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over to the batcher balance or surpass the greater cost 

 of feed consumed by the heavier animal in ten years ? 

 The following is the German estimate : 



"It is roughly estimated that a cow requires for 

 sustenance 2J pounds of dry matter that science so 

 selects for its standard per hundred weight, con- 

 sequently a cow of 12 cwt. will require in rations 9 

 pounds of dry substance in a day more than the small 

 animal. In the course of a year the excess would 

 amount to several cwt., namely 29 cwt., and if valued 

 in francs, 2^ per cwt., the difference in money value 

 would be per annum 72 francs, or, for ten years, 720 

 francs for a live weight of 4 cwt., of a cow after serving 

 ten years as a milk producing machine." 



As most of the breeds that are especially adapted in 

 form and markings to the production of a large amount 

 of butter or milk are medium or small breeds, it would 

 seem that the German farmers are pretty correct in 

 their conclusions. The general purpose dairyman 

 wants, as a general rule, a large beefy cow, which from 

 the very nature of her make-up must be squarely 

 opposed to the most profitable dairy cow. Hoard's 

 Dairyman puts it this way. " She is not built that 

 way. The very form and breeding of the general pur- 

 pose cow prevents her from being as profitable as a 

 dairy cow should be and she can not execute a purpose 

 she was not constructed for." 



If a proper consideration was given the breeds by 

 the dairymen in their selection of dairy cows, a decided 

 advance would be made in the right direction and a 

 large per cent, of profit would be assured from the 

 start. A great improvement has been made in the 

 last few years in developing the wonderful milk and 

 butter producing capacity of some of the special dairy 



