SUCCESS IN DAIRYING
;• Success in * dairying is.. dependent on' |et least three factors; namely,-the feedidng, the feeder, and the cows. It would • "be. difficult indeed to say that any one i '.of these is more essential to complete [ ißuoceas than the; other. These factors ■ySre so_ closely .allied and so' intricately ; (interwoven that one can hardly be disi cussed without giving due consideration i : to the other two; ''It always pays to M-tcod a.good cow up to her capacity of I production, no matter how high-priced ; Seed may'be." "Asstunihg-tliia statement • to be scientifically '': correct, it obviously - ibecomes the duty of-the farmer to ascer- ! ,?tain first whether'he has good or poor i 'cowe. From the etandpoint of produc- ! Aiqn tliere is only one way--to ascertain ! this all-important -matter, and that is i hj the scale* and BabcocJc' test. It sebme" 1 -well-nigh unbelievable,that'farmers will !■ go on groping ijp. the dark on this iniivportant matter and guessing at the good i and poor cows instead of making an ■ effort to learn- the facts. The complete i JBatisfaotion in knowing whether a herd J Ss a liability or asset cpmee only to those> [■■who are diligently weighing and testing ' the milk from their individual cows and ;. feeding- according to/ milk-production. j The heavy producer-/is fed to her i'capacity; the low preiducer is fed com-' [ mensurately. with her production or j eliminated -from tho hord. This know- ! ledge of the individual: cows in a herd i antedates the relation'.which exists be- ; tween the true dairyman and his herd. I The dairy!cow has been'characterised ; the foster-mother of the hunian race. i 'As a mother r eh"e ia deserving-of the con- \ «ideration that can only r come from .those i nvho know and understand'her, -Thisin- ! ..timate knowledge is withheld'from those ■ who guess.: The personal element enters ; bs vitally in a dairy barn as in a echool- ; ioom. A :herd of dairy- cows can no i more be tre'ated as a unit'with complete • Bucoess than a classroom.'of boys and ■ girls can be tanght and disciplined with ; the.same taqtics: That-inttdequnte feeding : is responsible for low production and un- ; cows cannot be Kainsaid, but ; before the method of,..f.eedinff.;.will,rbe- ■ changed, the feeder must'-undergo con- ; ,Tersioni.- --No 'doctrine , ;' will;-;.effect .!this„conversion so completely*"as : methods"—not an elaborate set of books :'tnor a specialist'to keep them, but just : ascertaining 'by a few. simpleTyecords ;.whether "Betsy" is "k' ; ceping/ rthe'dairyi anan or the dairyman is keeping "Betsy." LfThese facts compiled by the daii-j'man j Jrom his'own herd, and with his ownI jknowledge, will make him a good feeder i rpiickei'-than the .-most -elocjuent lectureri or longest/array of, expenment' station I data. ,v iWiheur.the ■ d 175m iyr jfegj,']n3:.ke'ep.- ' ing recprd9.on his jierdhis vision clears". I pie' learns-"from* hard : ;faots- "and fijrures'. !■ (that' cows .hayo. individuality r.ndi' must : :tbe treated- as%Mividuals'/'-"iTh'is ;linowi •ledge.j^.-tke.forerunner, of, betjte^-feeding, ; jbetter ''Care; ■ greafia - ''-interest,- -and r .iiltiI jnately greater profit.—"Hoard's Dairy- ! man. <■
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 198, 16 May 1919, Page 10
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480SUCCESS IN DAIRYING Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 198, 16 May 1919, Page 10
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