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Show DRtEO UP THE HERD. Tiom exKndcd oberxntlon In the three 'tate. t tun Colora lo nnd Idaho w are Inclined to the opinion thnt th re are relnllx-el) fewer dil-j herds of dls tlnct breeding In I tnh thnn In either of the other tite W do not mean lint there are not some herds of pure-brul Jemes In I tab that equal or ex in sur-paen sur-paen any xxe hnxe seen 111 the other tate The point we wish to em) ha site It th it the generallt) of the herds found on I tan fnimi show less distinct purpose In Ihe mind of the owner One Instance comes to mind as we xirlte While taking a noondn) rest up the Ile-r Mixer xalle) one da last stimmir our host inxlted us out, to see his milch cow, of which he kept about twent) We saw pome fine Ion glades that showed unusual!) good d tlr) olntn In the pasture xxere txxo bulls one n reg Istered shorthorn nnd the other a gra le Hereford both file indtxlduat iinlinnls Wr remaikcd to the owner that, he did not "fern lo be breeding for a dairy herd and hi replied thnt he reall) ought to haxo i dalr) bull but the Hereford was irlx-en to him an a calf, and he got the Shorthorn cheap from nn Immlgrnnt who xx-as flnanclallx stranded In other ords an) tire xxan good enough Just to he unit cheap We thought then ind to informed the former, thnt the bull were a real damage to lilin so long as hit object xxas to improxo nnd build up a dalr herd All through the "state there Is noticeable notice-able that same lack of definite i un ote In breeding for dalr) ut onee W e know of numerous tires that nie lmlf-bieedn and are kept because the owner knew the nothcin xxere aboxe the nxeiagi ln n llching qualities It ln nil right to keep the grade helfero from ret utnblo damn, but It Is all xxrong to keep u gride mail for tho name leanon The fixed nnd definite purpose of ex tl 5 farina xxho dcslus milch und better pioluctlon should bo to grade up his held b) maklim curb Jliu n crop of culxm one degieo lilgher or tn mr tu 1 ure bieds Ills can L'i done b) nlnit-ing nlnit-ing xxllh scrub tows nnd using a pure-hied pure-hied mule uintlnuousl) And It Is sur-1 sur-1 rising how soon the herd ma) bi made Into xir) high hrtdca Martini, xxilh urub cows mil a i ure hied bull tho first cios would be half-blood These hellers bred lo u full-blood mile would bilng three-quarter bloods, und the IJircc quarter helfcrn xxlth a full-blood bull xxoull bring sexcu eighth, calx en Tin next cross xxould be fifteen slx-tienths slx-tienths and the next would I thlrtj-om-lhlrl) it ouds or nn near full blood ui inn) be ('(tiled Thus, It Is i liln thnt the herd may be brought up In four or fixe )eurn to a xcr) high giale tlio eow being xxorth luon than double I ei hinl wbut tie original scrub until unt-il ult were nt the start The one thing 'c be stendfuitl) adhered to Is that the she rhall tl n pun-bred anlm il No matter how good nn in.llxlduil grude nil n a) be or bow high grade tho f(. mnlen, tho litnl xxlll degenerate bo long ns tho grade male Is used Icxvlng It In this light. It must np-jicnr np-jicnr plain to excr) fanner that n grade male of nny breed In nn exlraxaganco nnd a recklessness that he cannot uf. ford |
