| Show MIS RAISING ING THE HEIFER CALVES two important it factor facto rs to keep in mind in producing future milk COWS cow i within only a very fuw years it be ba ua de difficult to buy good cows cr good heifer calves as aa it will bo be to buy good land and the man who bertus now to breed to good stock and naves and properly raises his heifer baltes will vill be in a to niala anoney in the production of milk ur or butter or to sell sail stuck ut at bagh aig ures there are two important things to keep in mind in producing calves calies for future mi c production one Is that tho the dam shall bo of known good record and this the other la that the sire shall bo be ot at a line hue of dams dains of 0 exceptionally high record breed only to the tha fiaro that la Is known positively to be of a high producing strain train 3 even it the season reason ost east or times ris ns much ni that from one of unknot merit live flye or ten dollars extra in fit this matter will make a difference in the future power of the female offspring of from one hundred to several gundred lun tun dred dollars dolli ire counting the number of i ibe bhe b he will give milk nn annj tho tl 0 o number of calves she aho will civo birth to which lit in turn are to become brodu coro cera A calf ts Is about the tha cli cheapest and easiest large animal raised on the farm the production of calves in the dairy busenes is in a necessity in order to have the cows freshen yearly or at regular intervals As far BB as feed and care are concerned it la is almost as aa easy tor alse a calf as it Is in to alf kalf k a 10 one there la Is good profit in the former hut but absolutely no profit in tho the latter in fact a cheap calf consumes much more feed than it will toll ell for on the open market many a calf sold eold fo rent at say bay 8 consumed con sumei 10 or 12 worth of cl milk before it Is marketed for this reason many dairymen either kill or go give away their calves at birth of course all male cr ilves except those of high gratis grade saved for breeding bleeding purposes must be ba disposed of nt at an early ago age at no itro lt lit except on farms farma where pasture to IB very plentiful and they are saved caved for bea steers but the raising of a 4 11 tw 4 farris golden good hel pr calf will more than corn com the loss losa the 1 I ho illustration shows the head ot of terris golden winnie a cham champion plon 2 year rear olit old jersey heifer om ott tile tha state farm |
