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Show I BREEDING UP IS CHEAPEST.. No Money In Raising Scrub Stock-Get Stock-Get Pure-Bred Bull. Tho farmer who Intends to secure n herd of pure-bred cattlo will find It cheaper to breed up than to buy purebred pure-bred stock. This Is especially truo It ho Is preparing to raise cattlo for tha purpose of making beef. If he buys nil pure-bred stock, tho Investment will bo bo henvy that ho cannot nfford to sell tho progeny for tho block, but will feel constrained to go Into the business of raising breeding cattle, for which ho may not liavo tnsto and adaptability, dood females of pure-bred beef stock bring high prices and ho would need n consldcrablo number of pure-bred cows to mako n good start. Hut with a pure bred bull ho can In n fow yenrs havo a herd of cows that will mnko it posslblo to market hooves of high grade market toppers. For tho beof maker, then, this Ib about tho only caurso posslblo. In selecting a herd of cows for ! breeding up, tho Indiana Farmer Bug- ( geBts that n man should try to get anl- mats In keeping with tho breed of tho bull ho Intends to buy, Thus, If ho Is ' going to uso n puro-brod Shorthorn bull, ho should find cows having tho general conformation of tho Short- horns. Ho will find It easy to sccuro t( good animals having In them considerable consider-able Shorthorn blood, though thesu animals would havo to bo regarded in his breeding operations as without any pure blood, simply becauso tho buyor would not generally know how much Shorthorn blood such animals contained. con-tained. Tho same Is truo In tho use of puro-bred puro-bred bulls of any breed. If n man buys a Hereford bull ho should hunt up cows having somo of tho gvucral conformation of Hcrofords and use theso for his breeding operations. If such animals cannot bo secured In his own vicinity ho can generally And them at tho big stock markets and got I them nt meat prices. Tho breeding up I process offers many advantages that tho other process does not off or. |