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DUAL-PURPOSE CATTLE. 



The dual-purpose animal fills a place between the ex- 

 tremes, and is specially adapted to localities where labor is 

 reasonable in cost, but where feed is too costly to permit of 

 the maintenance of a cow for an entire year, for the sake of 

 the calf alone. She is calculated to pay her keep in milk, 

 and to produce the calf as an extra profit. In order that 

 this calf shall be of some value, the cow must possess good 

 beef conformation, as well as milking qualities. The dual- 



Fig. 3. Red Poll Cow, "Red Tip." 



purpose animal is one that will give a profitable amount of 

 milk, and at the same time produce a calf that can be fed 

 profitably for beef. 



In conclusion we see that the beef animal is adapted to 

 the less highly intensified conditions; that the dual-purpose 

 animal fills an intermediate position; and that the dairy cow 

 is especially adapted to the most highly intensified condi- 

 tions where men must utilize all resources or starve. 



