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Show SELECTING GOOD DAIRY COW Professor Haecker Makes Interesting Statement Before Eastern Convention Conven-tion Some Good Records. Here is a statement made by Prof. T. L. Haecker at an eastern convention con-vention that will bear re-reading: "I am going to tell you bow to know a good cow. Its a simple matter. One or two signs tell a good cow, as well as twenty. In a poor cow the thigh runs down straight, so there is no place between the thigh and the udder on one side and the tail on the other. There should be plenty of daylight between the udder and the tail. One of the best ways to tell what kind of a cow you have is by her temperament A good dairy type has a sharp spine, strongly developed nervous system and sharp hip bones A good cow has a large wedge shaped stomach, for she must bave a large and powerful digestive system to use up her food quickly, and make the be?t returns for it. Some of the anl main the first year made but little over pounds per cow, while oth- ers gave over 399 pounds. We have kept this record every year and the last year our cows averaged 399 pounds per cow, and at a cost of only 4.2 cents per pound of butter for feed One cow gave us 512 pounds during the year. These were not picked high priced dairy cows, but the common com-mon run of dairy stock." |