THE FINAL TEST 



It has ahva>'8 l)ccii clainicd by Sli<>rtli(irii sup- 

 ])(.)rt('j's tliat tliis l)i'('c<l alone, aiiioiitj,- all iin- 

 })r()Vc(l hj-ccds, J'uriiisiics 1 lie kind ot' cows needed 

 (.)n the small farms wliere the [irodnction of cattle 

 for 1lie heel' market mnsl nt'cessarily l)e from 

 cows thai also tiirnish a reasonahle amount of 

 milk. The contention is ihat the Shorthoi'U cow 

 Avill ]»ro<nice as u'ood a heei' aiumal as any cow of 

 any other hi'eed arid at the same tune will give 

 milk enonL;ii to propei-ly I'aise her calf as well as 

 to furnish dairx" jtroducts Jor the family and for 

 market. It is pointed out that U(» cow of any 

 utlier hi'eed will do this oi' that if any cow be 

 fouud among the otliei' In-eeds with such an ac- 

 complislnnent to lier credit she is a I'are excep- 

 tion. In ordei- that some (hd'inite figures iiiigbt 

 he ol)tained whiidi would show to just Avhat extent 

 heeiy Shorthorn cows tliat wotild ]»roduce good 

 beef calvi.'S would also jiroduce dairy ])]-oducts in 

 paying (luatitity, an exiteruui'nt was begun at the 

 Kansas Station in 1915. 



The I)e])artmeih oi:' Amnial l:Lusbandr\' of the 

 College, tlien in_ diarge of AV. A. (Jodiel, iit co- 

 operation with the Bureati of Animal Industr}', 

 U. S. Department <if Agricultui-e. started a 

 breeding ex})erirnent that is developing, iu faet 



