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ELEMENTARY AGRICULTURE 
The use of a small amount of corn in addition to cot¬ 
ton seed meal has proven profitable for feeding steers 
on grass. 
Dairy Cattle.—The dairy cow is one of our most use¬ 
ful and profitable farm animals. She has the ability 
to take the grains of the fields. and rough cheap feeds 
of our pasture lands and convert them into the most 
nourishing forms of human food. Through her our 
tables are supplied with milk, butter and cheese; her 
Fig. 55.—A baby beef winner. 
calves furnish most of our veal; we sell her offspring for 
breeding stock; and we return the manure to our soils 
to improve the farm land. 
Food experts are advising children and adults to 
drink more milk and eat more butter and cheese. These 
are the best and most economical forms of food. Why 
not try a few good dairy cows on the farm as a side 
line or keep a good cow for home use? 
Breeds.—Five major breeds of dairy cattle are recog¬ 
nized by the leading dairy men of the United States. 
While all the breeds are similar in type and general 
dairy tendencies, each breed has its special merits and 
