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Show HELPING TILE SOUTHERN DAIRYMAN. DAIRY-MAN. One of the most encouraging lines of work which the U. S, Department i of Agriculture is carrying on In the , South is the InstltuMon of herd records r on dairy farms. By this means the unprofitable cow Is detected and can ' bo disposed of for slaughter. Tho '. ; heifer calves from the profitable cows are raised to take the place of the unprofitable animals. In this way the. quality of the herd 1b steadily im-'( proved. The daily weighing of the milk and the testing for butterfat enable en-able the daioman to feed the individual individ-ual animals according to the production produc-tion and to select such feeds for the ration as arc shown to give the best results. The Department receives many letters let-ters from dairymen of the South bear-, bear-, ing on the value of this work. Mr. J. K. Morrison, a dairyman of Grenada, Mississippi, writes as follows: 1 "I write to express my great appre- f elation of the work dono for me by 1 your department. I "From the records kept I found two I cows that produced over ?200 profit. F Onet J110.SS the other ?103.S0. A two-year-old heifer made $97 50. net, J profit. I began to test with six cows. l I have sold two of them as they were r unsatisfactory. I have four more that f have not finished tho year's test but t 1 will probably sell three of them and m. replace with registered stock. I "I built a concrete floor in my dairy I barn. Have laid the foundation for a j cllo; have ordered stanchions and a n registered bull. : "The butter I sell is put up in paslc- ; board cartons and brings 35 cents per pound. I get an averago of 2S cents for milk. I "I w lab to assure you as the head of F the dairy department that I shall help to spread the gospel of better cows, f. better methods of handling, and more t deeding of carbohydrato value. "Excessive use of meal and hulls Is doing much to keep us down In dairy work in the South. Cheap protein 1 should bo a help and not a hindrance. W I thank you that you are trying to k help the little dairymen. jM "1 Ehall not be satisfied until I have I I & dairy of ten cows producing a net J f profit of 4100 each. I should do this ' at an curly date with the aid of the j KabcocJ; tester, tho scales, a silo and ' more fffain, which I have to raise this season. I am thoroughly imbued R with the dairying spirit and hope that At I can repay tho Department for the aid given 'me by helping others." |