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Horowhenua Chronicle, 10 August 1911, Page 4

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AXI) T!i!<; r\\A'\ \ The ''Daily Slai/- ui Sow York ' liiis over 10 tiicii busy making; oflicinl tests of the |>ro:!i!ciioi] of purebred cows. The 4id\'a!iiage.s th-it come- from ofliei.il t; sis arc very clear to any broe;!or of dairy cuttle. High records instantly inenwe Iho soil i np: value, whether you or in milk, and the more ren;arkn!;!o tin* records the gr- ,ter the dema.nd for his stock. T'i.■ result is notiirall.v a scramble for !;!>'i (says tlio S;- .i!";i and Farnipr"). Every possil>l:' (.-foil is made to force the cows to the extreme limit of their c- , .;- :c-ity. Tiio record's the tiling--!i.-: i ;■:-•■> i. he cashed prompt!/. '!'!■;■ jujire I'emote efforts arc not realised ii;:til too late. Tt is not (wlruv-a-ant I ; s;y that the way to every oxtivii'.'.'ly higli record is strc.i a with w: , ..:.•!■..■;■ car wrecks. 13ut e. ;n tin's is lint tho worst of it. Gows .■•)■,; ir.'-iii;.; ]:i'|:t'in close barns, fed to tho last m. ;ch of milk pro-duut-joii, inn! at t'.:•:: :■•'me time asked to pi", d.:::- ca!,T,s t'i::r will go on and improve Liu- hrctvl. Aro they doing b!:i-; hiA'f A i ;:nplete answer has not yet l>:"ji! hut it is doiilitl'iil whethei , they can do it. Some of the high-testing cows do not produce calves at all, and others bring weaklings into the world to make trouble in the future. Still 'others never get back to a normal and. profitable production of niilk after they have gone to their limit for a ihigh record. There is such a. thing as expecting too much of a. cow. Breeders are asking her to do too much when they demand that she shall go to her limit in the conversion of feed into milk, and produce a strong calf at the same time. The result of higihi feeding and other conditions which unite to niako the greatest amount of product is a lack of vitality in the offspring.