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Vnl T WVTT Piiblislietl Weekly by The Rural Publishing Co., 
»ui. ± 1 . 333 33 tj, gf _ New York. Price One Oollar a Year. 
NEW YORK, OCTOBER 26, 1918. 
Entered as Second-Class Matter, June 2G, 1879. at the Post 
Office at New York, N. Y., under the Act of March 3, 1870. 
No. 4505. 
The Milking Shorthorn Cattle 
A True Dual-Purpose Cow 
[TE wliite bull shown on this is iiotahlo as 
hoing lu-ohahly tho finest living representative 
of the milking Shorthorn in America. He was three 
3 'ears old on October 7, and i.s the record priced 
hull of the breed in this conntrj', having heeii bought 
by Flintstone Farm for .$4.5(X). He was reserve 
chamjiion at the Eastern States Exposition last year, 
and grand chamiiion milking Shorthorn at the New' 
England Fair this .vear. Individuall.v, this heautiful 
animal is a wonderful specimen, and his breeding 
capable of giving a good yield of milk and then 
giving a carcass of prime beef—is an impossible 
creature. Thus most people who heard of a Short¬ 
horn or a Durham have associated the name with a 
beef breed, or with cow's w'hich barely produce 
enough milk to feed a calf. 
The fact is that in England and in many parts of 
the West the milking or daily Shorthorn is the most 
profitahle cow' a farmer can keep. We see from 
the articles bj' I’rof. .Tudkins now appearing, that he 
finds the Shorthorn the favorite dairy cow in Iowa. 
She in-oduces the vast amount of butter which he 
mentions and also provides the beef for w'hich Iowa 
and go, or remain giving good service, but the good 
old Shorthorn still remains the most serviceable com¬ 
bination animal in the world. 
We must rememher that there are two types of 
the Shorthoi'u breed. One is a sturdy beef type—• 
probably, all things considered, the best beef pro¬ 
ducer in the world. The other is the milking tji)e— 
produced by selecting for breeding only those cows 
which excelled as dairy animals without losing the 
general characteristics of the breed. Our modern 
milking Shorthorns are mainly descended from cat¬ 
tle bred by Thomas Bates in England in the early 
eighteenth century. Thus it appears that this tj-pe 
Arm,no ^horihorn Boll Tmp. Knoicslei/ Gift. Bred lyy the Earl of Derby, K. G. Owned hy Flinfsfonc Farm, Massachusetts 
along dairy lines i.s remaikable. His six nearest 
dams averaged nearly 11,000 pounds of milk a year 
for an average of six years each. Thus the milking 
liabit i.s securel.v hred into this nohle specimen of 
the breed, and it ma.v he said in truth that his 
daughtesr would ho obliged “to take after father’s 
folk.s.’’ 
Many of our readei's are not familiar with the 
milking Shorthorns. During the past few' years 
aao.st people have come to a.s.sociate daily (piality in 
a cow w'ith one of the special dairy breed.s. In fact, 
it has long been taught hy many of the “authori¬ 
ties” that tho so-called “dual-puriiose” cow'—or one 
is famous. I’rof. .Tudkins, a New England man, 
cpiickly sees how that tj’pe of dairying w'ould lit 
into Now' England conditions, and with a combina¬ 
tion of milk and beef give far better results than are 
now' obtained on many New' E^igland farms. In 
England, the milking Shorthorn stands at the head 
of all breeds in practical utilitj'. She is the cow' 
that gives the Englishman his milk and part of his 
buttc'r, and in addition she has provided that “roast 
beef of old England.” which built up the sturdy 
race. The history of the Shorthorn breed I'eads 
like a romance. Special breed.^^. each one ailniirably 
fitted for some narticular branch of farming, come 
or strain is older in iiedigree or special selection 
than most of the special dairy breeds. 
We have heard people say Avhen asked about the 
“dual-purpose cow” and her power of milking ami 
meat-making “there ain’t no such animal.” That is 
like the lawyer who told the man that they could 
not put Ills brother in jail on any such grounds. 
“But,” said the man, “he is in jail now'!” 
The milking Shorthorns are actually hero making 
the finest records as dairy cows, and then bringing 
twice as much for beef as the special daiiy cow'. 
The bull calf in the average dairy is cpuckly dis- 
po.sed of, but such a calf from a milking Shorthorn 
