Milking Shorthorns 



By the late F. J. Curtin 



The farmers' cow with the most wide-spread distribution 

 and which has made good in the greatest number of instances, 

 is the Milking Shorthorn. This pre-eminent position has been 

 obtained solely on its own merits, for it has not had the advan- 

 tages of persistent publicity such as has been given the dairy 

 breeds. 



Our increasing population, with its greater demand for milk 

 and meat and grain, together with the passing of the large graz- 

 ing areas and the decrease in the amount of grain feeds available 

 for cattle feeding, call attention to a situation of increasing seri- 

 ousness in food production of all kinds. This, combined with 

 the labor situation, demands reorganization of existing systems 

 of farming in many sections. 



Farm management surveys have shown conclusively that 

 the most successful farms are those having the largest numbers 

 of animal units. Farm roughages must be converted into some- 

 thing salable for cash and which takes the least fertility, at the 

 greatest profit, from the land. Common sense dictates the nec- 

 essity of a monthly income. The labor situation is acute. How, 

 then, can a fully stocked farm have a monthly income and dis- 

 pense in a large measure with labor? The answer is: The 

 Milking Shorthorn, an animal combining milk and beef-making 

 ability in a most remarkable degree. 



There is a limit to the number of dairy cows one man can 

 successfully handle, and usually this number is not sufficient to 

 consume the roughages produced on the farm, and they must be 

 consumed to advantage if the best returns from the farms are to 

 be realized. 



Farms keeping Milking Shorthorns have a great advantage, 

 because they have an animal that will produce profitably at the 

 pail and furnish a desirable carcass of beef. A farm can keep as 

 many milking Shorthorns as can be conveniently handled, or as 



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