are more carefully housed, and fed tome grain during the winter, the nmouut drf-rnd Ing mi their condition1 aud general ha!t!i. Tlio Ilea Is to keep everything In a healthy, thrlfiy condition. This method It a (mrfertly natural oneno forcing anl pauiiierlng ob tains Tlio caltlo ttko rare of thm selvre the most of tbo time, When a little extra tceil Is necessary it is given, bututiaUyltUnotnriYesary. Tho cattle cat-tle are of tho useful kind, with tlio abll Ity to turn grass Into flesh highly developed, devel-oped, and It is necdh. to siy they ore profitable ainl a source of constant i4eae un tu ft lovrr of beauttf ol and useful beasts. Those who hftvo families largo enough toalit In tho milking and churning and who are situated hear u good market will find Hint ibilr) Ing It n profitable and satisfactory business. Tboso who bnvo tiui families, or who, for tomo reason, cannot dcind npon Ibrlr children fur cheerfnl aid, had better think twico before be-fore going into a business which requires so much ttudy and careful thought. Homestead. |
