Some readers will think I have told them little they did not 

 know before but I shall be satisfied if what I have said proves 

 interesting or useful to those with less experience or those who 

 may intend to embark on the breeding of dairy Shorthorns. To 

 them I may say that it is wise and necessary to anticipate their 

 share of disappointment and loss. Let them be as careful as 

 they may in selecting, they will always find, as in other breeds, 

 that a certain percentage of heifers which they bring into the 

 dairy do not milk sufficiently well to justify keeping them. 

 These should be sold off at once no matter what their breeding 

 or looks may be unless the failure is due to any ailment the ef- 

 fects of which may pass away. 



In all stock breeding the rough has to be taken with the 

 smooth and a man must hold out even if things do not go well. 

 We have had our share of all the disappointments but in spite of 

 them I consider the breeding of Dairy Shorthorns offers a career 

 in which a man may gain not only a vast amount of pleasure but 

 also with ordinary good luck and management a handsome finan- 

 cial success. 



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