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Show The Uiiprofltnblo Cow. Ilendeis uf this el parttnent are fundi, ar with tho fa. t th.it while we belleie In lie prollt of dnlijing when cartled on Ihtelllgenil) with mu, Jhle to pro. Ume milk and butter with prollt, we also bellete Unit u rgc pmportlim of Ihe dnlrjlng nctuall dono la done without prollt partl because Intelligent methods are nut puiaued. und pMi t-1 t-1 because the covta used are not dulty Iowa VVe li ive so fie'iuently tnged the testing of hoi, In kept fot dulrj iiiu-poBea iiiu-poBea In older tluit the unpiotltul.li tow ma ho we-eded out, that m retur 10 the subjict muy seem like thushlug over old strut, und el It la one that l" of iieiennlal uaefulueas ami that should be Insisted upon until leform haa la-eoiiu la-eoiiu imnh mnie generul than it Is ut piesent A iicent examination made on behalf of llour.la Dalijmun elf lio hetcls kept for eluli production lu the .State of louu uffoids a g.,o lllu,tia-tlon lllu,tia-tlon of lion general Is the piutiie of keeping unpiolltable com while the owner la i lofeastdly engaged in dalii- ng fur piollt lu tho hundred Ileitis, tho total numbor of cows was usj in four of he herds the average prodm-tlon prodm-tlon langer" In value fiom .' II to 30 for each dollurs worth of feed fed to he h. I d This nf out se, w oulcl Vied!" I be piolltuhle dalrjlng theio wele slxty-one heids out of the liundinl that aicrngeii upwuidi of 1, but leas than ti ua the leturn fm each SI worth of feed used Tin He f these ranged ",T '."".VL" " 'l-tlireo iitl,-ei iitl,-ei fieida of the nlxtj , ne leturned from 11 to lit) for eu. b i expended In feed A g.mel i niiij . tow. ,. low produ.lng ..wir, t e, of course, iinprcilltable when the coat of tare milking u, la taking Irtiu innaMera. tlon fm a cow that buiel returns tho tost of ftoil In not a vei promising Invi-atm n' Mm time la a vioiee side to the lm stlgitloii of this. Thlity.ilvo uthe1 in ids lu in, luimlied whose own. cis w.it put redlining u treumeri, earned less than tl for oveiy dollar spent In feed The lusi.es ran ull the it u ficnn J cents un the elollur lo 6 .cuts in these lhlrt-llve herds there liobunly vieie, of comae, some prollt-ihle prollt-ihle cows, that is, the owners uf the heuis could have weeded them down a half or tlnee-fnurtha perh.ipa, nn I found In the umnlnlng totta u piollt, hut as the holds stood, theio were so mnnj poor ones that tho 1 rd ule theli heads oh, even though some wcih able on theli own in' -Us lo moie than pay for their feede l'lubablt ihe veiy best of the heids In the hundred those that ptodured fiom t: 11 to ti W In leturn for each dollar's worth of feed could have been Impioved by weeding out a few uf tho pool est ptnduiera Hut the teat us a whe'o shows tint In a hundred herds kept for elalty puinoaes In us good a il i'iy State us louu, a little lit-tle moie llmu one-thlrd of the heids fall to pay for tho feed they out. w hlle u still largor peicentuge In the hun-un hun-un ii barelj pu fm It This Is suiely i it proiiiutii, 'ui, vim; n.icj tin sttui-in sttui-in n art ids a i ix 1 it ip nunltv i r owners f liei in e i e uuiie th I I't I if in 0 1' v n J 4I |