PARK) 



Feeding. A careful watch and record of feed is also essential. 

 Increase in food consumption, which should he without forcing and 

 \\a-te. will probably yield an increase in milk production. Other 

 Conditions equal, the greater the feeding rapacity of the COW tin- 

 ker the profit. It i- ju-t a quc-tion .f the ratio of feed to milk 

 returns that makes the difference in efficiency as hetween different 



-. But the value of such return- i- not always in the 

 agreement with the cost of feeding. There may be no more return- 

 value from a dear feed than from a cheap. The que-'.ion of 

 in the production of fodder must l>e determined by the capabilities 

 of the particular farm. The difference in the cost of feeding a cow 

 of high yield and one <>f low is generally small, and this has a prime 

 bearing on cow-testing in order to weeding out the bad cow in the 

 herd. 



7>Vv<//////. Another great c--entia1 is ancestry, or pure breeding. 

 Hut abo\i- pedigree, the te-t for any breed should be milk produc- 

 tion. The "scrub" cow. even if pure bred, -hould be weeded out 

 at once, as should the "scrub" bull, whether pure bred or not. 



Farmer- are realizing that the proper principles of cow-testing. 

 weeding, feeding and breeding, in order to improvement of the 

 dairy herd in yield and quality of milk are all-important, and that 

 principle- can be carried out without great cost. 



Dairy Instruction. \ number of specialists are sent out by the 

 incial Department of Agriculture to factorie- and creamerie< 

 during the season of manufacture to assist the makers in producing 

 cheese and butter of a better and more uniform quality, to in-pect 

 sanitary conditions, and to give in-truction to patrons in the care 

 and handling of raw material. Tbi- -cheme of dairy in-truction. 

 including factory meetings, di-trict dairy meetings, annual conven- 

 tions, and the distribution of literature, has brought about a great 

 improvement and has put millions of dollars into the pockets of tin- 

 dairy farmers. 



General Success.-- Dairying yield- much -uccess to the man that 

 farm- upon a large scale and to the man of 50 or in:) acres. There 

 thing thai pay- better than milk and butter-fat produced upon 

 the farm. And though crcameric- and cheese fartorie- go on in- 

 creasing the requirement for milk, the demand for good dairy butter 

 will remain. A capable. induMriou- farmer can make dairying 

 profitable with comparatively littl- "ining with a few 



