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Show STARTING A DAIRY HERD. Vern Bartholomew, of Fillmore, who has the finest herd of pure bred Hoi-steins Hoi-steins In the county, was In town this week. We told lilm that a good many farmers around here were anxious to get Into the dairy bosiness, and asked him bow they could do it. He said few farmers could afford to buy many pure bred dairy cows. Pure bred IIol-stelns IIol-stelns cost from 112.', to $200. He sah'l the best way was to buy some good individual milkers of almost any breed, but especially short horns or Durhams. Breed them to pure bred llolsteln bulls. Breed the bst individuals of the cows so bred to pure bred bulls and In a few years the farmer wilt have a herd of good dairy cows, and If he keeps on In these lines tie will ultimately have what ia practically a pure bred herd. But he should keep a record of each cow's performance, for there will be poor Individuals In such a herd. Breed only from the best Individuals In-dividuals and sell the poor ones for beef, for it costs as much to keep a jjow with a poor record as one which Is a heavy producer of milk. This seems like pretty good advice. A good many farmers can afford to start this way and the sooner the better. bet-ter. Nearly all of them are raising some alfalfa, and the most unprofitable way to dispose of this crop is to sell it off the farm. With two or three cows a farmer can bave a creamery check coming In every month, he can have skim milk for his pigs and chickens chick-ens and some calves coming on every spring, while bis land will be enriched en-riched every year for a good crop of sugar beets. No county in the state offers better opportunities than Millard Mil-lard for dairy cows, hogs and sugar beets, with an occasional bonanza in the shape of alfalfa seed. |