POSSIBILITIES OF THE FUTURE 



in breeding die profitable calves, and the food-supply 

 of our country would be increased, The present lack of sys- 

 tematic method is very far from encouraging the cow-keeper 

 who sends better calves to the market than his neighbour ; for, 

 generally, they pass through several hands in the course of 

 their Hves, and all trace of their origin is lost. A farmer getting 

 holdof a reaDy useful drove or * % bunch ** of young cattle seldom 

 nd has no means of discovering, their origin, and so 

 rith the best win in the workU go and pay a good price 

 a supply of the same class of cattle. Extension of 

 rating and systematic muaxL work together with 



would put an end to such a state of 

 Cow-beef is an important hem, even in the dietary of the 

 British public, though to a lesser extent than on the continent. 

 Yet no systematic mqiiin has been made into the best method 

 nf cutjn?* i'g the lean milking-mar-hint* into an edible carcasf 

 of meat. Some people milk till nearly all the flesh is off the 

 bones and then turn their cows out as "stores " for a long period 

 of feeding or fattening. Others feed very high rations and so 

 induce fleshiness during the period of lactation, so that the cow 

 is fk for the botchers as soon as she is dry. A third system is a 



began about half way through the milking period and ending 

 _ - - one n%n Ac DM km ^::rrri fidmvg l : r.ir.::r.i :h^: 

 there always will be < n i i tmm 1 1 , as undoubtedly is now the 

 to decide which of these three methods is best on a 

 be useful to ascertain which method 

 the most mm. for a given outlay in feeding-stuffs. 

 we cannot decide which animal is the most 



record has upon meat-production once lactation 

 On these and many other points knowledge is, to say 

 \erv Hmfrexi. Accumulation of ****** *fata alone can 



for very great improvement 



of production through our milch-cows 



This Question of beef requires much deeper investigation 

 record of the Eve weight of the stock produced. 



