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Show BUILDING UP A. DAIRY HERD Essentials Are Careful Selection, Intelligent In-telligent Breeding and Skillful Management. Careful selection, Intelligent breeding breed-ing and skillful management are fundamental fund-amental iu the profitable upbuilding of the dairy herd. By the use of economy and good Judgment the Improvement of a herd need not be expensive. Careful selection Is the first step In the building up of a dairy herd., Selection Selec-tion naturally begins with the elimination elimina-tion of all low producers. Every owner of dairy cows should establish a def-ttilte def-ttilte standard and all cows that do High-froducing Holsteins. not measure up to the requirements should be rejected. One hundred and fifty pounds of butterfat a year Is a fair minimum for most localities. Whether a cow is to be rejected or retained re-tained should depend ordinarily on production pro-duction as shown by the Bahcock test and the scales. Only the best heifer calves from the most productive cows should be raised. |