Through this club these interests seem destined to find fullest 

 advancement. This club exists for promotion work only and 

 does not register cattle. At all times co-operation has been had 

 with the American Shorthorn Breeders' Association, the strong- 

 est breed registering association in the world and valuable help 

 and support has been derived. 



Public appreciation has been shown by public sales of these 

 cattle, the Painesville, Ohio, consignment sale of 1916 averaging 

 $562 on 54 head, the Peer sale of 1916 averaging $751 on 72 head, 

 the Peer sale of 1917 averaging $781 on 55 head and the Glenside 

 sale on May 31, 1917, averaging $1,008 on 39 animals. Private 

 sales have been in keeping with public appraisement and gener- 

 ally speaking the demand for Milking Shorthorns may be said to 

 exceed the supply. 



Milking Shorthorns for the Eastern Farmer 



By Frederick C. Minckler 



The live stock farmer is interested in any practical proposi- 

 tion that will coin for him a new dollar. The small dairy farmer 

 particularly, has had his discouragements during the past few 

 years owing to the fact that he has habitually relied upon the 

 corn belt farmer for nearly all of his consentrates and for an in- 

 creasing percentage of the roughage used in feeding his stock. 



The relatively low price received for milk at the farm has 

 added to his discouragements and with the labor situation as 

 acute as it has been during the past year, many of our progres- 

 sive dairymen have determined to get out from under this heavy 

 load. To this end they are wondering if the future of live stock 

 farming in the East is not going to be patterned after the system 

 that prevails in England where the farmers, instead of maintain- 

 ing representatives of the so-called Specialty dairy breeds, are 



