70 How to Make Creamery Butter on the Farm 



purchasing blooded cattle, or of the practice of grading 

 up the herd. It is simply a statement of a fact. And 

 that fact is that proper care and feeding is most essen- 

 tial if one is to derive the most profit from the milk- 

 making machine known as a cow. 



Proper breeding is, of course, essential, but proper 

 handling and proper feeding are also most essential 

 if one is to pocket the most profit from his dairy herd. 



Weeding Out "Boarders." 



It does not cost any more to keep good cows than 

 poor cows and the returns from the good cows at the 

 end of the year greatly exceed the returns from ordi- 

 nary cows during the same period. 



The first time this matter is brought right home to 

 the dairy farmer and figured out for him, comparisons 

 made, the Babcock test used and the better cows se- 

 lected from the ordinary ones in the herd, he is usually 

 dumfounded and amazed, and when you still figure 

 and add up the number of dollars that have been lost 

 and wasted year after year, due to the fact that he 

 has been wasting good feed and good pasture land 

 on ordinary, non-producing, no-profit cows, he is 

 speechless. 



Grade cows are not a necessity. If you are just 

 starting in the dairy business, chances are you can't 

 afford to spend a lot of money for high-priced cows. 

 The best plan is to grade up, weed out the poor cows, 

 the heavy feeders that are poor milkers, add a good 

 tested cow to your herd whenever you can economi- 

 cally, and you will come out all right. Keep cow 

 records. Be sure you are getting a run for your 

 money. 



