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AGRICULTURE 



No other country in the world has such 

 a variety of excellent breeds of cattle both 

 for dairying and beef production as is to be 

 found in the British Isles. If a farmer 

 breeds his own stock, he should only 

 work from the best materials. Well bred 

 stock are no more difficult or expensive 

 to keep than inferior animals, and they 

 will make a profitable return, which the 

 latter can never do to the same extent. 

 In breeding for the production of milk it 

 is not enough that the dam should be a 

 good milker, but care must also be exercised 

 to see that the bull comes of a good milking 

 strain. All cows whose milk does not come 

 up to the required standard of quality and 

 quantity should be gradually weeded out. 

 To ascertain which are the inferior milkers 

 it would be necessary to periodically weigh 

 and test the milk of each cow. By using 

 a " Sandringham " herd recorder it is a 

 simple matter to weigh the milk every day. 

 The milkers soon get accustomed to using 



