Show II unnml1 Co Jul all successful breeder realize the lime la I put when we can wholly rely upon the pedigree ni a guide In ejecting eject-ing the animal whose characteristics we wlih lo perpetuate In our flocks or herd Not that the law of heredity Is Ian I-an lee 1 true than formerly but be caiiws we are coming to appreciate thilt nn animal parent Is I more likely to transmit ha own characteristic rather rath-er than those of some aneeitor So Instead of Mudylng the pedigree nnd the pedigree only tho breeder of today will Muily In III connection tIe Individuality Individ-uality the tjpe and general conformation conforma-tion of tho animal with special reference refer-ence to their economy of production appreciating the fact that more nod more will the cot of production be l tha Ktandpolnt from which all animal kept fur product Ion be Judged Applying Apply-ing this principle to dairy cattle the question la I raited What sort of n cow It I thin moil economical and therefore the lest IIIw1 That cow ho the moil profitable which will produce a pound ot butter fat the motl economically and although It U conceded that there Is more difference In HID Individuals of the semi breed than there It In tho different dif-ferent breeds thru breed which contain con-tain tho greatett proportion of mOlt economical cows Is I tho bett breed lf ule In order for n cow to produce a pound of butter fat economically which should be the ttandard by which alt dairy cow thould bo Judged ohio must bo ohIo to twosome n large amount of coerce fodder which of necemlty will nlwn > bo grown In largo quan title by every farmer nnd dalr man All of Ihcio coarso fools contain tho same Ingredient found In the grain and concentrated byproduct byprod-uct but not In tho lame proportion and for this reason a cow ho I obliged to cat CO pound of corn itilka to get tho amount of nutriment which the would obtain from n few poundi of corn lOcal antI bran for example llcnco It follow fol-low that If an animal can commute enough roughige whole Intrinsic value val-ue li n very few OtA and get from It 1 the name amount of digestive milrlcntt that would I bo obtained In eight I poundi I I of highly concentrated food which II I t Intrinsically worth that many cent or more she will be by far more prollta I I bio than ono whoso limited capacity will allow her to take but n few poundi of roughngo and the main part of whoso ration must bo highly concentrated unit i ConsIderIng tIme general typo of tho Holitcln breed li I It too much to say that ni A breed It contain a greater proportion of row capable on account ac-count of their largo storage capjcltlc of making butter cheaper than any other oth-er breed I was very much Interested In looklnn over tho results obtained nt tho Mlnnetotn Kxperlmcnt Station from a herd of 23 row composed of nearly nil breeds and their gradei to find that In a yeors trial tho cow that produced tho most butter nn n hlghgrndo 1101 ttclti and that tho next greatest amount was produced by a registered Holilcln the two making 491 and 433 pound reo ipectlvcly at an average cost per pound of 8 OH cents unit 9 00 cents Of courto It ho I unfair to draw any conclusions conclu-sions from so few figures but they certainly cer-tainly servo to Indicate that tho largo roomy Holitcln properly handled has before her n future at a largo and economical butter producer II llnj ward In I Journal of Agriculture Smutty Corn soul Mr r There Is I scarcely a year that thereIn there-In I not more or lei smutty corn Wo would ho pleased have Ibo view nnj 0111 I neo of feeders on this aubject In thee Tanner Hevlow Having fed thousands of steers In tvvcntllvo jcar ucceufull without loiluff a steer from this smut wo tailed It to know its flavor not nslnc narcotics or tplrlli we found It had tho flavor of cornmeal div frrruml Hence stacked tho en tiro ttaiont crop and Id It sweat Wo fenred spontaneous combustion bill tho wind chanced dally nnd cooled tho Hack to Ohio windward and thu prevented pre-vented ipontaneou combustion Htnckt ono rod while nl thin bate two rod long ten feel high letting etovcr at an anglo of fortllvo degrees hike A roof built al onehalf pitch It saved dry Bwcct nnd clean Last season wo fed no hulked corn In the ear with very llttlo hay thus reducing cost buj I UK no ear corn The average steers weight Will loss than In other years The profit pro-fit equal or nearly to liccauso no cur corn wa bought They were fully mature ma-ture fine fat and llcth lllchard Baker Jr HighHeaded l Orchards livery year a 1 crest deal of frult la I toil by heavy wind blowing It from Ihe tree ThIs Ia I before It has attained full size Thli In partly due to the fact thai tree aro generally headed too hIgh n relic of lime when the highbranched wa tut III until n I Kim could walk under It to plow and cultivate If tho orchard Is I headed low thoro will bo llttlo growth under Itt branch which when loaded with fruit will frequently bo bent down until they touch Iho earth TIme fruit on low tree 1M I easily eithercil from the ground or with n short etcp ladder If there were no other reason for low head In tree this of ease In gathering tIle fruit would be sufficient lo make It nlwn > i advltable No kind of Hock ihotild be allowed In orchard except pigs Cattlo and horses will eat both leave fruit and branches as high ni they can reach and to get the fruit out of the way of being eaten by tool Wemi to ho Iho reaton for tIme high pruning and heading of many old or charda American Cultivator It Golden Hod Poisonous Ir 0 r Scott Wltconiliii slate veterinarian lain that tIme golden rod which bno been tuggejted as our national floral emblem U I reiponilble for tho death of hundred of homes In the mining camp In the nothern part of that tate Itorse turned out to crate feed on tha plant ail It li I reported to be to pol touous that no administered remedy will counteract Its effect lr Scott declare that the golden rod should be exterminated na a poIsonous 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