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Show BREEDING STOCK fOR DAIRY InSelectlng Cattle Real Test Must Be Scales and Babcock Test- Conformation Con-formation of Cow. Frofessor W. J. Kennedy of the Iowa station recommends the- following follow-ing in reference to the selection of breeding stock for the dairy: In selecting dairy cattle the real test must be the scales and the llabcock tester. The cow is a machine to convert con-vert food into milk, thus she must have a large middle and a strong constitution con-stitution 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 angular in appearance, ap-pearance, with the eyes standing out prominently. The neck should be rather long and lean in appearance. The shoulders pointed, and the backbone back-bone rather prominent. The skin should be loose and soft to the touch. In selecting herd bulls, either mature animals which have already demonstrated demon-strated their worth as sires, or younger animals from high testing dams and sires only should be used. The best and surest results will always follow the use of a mature sire which has sired heifers with good records. A good dairy bull should be kept until he Is 12 or 15 years old. in fact as long as he is a sure sire. Real good sires are so rare that when we do find one, he should die only of old age. All breeders of dairy cattle should secure yearly tests on each and every cow in the herd. Shorter tests do not really mean very much. It is the cow that stays by her job that is reall-' valuable. |