Show BREEDING STOCK FOR 4 DAIRY cow should have large middle and strong constitution real good sires are rare thing by PROF W J KENNEDY iowa sta tion in selecting dairy cattle the real test must be the scales and the dab cock tester the cow is f R machine to convert food into milk thus she must have a largo jarge middle and a strong constitution ution to insure the best results she must also have a large udder large milk wells large crooked milk veins and good sized teats her head should be clean and an n gular gularino gu larin in appe appearance grance with the e eyes 3 standing standing out prominently the n neck k should be rather long and leau lean in ap p bearance pe arance the shoulders pointed and nd the backbone rather prominent the skin should be loose and soft to the touch in selecting herd bulls either mature animals which have already demonstrated their worth as sires or younger animals from high testing dams and sires only should tw be used the best and surest will always follow the use of a mature sire which ban baa sired heifers heffers with good records A good dairy bull should be kept until he bo is twelve or fifteen years old in tact fact as long as he Is a sure sire real good sires are so rare that when we do fand drie he should die only of old age all breeders bleeders bre eders of dairy cattle should secure yearly tests on each and every cow in the herd shorter tests test do not really mean very much it is the bow that stays stay a by her job that is really valuable |