Show PROVED BULL IS MOST VALUABLE One can never be absolutely sure of the breeding value of a bull until his daughters come Into milk It frequently fre- fre happens however that a good registered bull can be bought from a neighbor who can no longer retain him on account of having too many of his daughters In the herd Such bulls when theIr daughters hat ha haJ J a proved to be good producers If they are tree free from disease may often otten be purchased for less than their actual breeding value A man runs rugs no risk In buying a healthy proved bull sa says s the Iowa Homestead Many a bull has been sent to the shambles before his breeding value was discovered in his offspring Dont Don't let a good bull of this sort go to the butcher It if you cf can n use him Always bear In mind that the ical value of a dairy bull Is determined deter deter- mill mined by his daughters The dairyman Intent upon building a producing high herd must constantly constant constant- ly select the best females as well as males for breeding purposes and weed out the poorer individuals There Is only one way to do this intelligently He Ere must keep production records of his cows Ie I-Ie must and test the milk of each v CO cow at least once o 0 month He can do that himself It if he wants to The time required to do dothe dothe the the- work Is small Such a test can he be easily made once a month In two hours and ana the operator will find It It-a It a mighty interesting task as well ns as a avery very profitable one Another way to accomplish the same end Is to Join n a cow testing Hon Where that Is practicable we strongly recommend that plan We wIsh to emphasize however that where there Is no cow testing assocIation tion and no prospect o of getting one established do not neglect the testing and record keeping on that account Do It yourself Work of this sort pays big 1 ws It brings results |