Show BUILD UP GOOD BEEF BREED select pure bred sires and mate with common cows save sava female calves calve of type desired 13 bi J L to build up a lierd herd of good cattle B e icat purebred pure bred sires ires of the tapo and breed desired mate these with corn coin nion mon cows cons it if better cows of high grade or pure breeding are not avail able save saie the female cales call eg which most closely closel conform to the desired ti pe continue to mate these with good pure bred bulls and save sae tho the best female off offspring pring as before al though total purita of blood hilll ft never nener be ba attained in case only corn com mon men 0 or r grade coxs cows were nere available aNal lable tor for foundation stock steel the desired ape can call be obtained and a world of good along the line of improvement can be accomplished in selecting bulls for breeding pur poses choose from the EO so called caal beef breeds viz shorthorn here ford aberdeen angus and Gallo galloway villy the west highland breed is also classed with ith beef cattle the polled durhams may be classed with nith the shorthorns Shor thorns and the polled Here herefords fords with the Here herefords fords anyone who expects to feed cattle tor for the market should not tr to to feed an animal that is not by conformation and other pt secal char acte na naturally adapted tor for tat fat telling in short only good feeders should be selected the good feeder comes from par ants that are good feeders and whose ancestry Is of good feeding stock steel ac customer cus tomed to consume large amounts of teed feed and deposit it upon their bodies as meat of good qualify the importance of 0 good breeding upon the quality of animals kept for a specific purpose cannot be overestimated estimated and the u use of pure purebred bred sires in establishing good Nor corking working king herds can riot not be overvalued over valued the mating of a common ancestor or one of no known breeding with inith a purebred sire and continuing to use a pure bred size on the following geng 4 k s I 1 A good beef type orations erat ions of offspring is known as grading good common cows bred to vigorous pure purebred bred shorthorn hereford or aberdeen angus bulls show in their calves calies remarkable im provement pro e ment over themselves them seles in ta type pe and quality it should be remembered that the value of the gride grade is due to the characters derived from purebred pure bred ancestors CLIPPING THE WORK TEAMS cruel practice to clip animals during severe cold weather remove old hair in spring bi W r 13 it is cruel to clip the nork ork teams during the binter n inter and allow them to stand exposed to the cold winds and storms but I 1 am convinced that it Is an excellent plan to remote remone the old hair in the spring before they are put to work nork especially it if their coat is long and thick it makes the horses more mora comfortable and it is ib easier to keep them clean which is ie a very lery important item to a man during the rush of springs work when nhen ills his time is limited horses that are clipped should be kept moving and blanketed eiery time biale thea the are left standing or taken out to work ork during the stormy weather neather on many farms more horses are kept than are used for nork during the iN winter niter and consequently consequent ls 13 receive very little grooming during that time their coats became very lery thick and long and NN when hen put to N work ork they sw sweat eat profusely and it Is lery iery difficult to keep them dry and clean such horses had bad best be clipped it will N ill require less grain to keep them in condition and the will nill require much less grooming we know how ills agreeable it would be for us ua to perform a hard springs work with anith our heavy NN winter inter clothes on horses with heavy coats are in precisely the same eme condition |