PART III— THE DAIRY HERD 



CHAPTER I 



SELECTING THE BREED, FROM A BUSI- 

 NESS STANDPOINT 



With the dairy farmer the breed should be chosen 

 from a business standpoint. Dairymen are too often 

 careless and indifferent in regard to this matter, 

 hence fail in building the very foundation of their 

 business. In selecting the breed it is necessary that 

 the dairyman bear in mind its adaptability to the 

 particular line of dairying he intends to follow ; that 

 is, whether a retail milk business where the cus- 

 tomers demand a high quality and are willing to pay 

 for it ; whether a wholesale milk business where 

 quality is of little importance and the price is low ; 

 whether a breed is wanted for the production of 

 butter on the farm for local trade, or whether a good 

 all-around family cow is wanted. Again a breed 

 should be adopted to the general conditions of the 

 farm. If the farm is made up of large areas of rough 

 stony pastures, a breed that is a good rustler will 

 be more profitable than one that is not. The point 

 should also be considered whether the dairyman is 

 going to make it his chief business to breed and sell 

 pure bred stock or whether the production of milk 

 and butter is to have the first consideration. 



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