Show dairying by dr L D legear A great zo leral once said maid that an army travels on its stomach eto mach A modern sage has gone further and aad a ad declared thata that a nation Is great in proportion to the amount of milk cou cota ed by its ita cit citizens izene whether the united states la is the wealthy powerful country it Is because we are a people of milk drinkers might be questioned but the fact remains that we are a healthy lot our ableton are among the best beat lu ira the world our soldiers when they liao have to can lick any equal body of men in uniform and we do recognize milk as aa vae cue of our most moat valuable foods milk tor for babies and invalids has hag always been considered essential in recent years the reasons for this have beya better known milk Is a complete tod fond in itself it contains nearly everything the boo body it is IB rich tn in proteins milk contakis con talus the minerals we require with the exception cep of iron and iodine and last but lot least milk contains the four important vitamins needed by growing children and adults who wish to keep tit fit now health alth Is cole ot of the esst important topics before the american people today in magazine articles in advertisements on the public platform the subject of keeping fit Is discussed we have learned that it Is just as easy to eat t to excess as it la is to drink to excess diets are beare more bathroom scales in use to ing followed wa as uever before there day than at any time in hist history oryl we watch atch w our weights sa as closely as wo we do the weather the future for milk mans heat best food looks very rosy the jhb dairy industry already the biggest of all american industries Is dest luea to enjoy still greater progress there are as many dairy cows in theunis ed states as there are automobiles possibly a few more the average milk production per cow Is climbing steadily upward an frate interesting resting tact fact in this connection while the total milk produced Is SO 50 per cent greater than it was ten years ago there are actually nearly oue orae million fewer milk cows on our farms one on of the most favorable signs signs tor for the future growth of the dairy industry Is the basic fact that the cow li is efficient as a manufacturing plantford plant for humai food in tact fact the cow excels all other domestic animals in that respect poultry and hogs hoga come next but the cow has the advantage over tha pig dig and hen it can eat roughage while her two competitors must have glaira As the king of food producers the dairy cow has already shown its worth on the high priced farms of holland and other foreign countr countries I 1 es As long as large farms and krauches revall prevail tn in this country with pasturage r plentiful we shall be large producers of beet beef cattle battle but as anten sive tanning farming increases dairy herds will to grow brow in popularity we are not yet the leading dairy country albough we have more dairy cattle than some others the average production ot of our cows do not equal that of 0 other nations but we are gradually cree plug up by tar far the majority of our milk la Is produced from small dairy herda hercl 3 the specialized dairy industry requires large capital and involves certain risks mile subject we are most interested in Is that ot of improving the herds nd and increasing the profits ot of the average farmer in the series of articles which are to follow I 1 propose to discuss topics which will be of interest to the owner of herds there is a mistaken notion among farmers that the dairy animals they see on exhibit at state and county fairs faim are raised for show purposes only and that their chief value Is in the prizes they win As a matter of fact the purebred cow is most profitable cow for the farmer to own this Is easily proved correct breeding correct feeding and faithful adherence to a few simple rules will enable any farmer to produce milk at a profit as aa a side line without Inc increasing reasin g labor costs and with only a moderate Itar estment |