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Live  Stock  and  Dairy 
A  Record  Brown  Swiss 
Mary  Dysart,  the  pride  of  the  Penn¬ 
sylvania  State  College  dairy  herd,  has 
made  another  milk  production  record. 
October  7  she  finished  her  year’s  work 
with  a  record  of  16,868  lbs.  of  milk  and 
S04.4  lbs.  of  butterfat.  This  places  her 
as  the  second  highest  producing  cow  in 
the  Brown  Swiss  breed  and  makes  her 
the  champion  “Sweitzer”  of  Pennsyl¬ 
vania. 
In  1918,  Mary  produced  14,628.6  lbs. 
of  milk  and  616.7  lbs.  of  fat.  This 
placed  her  as  the  second  highest  cow  in 
the  five-year-old-class.  Three  years  later, 
she  came  through  with  a  yearly  record 
of  16,136  lbs.  of  milk  and  754.21  lbs.  of 
fat  which  at  the  time  gave  her  third  place 
in  the  mature  class.  Now,  at  the  ad¬ 
vanced  age  of  10  years,  she  takes  a  posi¬ 
tion  second  only  to  the  illustrious  Haw¬ 
thorn  Dairy  Maid. 
Mary  Dysart  was  purchased  by  the 
college  in  1916.  Bred  by  George  C.  Har- 
boarders  among  them,  and  cows  that 
merely  broke  even  that  a  goodly  number 
of  good  and  productive  cows  were  needed 
to  counterbalance  them.  There  is  a  so¬ 
lution  and  it  is  simple.  It  does  not  call 
for  any  sacrifice  on  the  part  of  the  cat¬ 
tle  owner,  being  a  directly  profitable 
proposition  from  the  start. 
It  is  best  explained  by  citing  a  parallel 
case  that  is  being  shown  to  be  workable 
and  successful,  and  if  anything  it  would 
be  more  easily  applied  to  dairy  cattle. 
For  there  is  an  established  and  conceded 
type  of  dairy  producer.  My  reference  is 
to  the  culling  of  poultry  to  pick  the  un¬ 
productive  hens  from  a  flock.  This  work 
has  been  most  encouraging,  for  the  re¬ 
sults  have  all  that  was  hoped.  It  is  an 
indisputable  fact  that  fancy  poultry  have 
been  bred  for  characters  that  are  not 
necessary,  and  in  fact,  are  often  an¬ 
tagonistic  to  vigor  and  productiveness. 
This  is  less  so  with  dairy  cattle.  All 
dairy  breeds  are  based  on  a  general  type 
of  animal  that  embodies  the  features  of 
high  production,  the  varietal  "character¬ 
istics  being  in  the  main,  incidental  and 
not  fundamental  to  production.  Every 
informed  man  knows  that  there  is  more 
variation  within  any  breed  of  dairy  cat- 
10%  More  Milk  Will  Double 
The  Profit  from  Your  Cows 
You  do  not  expect  bumper  crops  from  your 
fields  without  fertilizing  and  extensive  cul¬ 
tivation.  Why,  then,  expect  a  maximum  milk 
yield  from  your  cows  unless  you  keep  their 
milk-making  organs  in  top-notch  health? 
The  hard-worked  milk-producing  functions  of 
the  cow  need  frequent  aid  to  keep  up  a  full 
flow  and  retain  the  stamina  to  resist  disease. 
Kow-Kare  has  such  positive  action  on  the 
digestive  and  genital  organs  that  its  benefit 
is  soon  shown  in  the  milk  yield.  Thousands 
of  successful  dairymen  are  now  using  it 
regularly  about  one  week  in  each  month  for 
every  cow.  Especially  during  the  winter 
months  it  aids  in  keeping  up  a  full  yield 
from  dry  rough  feeds. 
Dairy  authorities  say  that  the  average 
dairy  can  double  the  net  profit  if  measures 
can  be  found  to  increase  the  milk  10%.  Kow- 
Kare  is  a  regular  part  of  the  feeding  course 
in  thousands  of  dairies  where  surprising  in¬ 
creases  in  milk  yield  are  being  accomplished. 
Kow-Kare,  of  course,  is  primarily  a  cow 
medicine.  It  increases  milk  flow  only  because 
it  builds  up  the  same  set  of  organs  that  must 
be  reached  when  cow  diseases  are  being  treat¬ 
ed-  Such  troubles  as  Barrenness,  Abortion, 
Retained  Afterbirth,  Scours,  Bunches,  Milk 
Fever,  Lost  Appetite  can  be  successfully 
eliminated  by  Kow-Kare  because  it  restores 
health  to  the  genital  and  digestive  organs. 
There  is  a  definite  profit  advantage  for 
every  user  of  Kow-Kare.  Cow  health  and 
big  milk  yields  are  inseparable.  Our  free 
book,  The  Home  Cow  Doctor,”  is  yours  for 
the  asking.  It  tells  the  various  uses  of  Kow- 
Kare,  with  which  every  cow  owner  should  be 
familiar. 
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Mary  Dysart,  Owned  by  Pennsylvania  S  late  College 
vey  and  purchased  from  Blair  C.  Hile- 
man  of  Altoona,  the  cow  is  strictly  a 
Pennsylvania  product.  A  glance  at  the 
record  sheet  will  show  that  consistency 
was  the  factor  that  made  the  excellent 
record  possible.  Pier  monthly  fat  pro¬ 
duction  varied  but  little,  hovering  be¬ 
tween  60  and  70  lbs.  for  practically  the 
entire  12  months.  Her  best  month  was 
December  when  she  gave  1671.8  lbs.  of 
4.6  milk,  making  77  lbs.  of  fat.  Her 
test  ran  high  throughout  the  test  period 
— never  falling  below  4.5  per  cent  and 
reaching  the  5.7  mark  in  October.  She 
was  not  off  her  feed  a  single  day  in  the 
pediod. 
The  ration  fed  consisted  of  a  mixture 
of  100  lbs.  peanut  meal,  75  lbs.  linseed 
meal,  175  lbs.  gluten.  75  lbs.  cottonseed 
meal,  50  lbs.  cocoanut  meal,  200  lbs. 
bran,  200  lbs.  corn  and  cob  meal,  and 
125  lbs.  oats.  She  received  from  16  to 
18  lbs.  of  this  ration  per  day  throughout 
her  test  period.  For  roughage,  she  re¬ 
ceived  silage,  two  feeds  of  mixed  hay  and 
one  feed  of  Alfalfa.  Roots  were  added 
in  Winter  and  molasses  and  beet  pulp  in 
Summer.  In  the  Summer,  the  cow  ran 
out  with  the  other  test  cows  in  a  paddock. 
She  was  milked  four  times  a  day. 
Mary  Dysart  is  a  fine,  big  cow  weigh¬ 
ing  about  1,500  lbs.  She  has  a  beauti¬ 
ful  head,  a  strong,  straight  back  and  a 
wonderful  middle.  Her  udder  is  probably 
one  of  the  most  shapely  in  the  breed, 
carrying  well  up  in  front  and  hung  high 
in  the  rear  with  wonderful  veining. 
C.  D.  BYRNE. 
Cull  Out  the  Scrubs 
If  there  is  any  one  thing  that  is  being 
constantly  brought  to  the  attention  of 
dairy  farmers,  it  is  the  over-production 
of  milk  at  prices  that  make  the  business 
unattractive.  All  sorts  of  panaceas  are 
offered,  and  most  of  them  utterly  imprac¬ 
ticable.  However,  this  plan  is  workable. 
Some  years  ago,  if  my  memory  serves 
me  right,  Prof.  W.  ,T.  Fraser  of  Illinois, 
brought  out  an  interesting  study  in 
which  he  showed  that  out  of  every  1,029 
cows  of  average  run  in  Illinois,  29  could 
be  selected  that  would  show  as  much  net 
profit  as  the  other  1.000.  That  does  not 
mean  that  the  entire  1,000  were  poor 
cow  o,  but  that  there  were  so  many 
tie  than  between  the  breeds  themselves. 
Yet  we  have  seen  within  a  very  short 
time  a  workable  plan  of  culling  worked 
out  on  poultry  heretofore  selected  for  a 
purely  fancy  ideal. 
What  the  poultryman  has  done  the 
dairyman  can  equal.  There  is  no  dearth 
of  competent  judges  to  do  this  work  ;  it 
can  be  done  quickly,  for  a  mere  glance 
will  suffice  to  eliminate  a  goodly  propor¬ 
tion  of  competitors,  and  a  sufficiently 
large  number  readily  picked  to  keep  off 
the  market  and  out  of  competition  a 
surplus  of  milk  that  in  itself  is  produced 
at  a  loss,  and  at  the  same  time,  keeps 
the  price  of  other  milk  too  low.  Prob¬ 
ably  it  is  a  safe  assertion  that  we  can 
afford  to  sell  milk  at  less  than  we  can 
at  present  in  some  cases,  after  an  elimi¬ 
nation.  It  calls  for  co-operation ;  all 
persons  in  the  dairy  business  should 
want  to  cull  and  submit  willingly  to  the 
plan.  It  is  opportunity,  and  in  no  way, 
a  sacrifice.  The  partaker  is  the  winner, 
and  a  man  who  is  not  sure  of  his  judg¬ 
ment  can  get  his  work  done  easily.  Then 
when  the  culls  are  isolated,  they  should 
be  disposed  of  in  the  right  way]  There 
is  only  one  place  for  these  cows  and  that 
is  the  slaughter-house,  where  the  good 
Lord  probably  meant  them  any  way. 
This  would  be  a  business  of  some  volume, 
and  should  be  done  on  some  co-operative 
plan.  At  any  rate  they  should  not  be 
allowed  to  get  back  into  dairies.  There 
are  a  lot  of  buzzards  masquerading  under 
the  guise  of  dealers  in  dairy  cattle  that 
would  be  only  too  glad  to  help  keep  such 
stock  in  the  market. 
When  we  have  gone  this  far,  we  have 
done  well.  But  the  work  is  not  ended. 
If  we  do  not  then  breed  better,  we  will 
soon  be  no  better.  Not  merely  should 
we  not  tolerate  grade  bulls  but  we  should 
be  as  consistently  opposed  to  scrub  pure¬ 
bred  sires.  Stick  consistently  to  our 
breed  instead  in  crossing  and  mixing 
breeding,  and  select  bulls  from  cows  that 
are  the  ideal  we  are  after.  We  even  then 
will  get  some  disappointments. 
And  when  all  this  is  done,  it  avails 
nothing,  if  feeding  is  not  done  right  and 
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