| Show I 1 V RAISING THE heifer CALVES important Fact tOta 03 to keep irl IP mind in producing future milk cows cowe within only a very fow few years it wilt bo be as difficult to buy good cows cowl 0 or r abod calves as it will to be to buy good land and tile man in n alio ile begins now to breed viewed to gooc III anil I 1 qa eaves vs anti and raises I 1 lila is h holier callies calv ca NY wiy IV tie in a pos liton to mako iq in tile tho production of if or butter or to sell stock at haili in ilg ures clero are two important things to haer in mind in pro producing ducin 9 calves for future milk production one Is that the darn shall be of known good record and tho the other Is 13 trial that ili the sar alro shall be of a line of dams of exceptionally high record breed only to the sire alre that Is known positively to bo be ot or a high alga producing strain oven even it if the arason cost twice or thred times na as murli much an that from ono one of unknown merit five or te ten n do dollars ila extra in this matter will malco mako a difference in tho the future earning power of the female 0 offspring or of froin one hundred to several hundred dollars counting the num number of years she will give milk and tho the number of calves she will give birth to which in turn aro are to become producers A calf Is about the cheapest and easiest largo animal raised on ill tho 0 farm tile production of calves in thu the dairy bubines is a necessity in order to lo have tile cows freshen yearly or at regular intervals As far as reed feed and care are concerned it la Is almost t ns as anny lo 10 raise a calf as it Is to ralso raise a 10 ono one there Is good profit in tho the former but absolutely no profit in ili tho the latter in fact a cheap calf consumes con siimes much more feed than it wilt will sell for on tho the open market many n calf sold for ve benl ni at say 8 consume 10 or 12 worth of milk before it Is marLc ted for this reason many dairymen either cither kill or give away their calves at birth of course all male nia 0 calves except those of high grade saved for breeding purposes must disposed of at an early age at no proult except on farms where pasture is very plentiful and they aro are saved for beef steers but the raising raisin of 0 a W 1 f WAI t 11 i I 1 ar h ferris golden winnie good heifer calf will more than compensate tile the loss tile the illustration shows tile head of ferris golden winnie winnic a champion 2 year old jersey liel heifer for owned by the wisconsin state farm |
