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Show FACTORS IN DAIRY FARMING Among Other Things Co-Operate With Neighbors In Establishment of Co-Operative Creamery. Important factors in dairy farming: 1. To grow milk-producing feed ou the farm and put it up in such condition condi-tion as to preserve the greateBt amount of food value possible. 2. To have cows capable of producing produc-ing 250 pounds or more of butter fat annually. 3. To have buildings that provide comfort and convenience. 4. To have a systematic method of work that will do justice to the diiiry work without extending the horns of labor beyond reasonable time. 5. To have records showing the amount of milk and butter fat production produc-tion of the individual cows of the herd, the kind, amount and cost of feed and the proh't or Iosb of the buslneee. 6. To have every cow hi the herd freshen every year if possible. 7. To feed neither too little nor too much, but in proportion to the requirements require-ments of i.illk production. 8. To be acquainted with the symptoms symp-toms of contagious diseases so as to be able to apply effective treatment should they appear iu the herd. 9. To provide a clean product at all times for the market. 1.0. To co-operate with neighbor dairymen in the establishment of a permanent market in the form of a co-operative creamery or cheeRe factory fac-tory or shipping statlou. |