Show holstein predominates As dairy cows in the Us S A number of farmers of duchesne Duch tane qt county county arc ane asking about milking shorthorns hort shor borns thorns we would be pleased to have them consider the following arguments argument 5 ianthe first place 1 the ahe dairy sections of the united states where dalr dairying ying is a major enterprise are breeding the dairy breeds let le us ion sider this same in another way the farmers of the united states I 1 who are making a success of dairying in are arc doing it with the so called d dairy air y breeds there must be a reason wb why y this is so go in im the second place the maintenance anae requirements of animals varies lu in plo proportion portion to their body weight this was greatly demonstrated in a little experiment run at low iowa a state college where two Ary armshire shire cows were fed a maintenance rat ration ion when in tat fat condition and the following winter were ere fed a maintenance ration when in poor condition at of course it took more feed to maintain the cows when they were heaviest it if milking shorthorn cows must maintain a beet beef form arid aad at the same time be expected to produce milk she can not do lt it as economical as can a dairy animal which does not have to carry that surplus flesh because as outlined above surplus flesh requires feed for maintenance in the third place there Is no vall established Je finite idea of what a dual purpose animal Is in the lands hands of some breeders bleeders bre eders milk production is in the hands of other brenders breeders bre eders beef pro dut tiaTi is emphasized and t thus bus the breed is not homogeneous leous that Is where inheritance is scattered ted it is pot centralized within the breed along any well defined linte th the above consideration it is next in n the fourth place because of to impossible to obtain satisfactory seed stock we have practically no BO bre bleeders breeds eders rs of milking shorthorns shor thorns in this hisor or the surrounding states there must be a reason for this condition in the fifth place no distinct area in duchesne county is ia interested in breeding milking shorthorns shor thorns as a milking milk milli ing enterprise it seems that it would be very fine for farmers to breed thle the same breed of cattle as Is predominant in their several jersey breeders bleeders bre eders in neola are changing to holsteins the pre div dominating dairy breed of that section we may say that after every consideration it if the duchesne Du chesna farm ers era feel that they want milking shorthorns shor thorns we will be glad to help them chester hartman artman II of mt em irons effort 0 of the county agents office ani an 3 the university of idaho service extension L haa bas recently purchased a mill milking king shorthorn bull calf we may further two arguments that came cam recently to our attention A farmer from cache valley said recently you hear no more demand for milking shorthorns shorthorn shor thorns 3 in our section when we were near to this industry the demand was uncommon arid and several herds were established professor fitch of kansas agriculture college recently told the writer that Holst Holat eiris tor for th tho e dairy breed are gaining a foot hold in tile the milking shorthorn section 0 S england we have recently been told that the fig shorthorns shor thorns 94 a they exist in D bigland eieland do no possess striking beet beef form but are essentially lairy bairy animals |