Show select and breed ri right cows for milk machines the dairyman who expects to use the milking machine in his herd and use it successfully should realize that the kind of a cow Is an important factor in making me mechanical chantal milking a lasting success if there are cows tn in the herd that are defective the owner should not expect the milking ma machine chine to be the greatest success such defective cows as a rule are not goof good appearing cows they should be culled from the herd it if such cows are kept tn in the herd their offspring should not be continued especially if these defects and habits of giving down milk prove to be a doming t character and are transmitted to the progeny one of the most important things in this connection Is to use great care in seler selecting jIng a herd bull the wise dairyman selects a bull that comes from large producing ancestors that Is pure of blood and of good type in add addition lilon the female ancestors should have good nervous temperament should have well shaped mammary organs and should milk well the mate male ancestors should be known to have daughters having milking characteristics that are suitable for mechanical milking if hay Is scarce feed the best of it to milking cows and young calves |