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Part  I. 
“I  don’t  see  anything  in  all  this  for  my 
people  J”  said  a  New  England  county 
agent,  at  the  recent  National  Dairy 
Show.  “These  cattle,  they  tell  me,  stand 
at  close  to  .$1,000  each.  Most  fanners  in 
my  county  would  need  to  mortgage  the 
farm  to  buy  any  of  them.  And  we  have 
plenty  of  plain  grade  cows  in  our  cow¬ 
testing  associations  that  will  do  better  at 
the  pail  than  many  of  these,  and  bring  as 
much  or  more  for  beef.  What  we  want  is 
production,  not  looks.” 
“I  don't  agree  with  you,”  replied  a 
dairy  official  who  stood  near.  I  would 
just  as  soon  make  money  out  of  looks  and 
type  and  pedigree  as  from  milk.  I  can 
afford  to  pay  even  $1,000  for  a  cow  or 
two  if  I  can  sell  young  stock  at  $150  to 
$500  each  the  rest  of  my  life.  I  can’t  see 
anything  in  making  milk  or  butter  under 
present  conditions,  but,  in  my  breed  at 
least,  there  is  a  hungry  market  for  breed¬ 
ing  stock.  We  can  sell  them  as  fast  as 
we  raise  them.  The  big  money  in  the 
dairy  business  is  in  the  purebred  stock. 
It  is  more  interesting  and  pays  a  whole 
lot  better.” 
“It’s  no  business  for  a  poor  man,”  re¬ 
joined  the  county  agent.  “A  farmer  is 
discouraged  as  soon  as  he  hears  of  the 
prices !” 
Here  was  food  for  thought.  Is  there 
any  way  for  a  farmer  with  very  limited 
capital  to  make  money  in  purebred  stock? 
There  were  plenty  of  experienced  men  at 
the  show  aud  here  are  the  views  of  some 
of  them : 
Said  Secretary  W.  II.  Caldwell,  of  the 
American  Cijerscy  Cattle  Club:  “We 
have  some  small  breeders  who  have  done 
well.  There  is  a  demand  for  all  good 
stock  as  soon  as  it.  is  put  on  the  market 
either  cows  or  hulls,  and  it  is  hard  to  get 
stock  for  starting  a  herd  just  now.  Some 
breeders  put.  out  young  stock  with  nearby 
farmers  and  pay  them  good  prices  for  the 
calves  and  young  stock.  A  young  farmer 
who  could  induce  the  nearest  breeder  to 
sell  him  a  choice  heifer  or  two  and  to 
furnish  him  service  might  build  up  n  herd 
for  himself,  lie  should  choose  the  breed 
that,  leads  in  his  neighborhood,  because  of 
convenience  in  securing  service  and  in 
finding  a.  market.  Buyers  are  always 
looking  for  good  stock  in  any  locality 
where  there  is  a  group  of  breeders  of 
any  one  breed.  A  farmer  who  starts  with 
good  stock  and  knows  how  to  feed  and 
care  for  it  to  secure  good  development, 
might  do  well.  Reiter  to  start  with  one 
or  two  good  ones  from  strains  that  com¬ 
bine  high  productiveness  and  also  good 
type  for  the  show  room.  Such  stock 
comes  high  at  the  start,  but  there  is  al¬ 
ways  a.  market  for  the  increase  at  paying 
prices,  and  the  herd  will  pay  in  milk  pro¬ 
duction,  too.” 
“The.  small  farmer  can  raise  purebreds 
for  the  breeder  with  prestige  and  an  estab¬ 
lished  market,”  said  Treasurer  Smith  of 
the  IIolstein-Friesian  Association.  “Some 
of  our  leading  breeders  encourage  their 
neighbors  to  keep  Ike  stock  and  raise 
calves  for  them.  Sometimes  they  lend 
them  a  young  bull  which  the  farmer 
raises  to  maturity,  and  uses  for  two  or 
three  years  or  until  the  owner  v;  nts  it 
for  sale  to  a  customer.  The  farmer  gets 
its  use  in  return  for  raising  it.  and  builds 
up  his  own  herd  without  cash  outlay. 
Sometimes  heifers  are  put  out  with  far¬ 
mers  with  the  privilege  of  keeping  the 
calves  at  a  fixed  price  or  selling  them  to 
the  breeder.  Some  breeders  furnish  breed¬ 
ing  service  to  small  farmers  who  have 
purebred  heifers,  the  farmer  to  sell  back 
the  calf  or  to  keep  it  and  pay  for  the  ser¬ 
vice.  If  it  is  a  heifer  calf,  the  farmer 
usually  keeps  it.  It  is  better  to  get  a 
start  with  purebred  stock  somehow.  That 
is  where  the  money  is.  Grades  are  good 
for  regular  dairying,  but  the  purebreds 
pay  both  ways.” 
The  Jersey  breeders  also  raise  stock  on 
neighboring  farms,  according  to  one  of 
the  officials  of  the  Association.  They 
often  keep  record  of  sales  of  promising 
heifers  and  buy  back  their  calves  if  they 
can.  “We  have  given  away  quite  a  num¬ 
ber  of  bull  calves  as  prizes  in  ldren’s 
farming  and  dairy  contests,  and  the  re¬ 
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