THE FINAL TEST 



It has always been claimed by Shorthorn sup- 

 porters that this breed alone, among all im- 

 proved breeds, furnishes the kind of cows needed 

 on the small farms where the production of cattle 

 for the beef market must necessarily be from 

 cows that also furnish a reasonable amount of 

 milk. The contention is that the Shorthorn cow 

 will produce as good a beef animal as any cow of 

 any other bre'ed and at the same time will give 

 milk enough to properly raise her calf as well as 

 to furnish dairy products for the family and for 

 market. It is pointed out that no cow of any 

 other breed will do this or that if any cow be 

 found among the other breeds with such an ac- 

 complishment to her credit she is a rare excep- 

 tion. In order that some definite figures might 

 be obtained which would show to just what extent 

 beefy Shorthorn cows that would produce good 

 beef calves would also produce dairy products in 

 paying quantity, an experiment was begun at the 

 Kansas Station in 1915. 



The Department of Animal Husbandry of the 

 College, then in charge of W. A. Cochel, in co- 

 operation with the Bureau of Animal Industry, 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture, started a 

 breeding experiment that is developing, in fact 



