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THE RURAL N3W-YORKER 
November l. 
Live Stock and Dairy 
POOR MEN AND PUREBRED CATTLE. 
I am thinking of raising a herd of 
registered Holstein cattle. I live on a 
rented farm, have been farming for three 
years for myself, and have only what I 
woi'k for. I)o you think it would be a 
wise thing for me to attempt under the 
circumstances? Do you think it would 
be the best thing to buy a calf and raise 
it? I have been to some of the fairs, 
and looked over the stock. F. w. R. 
New Jersey. 
To advise a stranger definitely whether 
he should or should not undertake the 
breeding of purebred cattle would be to 
show a lack of wisdom which should go 
far toward discrediting the source of the 
advice. It is one of those matters into 
which the personal equation enters so 
largely that the best that can be done is 
to discuss the general principles involved, 
leaving each man to apply them to his 
own conditions with such judgment as 
he may have. I believe it may be posi¬ 
tively stated that under present and 
prospective conditions there is no money 
to be made from a dairy of ordinary 
cows, and by “ordinary cows” is meant 
those of mixed breeding, giving less than 
7,000 pounds of milk yearly, such as 
make up the greater part of our Eastern 
dairy herds. I believe it to be equally 
true that only under exceptionally favor¬ 
able circumstances can cows of the next 
higher grade, or those giving from 7.000 
to 9.000 pounds of milk yearly, be made 
to pay a fair profit. If these statements 
largely upon his resources. He will get 
quicker returns from mature animals, but. 
on the other hand, will need to invest less 
money in young calves. One can ordin¬ 
arily purchase two young heifer calves 
of good breeding at the price of one 
mature cow, and while it will take at least 
two years before returns begin to come 
in, this time may be well spent in study¬ 
ing the breed and learning the things 
that one will need to know about hand¬ 
ling purebred stock, the different families 
and lines of breeding. It would probably 
be good advice to most beginners in breed¬ 
ing to buy one or more good youngsters, 
as he can afford, and then to grow up 
with them. M. B. D. 
Sheep Feeding in Southern Michigan. 
Farmers in Hillsdale County, Mich., 
rely on what Joe Stevens advises them 
in the matter of feeding lambs. Every 
year Mr. Stevens visits his home county 
and his old friends at the Hillsdale Fair, 
and advises sheep feeders of the county 
about their product. Mr. Stevens was a 
leading live stock breeder of Southern 
Michigan, but is now engaged in the com¬ 
mission business in an Eastern city. Mr. 
Stevens advises his friends that they need 
not be afraid to feed lambs this Winter, 
and he predicts a good feeding season as 
far as financial returns are concerned 
He says: “The Canadian duty being 
taken off will not hurt the American 
feeding, because the Canadians will get 
out before the American fed lambs get 
into market.” He said that his advice 
A PUREBRED GUERNSEY BULL. Fig. 452. 
are true it follows that any man who ex¬ 
pects to depend upon dairying for a liveli¬ 
hood must get out of the “ordinary” class 
or forever have his nose pressed to the 
grindstone by conditions beyond his con¬ 
trol. 
There are two ways out of this class 
open to dairymen; one through the pos¬ 
session of purebred cattle of merit, and 
the other through the grading up of com¬ 
mon herds to a level with purebreds, so 
far as production is concerned. This lat¬ 
ter way is a comparatively easy one and 
probably is the one which should be 
adopted by the great majority of dairy¬ 
men. It involves nothing that is not pos¬ 
sible to the man of small means, and 
produces quick and positive results. 
Three generations of improved breeding 
by the use of purebred sires will produce 
a herd the equals of purebreds in every 
way except for breeding purposes, and if 
milk production can be made profitable at 
all, such a herd will assure a profit to its 
owner. But there is a step beyond this 
which may well be considered by the 
younger dairymen who are willing to 
make an intelligent study of breeding and 
to devote the time and thought necessary 
to qualify themselves for the management 
of purebreds. With the same food and 
care, a cow carrying seven-eighths or more 
of pure blood should yield fully as much 
milk as her purebred neighbor, but her calf 
can never sell for more than its prospect¬ 
ive value as a producer, while the calf of 
the purebred cow may easily bring 10 
times as much, solely because of its 
breeding. The difference between $15 
and $150 in the possible value of a calf 
is too great to be overlooked, and a cow 
that will bring $250 when sent to market 
is vastly to be preferred to one that can 
command but $100. 
Whether a dairyman of small means 
who decides to make a start in purebreds 
should purchase cows or calves depends 
to farmers might be if they have the feed 
now, to get their lambs as soon as they 
can, for the price would go up later. 
Thousands of lambs are purchased in 
the Chicago stock yards, and even as far 
West as Kansas City. Messrs. Tyler, 
Curtis and Dudley of Jonesville, who feed 
heavily each year, have gone to the sheep- 
producing sections of Montana and Idaho 
for their feeders. Frank McConnell of 
Allen also secured his sheep direct from 
the producer. The problem that is facing 
the sheep feeder of Southern Michigan is 
the fact that the Kansas City, Chicago 
and Buffalo markets are about the same. 
There is such demand in the West for 
feeders in the last two or three years 
that Western prices are abreast of those 
offered in the Eastern markets, and the 
price paid in Chicago is crowding close 
up to the figure received in Buffalo. This 
discourages the feeder who previously re¬ 
ceived $1 and $2 a hundred more than the 
original cost. Many of the economical 
feeders, however, declare that should they 
receive the same amount per hundred¬ 
weight they paid for their feeders, that 
the gain would pay for the feeding, and 
interest on money invested, while the 
fertility derived from the system, would 
pay well for their labor. They take into 
consideration that the feeders must be 
thrifty and do well, and the loss should 
not be greater than one in 150 or 200 
head. w. j. 
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farm?” “Everything but the hired man,” 
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Gushing Girl (to bride) : “Oh, Doro¬ 
thy, your little house is simply angelic!” 
Bride: “It will be more angelic when 
Archie adds on the wings!”—Town 
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