Show ae r a t t bit B it 1 i s CV C V A cf 1 s 1 k THE GRANGERS COW the incefy allot illic cow by thio ii general Di this animal is the ono one from whick butter is ob obtained mined anil and which when her I 1 usefulness at the lie pail is at an all end will furnish 1200 pounds that will give aroi u I 1 1200 aio to asoo pounds of live weight of locea beef tor for the bri butcher she might inight be further defined as tho the cow that will in addition to lier her pail performance produce calves that will when 22 1 years old and well fattened weigh from LOW to 1200 pounds all and will beell as prime beef on the macket our dairy friends reply what is the use of feeding this lugo large framo for five or six six 3 eat eais s for tho the purpose of having a few hundred extra pounds of second rate beef at the end when tho the saule name amount of butter can bo be obtained fro from a cow weighing pounds less and loss less costly to feed wo we answer that if ill this I 1 beroa 1 fair statement of the case there would bo be none we freely admit that on thin lands w v hero here beef is no object the gr angers cow has no place there thera is no use in sustaining N ith tho the food of kup kuppart port that extra pounds for a 1 term of ali fn e years for the mere satisfaction of having luv ing a larger beef carcass at tho the end ofa of a useful career at the pail neither do we advocate the use of the gr angers angera cow where cattle ore are kept exclusively clu for beef purposes she would bo be of no more use on oil tile the ranch than silo she would be on thin dairy soils neither would ahe be of any use rise on oil rich land where cows ar are e kept exclusively for beef purposes her edtia supply of milk would be a source of if constant annoyance ilo and extra care are however large sect sections ioni of covil try where cattle must bo be kept both for beef and milk whole ther the cow must pay lier her wiy if she pays at all front from lier her milk aal ind where tho the calf must fuknui a profit the place for the gr angers cow is in those parts parta of the debt where tile the farmer whilo not a special purpose dairyman must nevertheless bo be a I 1 daira lair man mail to a n certain extent lie ile is in a dairy dairyman inan but he is also a hay bay grow grom er a hog grower arid and a beef grower peili aps a wool grower and being all 1111 must have lave a vow COW thit that fits the place ii a cow ill eliat atwill will pay for dairy purposes and that will furnish the calves that will be profitable beef producers as well zhe the gr gran augers gerd cow is ia as distinctively a epenial purpose o cow as is ia tile jersey or the holstein for the dairy 3 the ranch cow for t alio lie i lanch anch or t the lie frio cial put pin pose beef cow for t lie producer of baby beef how can this cow be produced how is Elie produced elicio aio here arld and there in all palts pails of the far west cows plenty of them that fill tile the description iou given above cows that with no special eff scort ortto to deve develop lop milking qualities will vill fill nish hough enough milk to take two calves along for fil uio 0 months at tile rate of two pounds each berday all that is needed to develop a 1 cow specially adapted to the wants of tile farmer from froin such IIa us its tilis this is proper hulking ami alli feed never was there raw material matei ial for fora a di type of cow more abundant cheaper li caper or cr more com coin lenient than just now liew field and aill farm |