Show 16 LIVE STOCK IS NECESSARY FOR FERTILITY 1 pr 7 r 5 4 I 1 A aa A I 1 AM Z 31 7 1 1 L I 1 y r I 1 tl t 4 Z R mm ap U p avii fv ii wv w v faw ya y a aws ya j HERD OF DUAL PURPOSE SHORTHORN COWS my by FRANK FRANIC D TOMSON comparatively few forms farms are adapted to strictly special purposes and fewer farmers are inclined to specialized vocations the income on the farm Is usually of 0 larger value when derived from several sources the maintenance of live stock Is a necessity in ill order to maintain fertility tile the P production of 0 live stock necessitates grasses for pastures and meadows which conserve and build up the soil fertility crop rotation naturally follows f the question arises as to what breed of live stock is best adapted to the conditions and will insure the largest returns long ex experience prience has proved the combination of beef and milk production the most profitable and best adapted to the varying conditions in all parts of the country here and there a man devotes tits his tion and resources to beet beef making mailing exclusive dairying is engaged in by a limited number but the great mass of farmers are neither inclined to nor situated so that they can engage to tile the best advantage in those these individual or specialized lines the breed of cattle that meets the needs of this large aggregation of oc average farmers that suits their conditions that may be relied upon to yield a profitable return ii 11 the breed that experience has shown combine a profitable bitable yield of both boef beef and milk there ore are several breeds that combine to a greater or less degree these characteristics acte the shorthorn Is the most widely disseminated and has been bred la in greater numbers for many generations the distinctive characteristics of the breed are adapted to the conditions described when hen not in milk the cows readily take on flesh and if occasionally one does not yield a liberal how flow slie she quickly converts thet ced consumed into beef and Is thus working toward the profit mark through one channel or the other till nil of the time the calves if the owner desires to dispo dispose e of them are eagerly sought for feeders and butchers at advar advanced ed prices it if they are developed on the farm they make liberal gains and attain larger weights at a given age than most other breeds the quality of flesh lias has always maile mace the shorthorn popular at the packing centers combined with these advantages the shorthorn has a docile temperament that has long iong been el a factor in its popularity shorthorn blood hns has a very decided potency and improves all classes of stock upon which it may be used the live stock journal london england july 20 issue states editorially as aa fol follows lovs in the matter of the adaptability of breeds let it never be forgotten that the great gibat source of improved beet beef blood the worth world over has been the shorthorn the milk stock of new england and the longhorn of 0 texas both received their first improvement through tile heritage frond from bates and booth and the collings ceilings in the bluegrass region the sons and daughters of 0 durham found their best environment and the shorthorn became then as it still remains the backbone of tile the corn belt and the stay of the general farmer in the west and southwest the first up given tho the scrub and mexican lexicon cattle was at tho the hands of this breed the xi rise se in the beef industry in the argentine is almost inseparable from the expansion of the shorthorn interests while from TO 70 to SO 80 per cent of the australasian chilled beet beef Is evolved from grass beneath red white and roan pelts in such a manner this british bailish Br ilish breed ot of generalized achievement encircles the world its adaptability grants it the pioneering quality its allaround all around usefulness decrees its permanence the polled durham Ss Is the hornless shorthorn and a favorite with many on account of its hornless feature the red polled breed is also a favorite in some sections and combines the beef and milk characteristics but the tha shorthorn has been the favorite from one end of the country to the other because of the several qualities that are combined and that sire ire produced from generation to generation working improvement wherever applied it is this dual purpose characteristic io that suits the purposes of the great mass of farmers who for various reasons do not engage in specialized farming mixed husbandry has long been recognized as the foundation of our agricultural prosperity and the shorthorn has admirably an and successfully contributed in large measure to the advancement of diversified farming lans |