Show 4 by dr L D le legear ear V S st louf mo is a graduate of ontario veterinary college 1892 thirty eight years of vet 1 clork eminent authority on diseases I 1 I 1 and raising of dairy cows other I 1 alves tock anti pol poul 1 I try NationallY known lecturer writer and author A favorite source of awis for our vaudeville humorists Is ithe fact that mankind has no voice mice in tile the selection of its ancestors A family tree must be accepted whether good bra branches nelles or bad cling to it lu ba daAr dairying ying ancestry is a most important factor and more it I 1 Is under the absolute control of the herd owner having determined the breed or of cattle you desire for your herd you next proceed to that very iery interesting st task of selecting the foundation stock let us consider co isider first the ills job of picking cows for the herd we might va as well make clear at the outset that there is no sure way of kia owing how good an animal is from ithe stand standpoint phit of producing heirs two to cows sired by the same bull may have fou calves lu la four years one mother wiza wi 1 l have tour four soh a and the other might pos roddey remington and mrs jos 0 larsen and son soa bill atten attended dd conference in duchesne saturday sibly have four daughters in tile the first ins bustance twice the result would be most and in the other case exceedingly fortunate the most satisfactory test you can make in choosing cows for dairy purposes is to study the records and breeding 0 of their ancestors and their individual records of production you should liaos for or instance what amount of milk or butterfat your cows should produce at a given age it should be ie remembered that developers of 0 dairy breeds have spent hundreds of years in careful selection for the purpose of increasing milk production no matter what breed you have it Is possible to get judging cards which will assist you in buying your stock or I 1 in n deciding what animals to ito keep in your herd ayou you may be familiar with cattle in general but once you become a dairy enthusiast you will quickly notice these pot points in the cow which le is in the full flow of milk first a vigo vigorous rows physical condl tion brought about by careful feeding second an unusual development me at of the udder wad aud milk veins third the proper development of the barrel la in proportion to the size of the cow the barrel is that part ot of the animals body between the fore and rear legs which hous houses es the largo large digestive organs of the cow the animal that produces a 0 largo large amount of milk must necessarily have large capacity for feed an active blood circulation a la is important because the digested food must be distributed A large girth irth where the heart and lungs ars are located usually indicates large organs A soft pliable skin is a pretty sure sign of good circulation tion I clear bright prominent staring eys another look also at the ithe milk veins leading from the udder wider the skin back toward an opening in the frame work which leads into the cavity of the body they should be large especially when the cow I 1 j is at the height of her milk irig period I 1 the udder should be b carefully examined the size siz may fool you A large udder does not necessarily produce a lot of 0 milk it is practically the sams saine size after milking as before I ook look out it means an abundance of fatty lisue bustead irstead of secreting cells which contain the milk A good udder has a long attachment to the ody in arout and behind after milking it shows plenty of loose flesh Kv Rv member a first class dairy cow may not have much flesh in tho the season the most ol of her fco l goes to the prod producing ucla of mill she may appear thin but she w wll 11 bo be vigorous ig orous with soft healthy hair ami bright e yes eyes the cow that Is alin in flesh because of the pick lick 01 of foad ha has s exactly the coppit appearance pe arance we should keep in mind that dairy cows will naturally take on tat fat toward tho the end of the th milking season and when dry this tat fat is needed for the first few weeks which follows calving ovae cue rule that should be followed invariably in selecting a dairy cow is to do tie the choosing bhea the cow is in milk and preferably near the best stage of her milking period that is 16 when her characteristics are easiest to judge long lang experience has shown what physical characteristics in breeds usually indicate high production for in instance the body of the dairy cow should be wedge shape as viewed from the fiant side or top ot of ithe withers the body should be deeper from the hip points to the bottom bottani of the udder than it is at the tore fore quarters tens all of this meana that width at ait the hips hip width of the chest and depth of the body are evidences of capacity unless these characteristics are present it Is practically certain that the animal will not be a big producer ot of milk |