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Show HOW ROSIE FAILED Itoslo was a lovely cow. Sho had no partlcu'ar breeding, but sho was nlco to look at; had a kind and gen-tlo gen-tlo disposition; and gavo such a quantity of milk. "My!" her fortunato owner used to say, "What a pity wo cannot get moro cows llko Iloslol" Ono day a gentleman with tlio Herd Testing. Association camo along and suggested to the dairyman who owned Itoslo, that ho should Join the Testing Association. Ho expla'ned tho benefit to bo derived from so doing, do-ing, and his listener was so Impressed Impress-ed that ho decided there and then to become a member. Wl en ho lccclved tho first resul". of tho testing of his herd ho called tht tester nil tho bad name that ho could think of, and soma which cannot can-not bo found oven In tho dictionary. Then ho wont to a friend who Is a firm believer In herd testing, and repeated tho performance with ox-tras. ox-tras. Tho troublo was that Itoslo according to tho test, was tho worst cow In tho herd. That showed, ho urgued how much rellanco could bo placed on now fanglcd notions. "Havo you over tried bur milk for cream yourself?" tho progressive man Inquired. Of course ho had not, but after somo persuasion ho was Induced In-duced to tako a sample of Rosio's m Ik and a snmplo of tho nil'k from tho cow said by tho tester to bo the beet In his herd and placo them side by slilo with n vlow to seeing how much cream roso on each. Tho tester was Justified absolutely. Itoslo Itos-lo was dethroned; her milk proved to bo mainly water. Itoslo brought a good prlco when sho was sold to tho butcher. Thoro was a llttio satisfaction In that. It does not pay to keop cows that show n low butterfat test, even tho thoy look nlco and havo kind dispositions. dispo-sitions. It might bo right enough If their milk was sold In half pint lots to tho general public, but even then, tho public, long suffering though It be, prefers rich milk to poor milk ovory tlmo. For sending to tho fac-'tory, fac-'tory, as local dairymen havo to do, thoro can bo no quostlon at all about It. Think of tho hours spent by Itos-lo's Itos-lo's owner In milking wnter! |
