The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette., November 23, 1912, Image 1

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HOW HANS HANSEN GETS THREE PROFITS TO YOUR ONE—Page 15.
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A Farm and Home Weekly for
Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas and Tennessee.
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Vol. XXVII. No. 47. SATURDAY, NOVEME 23, 1912. Weekly: $1 a Year.
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I A LITTLE STUDY IN CONWRMATION. i
IF THOSE readers who sometimes wonder why it
is not possible to combine in the same cow the
highest milking qualities and the ability to make
jjj the best beef will study the two pictures on this page
a little, we believe they will readily see why this is
true.
The cow at the top was the first prize Jersey at the
recent National Dairy Show. The other is a prize
winning Shorthorn belonging to Lespedeza Farm.
The Jersey represents the highest development of the
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men of the beef type.
It needs but a glance to show that there is a great
difference in the form of these two animals, but not
until one compares the two. point by point, and notes
the difference in conformation—that is, in general
form and adaptability to a special purpose—can he
realize how great this difference really is.
It is the business of the Jersey to convert the feed
she eats into milk, and she is built for this purpose.
Notice the spareness of flesh, not a surplus pound A
anywhere: the depth of body, which gives room for1^
a large digestive apparatus; the capacious udder; the
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maker and that the
special beef cow is
not much of a dairy
animal.
This is true, too, of
other stock and of
plants as well. It is
seldom or never that
the earliest variety of
any crop is the most
productive. Speed
and the ability to
draw the heaviest
piomment mint veins; the clean limbs and head.
Then look at the Shorthorn. Notice the entire absence of the
sharp points and prominent bones to be seen on the Jersey. See how
well fleshed she is on ribs and thighs; compare her square shape—
almost like a block—with the several wedges which the Jersey pre
sents whea looked at from different points. It is the business of the
Shorthorn to convert the feed she eats into flesh, and she does it.
She gives enough milk to support her calf until it is old enough to
wean and that is about all that is expected in this line.
Of course, there are breeds of cattle, and individual cows of some
breeds, which have fair milking capacity and at the same time make
good beef, but the rule holds that the best dairy cow is a poor beef
loads are not combined in any breed of horses, and so on thru the
whole list.
In short, the highest degree of excellence in any special line is
attained only when the breeding of the plant or animal has been for
that particular purpose. The farmer, therefore, should first of all
decide what particular purpose he wishes his animals to fill and then j
select such animals as are most likely to fill this purpose. The dairy
man has no business with beef or dual-purpose cattle. The man with
heavy loads to pull needs draft horses. The bacon and the lard breeds
of hogs have each their places. The highly specialized animal is, as a j
rule, the big profit-maker. The farmer who se
lects the animal bred for his purpose is the farmer J
who irets the nrnfit
FEATURES OF THIS ISSUE.
COTTON PRICES—A Discussion by Mr. Dabbs,
and Sonic Clippings from Other Papers 24, 23
FAKES FOR THE FARMER — A “Fertilizer
Formula," and the “Universal Farmer”. . 3, 4
HOW SERUM CURES AND PREVENTS HOG
CHOLERA—A Veterinarian’s Explanation 1ft
HOW THE STOCK LAW WORKS — An Argument Against It
ami Two Experiences for It. IK
HOW TO PLANT BUL1IS—Some Good Advice by One Who
Knows . j_l
HOW TO KILL WILD ONIONS—Practical Directions for Fight
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MORE DRAINAGE EXPERIENCES—‘‘The Common Sense of
Drainage” and Other Letters. 5
MORE LETTERS ABOUT GOOD LIGHTS—Experiences of Read
ers With Kerosene, Acetylene, Electricity. 12
THE GOSPEL OF PROSPERITY—A Thanksgiving Sermon. IO
THE LEGEND OF THE COTTON PLANT—A Story for the
Young People .. H
THE SIX PER CENT COTTON TARE—An Address, Some Reso
lutions, and an Editorial. .