Show BETTER STANDARD OF DAIRY DAIR F Farmers Allow City Dairymen to Pick out Best Producers In Herd Herdt Herd Herd- 0 lOut f i i t Quality Deteriorates I It It It seems to be true that the of Dr D the farm dairy herds is of a much lower standard in practically every way a than th those se of the city dairyman This really works to the detriment ent of he farmer and yet he be is to blame forthe forthe for forthe the whole thing The city dairyman who must buy all of his feed knows that he cannot afford to keep a cow unless sho she is a real producer therefore he e goes out into the country and persuades per per- the farmer to part with tho thorr very rr best cows in his herd The cow cows cow's cow cows cow's s 's taken to the city and worked as ashard hard bard as possible until she begins to fail when she is sold to the butcher All of her calves have gone to the same came place and thus we see that nothing nothing noth ing whatever has been done toward building up the standard of the dairy animals of the country Circumstances make it necessary that the city dairyman should make a avery avery avery very close study of the business and Producing Heavy Cow knowledge thus acquired enables him to take advantage of the average farmer farm farm- er when he goes out into the country in search of cows to add t to his herd Very seldom does he consider buying the tho cows that the farmer is willing to dispose of but he ferrets out those that he is confident are the real producers producers pro pro- producers and be it said to the credit athis of at his shrewdness he usually gets what be he wants Such sales are bound to keep any herd down to a mediocre standard because because because be be- cause the cows that really produced a profit are gone also there thera is but small likelihood of any improvement because calves from poor cows seldom prove more valuable than their dam Such methods usually allow the quality of the herd to deteriorate |