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development of the specially bred cow. Such cows 

 are now so plentiful and so easily secured, there is no ' 

 longer any excuse for the existence of the scrub cow. 

 She is rapidly becoming a thing of the past. While 

 we cherish a kindly feeling for her memory, there 

 will be none to mourn her loss. 



In building up a herd, a dairyman must decide 

 upon what branch of dairying he purposes to enter. 

 In butter making he desires the cow that will, at the 

 least cost, reduce feed to butter fat without regard to 

 quantity of flow. If cheese, or condensed milk, then 

 the cow that will best meet his requirements, whether 

 for quantity alone, or quality and quantity combined. 

 If for city or village delivery or special customers, 

 where milk reasonably rich in cream and butter fat 

 as well as quantity is important, still another kind of 

 cow should be selected. 



ADVANTAGES OF SPECIAL BREEDING 



The great advantage of the specially bred cow that 

 has in her veins the results of generations of breeding 

 in a single direction is the prepotent power thus im- 

 parted, the power to impart to her offspring the same 

 qualities which she has inherited from her ancestors. 

 In this she greatly excels the ordinary native cow. 

 As .shown by results, cows one-half, three-fourths, or 

 seven-eights bred have a much greater proportion of 

 the qualities of the full blood ancestors in their veins. 

 The tendency to what is known as. back breeding is 

 much greater than is generally supposed. The 

 chances are more than one in two that an animal 

 will go back two or three generations for its pre- 

 dominating qualities. * 



