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Show I THE USE OF COMMUNITY BULLS, i How County "Agents Are Building Up i the Live Stock Industry of i the Country. National Crop ImproTcmcnt Service.) ji "TN EVERY well organized county ; the cow-testing clubB are making i a grand record. There are nearly i three thousand counties in the United I States. Twonty-flvo hundred of them I ; have a County Agricultural Agent J under some more or less satisfactory arrangement, and the breeding up of j the dairy herds 1b one of tho main j projects. I All of the live stock Interests have j recognized that It is good business to j Tielp the County Agent with his group I selection of cows and bulls. H. R. Smith, the Agricultural Commissioner of the Chicago Live Stock Exchange, Is 'undertaking to organize the work that he can act as clearing house for all county farm bureaus which desire to eecure well bred bulls of any breed. ! Mr. Hugh Van Pelt, who is tho half owner of Financial Sensation, the i slxty-thousand-dollar Jersey bull shown in the illustration, says: "It is cortainly desirable to use a tried aire, especially if his breeding j denotes that he is descended from j, high producing ancestors that were j excellent individuals, if he is of good j type and conformation, provided his JI blood lines are such that he will nick J well with tho herd on which he is to I be used." Such a bull is always j worth a great deal of money, j The breeding of Financial Sensa- 1 tion started many years ago on the I Jsland of Jersey, and his pedigree I . " : shows that he 1b the result of mo3t ; " careful breeding from the most pro-I pro-I liflc JerBoy cows, and hie family rec- i ord entitles him to tho price put upon his devoted head. One of the most Important items in improving the dairy business of each county is to have a sufficient numbor of sires which are accessible to all of the members. It is often impossible for tho owner of a herd to have as good a sire as he really desires. Then It is tho business of the County Agent and of tho Cow Testing Association to provide service of enough good bulls to improvo tho quality of every calf, which are so necessary to replace the cows which have been eating their heads off at the dairyman's expense. The matter of feeding bullB and cows has a great deal to do with their valuo. Animals which are not fed well at this time of the year go Into winter with a handicap, thin in flesh, and the cows have a reduced milk flow. It is not only expensive but useless use-less to attempt to bring them back to normal toward the end of tho winter. It payB to feed them liberally all through their resting poriod. There are very lew farmers or dairymen who are In a position to raise or to buy all the ingredients nec-' essay to properly feed their dairy 1 stock. It is much better and nearly always cheaper to buy a dairy feed of exact digestible nutrients. It is re-peatedly re-peatedly proven that commercial feeds will compete in price with any possible home mixture, and what is more Important, will save the time of the farmer, for labor on the farm is the scarcest commodity. The feeding of bulls is especially Important. Ho must ho kept in good bodily flesh and condition, and it cannot can-not be a feast or a famine with him if you expect him to help you to build up your dairy herd. He must ho fed regularly, abundantly and intelligently. intelligent-ly. A valuable bull muBt not be ruined by stinginess In feeding. |
