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Show The Progressive Dairyman A DAIRYMAN is reallv progressing when that bull that is "Just a bull" to the butcher, and puts a pure-bred animal of the best possible Individuality in Its place. Cuts holes in his square silo for windows and puts in a door, and uses it for a buggy-shed buggy-shed or hnrnOFS room or 'most anything else, and erects a round silo or two instead. Pel's off his non-breeding, non-producing "pets" in the herd. Sends in his subscription to one or two good farm papers, and then studies them carefully, rind also reads the experiment station sta-tion bulletins. Tacks a milk record sheet up In his dairy barn ami bCKlris to keep an accurate record of the pounds of milk produced by every cow In the herd twice a day and every day in the year. Moves that separator out of the dairy barn into a mllkhouse of its own. Arranges some adequate method of handling han-dling the manure both dry and liquid. Surprises tho cows and himself by sweeping sweep-ing down the cobwebs and giving tho Interior In-terior of tho dJiry barn a liberal coal of whitewash. Cjults the practice of getting out twice as much ensilage as Is necessary for one feeding, feed-ing, and letting the remainder He in u pile on the floor "until next time." Watches his records closely and looks for the reason for any material variation In the milk flow. Gets Improved machinery so ns to better take c.-ire of the farming operations necessary to successful dairying. Insists" that oery cow brought into the herd shall bo guaranteed to come up to a certain standard rf production. Qu'ts the practice of selling all calves, hoth bulla and heifers for a few dollars at birth, and then later spending lots of time j and money in tho effort to obtain the right kind of cows to replenish his herd. |