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Show 3UILDING UP A DAIRY HERD rault of Dairymen In General Is I Proper Application of Knowledge They Possess Few Points. I The fault of dairymen In general Is I ot so much the lack of knowledge i s the proper application of the t nowledge they possess. 1 One thing that we ought to con-Ider con-Ider when we start out to buy breed t ig cattle Is the fact that the know I I dge, skill and character of the man i 'e buy them of Is about as Important s the animals that we are buying. t Can a man sow poor seed and hope t . get a good crop? Will nature I lake any exceptions In one man's r ivor? These are questions which light to Interest the man who keeps ii year aiter year breeding his cows ' some scrub bull. Too many farmers lack the push nd energy required to build up a no herd of dairy cattle. They are :or business men. The cow cannot turn all of her en-gy en-gy Into the production of milk and 111 hnve enough to build up her off-rl:ig off-rl:ig rightly. To raise good, vlg- P ous calves, we must see to It that le mother has sufficient of the right !' nd of food and goes dry long enough i do the Woik lightly. c |