TT O V E ANT) FARM MAGAZINE SECTION
G U A R D Y O U R E Y E S IG H T
IIIST let me speak of the sire. He j keep up his Interest In the work he
should be a pure-bred anim al,' has undertaken, and he must read
strong, healthy and well formed. to Inspire courage.
But he may be all of these and be
It takes time to do any truly great,
worthless as a sire. If he Is to an thing, and this is what tests out the
swer the purpose for which he is ' man. There are plenty of men who
kept be must be able to transmit can work for a time along any given
the qualities of a good dairy cow to line, but the successful man must
his progeny. A few bulls will do ■ never lose his courage nor his faith
this in a marked degree, but only a in the thing he Is endeavoring to do.
few.
He must be a worker, as dairying
In choosing a sire we need to pay can hardly be called a pastime. It
particular attention to the history of Is real work, and the successful man
the family from which he comes. A in this business must not shrink
few years ago I bought a grade Jer from his share of actual labor.
sey cow of a neighbor. She was near
He must like the business. If he
ly pure bred, but not qnite. She was docs like it, he will like the cow and
* noble animal. Three of her heifers, this fact will help a great deal. If
to fact, the only ones I have e v e r ! he likes her he will be kind to her j
known about, were remarkable pro- and kindness to a dairy cow Is sure
ducers. I have two of them now. I to pay out in dollars and cents. If
seldom milk either of them without he likes her he will study her, and
thinking of that old grade cow. For more and more this matter of the re-
practical use on the farm, I would salts of right breeding and right
lather risk a bull from such a cow feeding will appeal to him.
as that, even though she were a
The best thing about It all Is,
grade, than to take chances on a sire perhaps, that In the end It will be
from a family that I knew nothing found that the man has improved
■avo that they were registered ani quite as much as his herd. There
mals.
are some kinds of business that
dwarf men. Others seem to have
H ull's P ed ig ree Im portant.
Now, kind reader, do not make little Influence over them. But the
any mistake— I am not advising the successful breeder of dairy cattle Is
sure to develop Into a stronger and
M e of a grade sire. I am only try
ing to show that after all. It Is the more able man as his business grows.
family from which the bull comes — W. F. Taylor.
that gives or does not give, reliable
It Is said that the first sawmill in
promise of his future usefulness.
Still, after all, the only way to the United States was at Jamestown,
really know a sire is to try him out. from which sawed boards were ex
A number of the daughters of one of ported in June, 1607. A water-power
our association bulls will freshen ! sawmill was in use in 1625 near the
this fall, and we are anxiously present site of Richmond.
awaiting to see the result, for this
Will bo the final test of the real
California yew which grows on the
worth of the animal Into which we national forests of that state Is find
have put our money and a large ing some use In present-day archery
measure of our confidence. If these practice. Its qualities closely resem
heifers turn ou* as well as we hope, ble those of the old-world yew,
the days of this bull will be long which made the English long-bow
on the earth. If they do not, then famous in mediaeval times.
we can get rid of him and try again
No matter how prepotent the sire
may be, the Individuality of the cow
must always be considered. A few
years ago one of our neighbors
bought two cows in a near-by county
One of them proved to be of little
value, hut the other was the most
remarkable cow that has yet been
^OU can clear *n acre or more
owned In our community. What was
of stumps a day. No stumps
•till better, she was a producer of
can r e s i s t the Hercules.
Doubles land value-enables
heifer calves. Several of them have
make
00 on 40 acres
grown to maturity and in each In
first year after stumps arc
out—and $750.00 in cropc
stance they have been great pro
rrrrr year after. Get the
ducers.
proof. Why not
It takes time to build up n dairy i
— Write Us Now
herd Ordinarily, the cow produces
Book tells all the
facts—shows man?
only one calf each year, and a lot of :
photos and letters
these will never be cows. If the j
from owners—tells ali
about the many Her
years were long enough one might
cub s f
Ba
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use a very ordinary herd of cows as also quote yon a special tr.oney-savinz price
that an«7 w te n s t tou. Address
a foundation, and by breeding to a proposition
S«r«wi«i M!g f t H R - B H I B k . CootFrviMa, t«wa
good sire he might some day have
an excellent herd. Rut life Is not
long enough to wait for results from
poor cows, even though they be bred I
to a good sire.
The man who Is to produce a herd |
that ts really worth while must have
at least one or two excellent cows.
If these cows come from the right I
kind of a family, that Is to say. If
their dams were good cows, and If
good cows are the rule among those
■early related to them, then there is i
Httle doubt about the result when
LOSSES SURELY PREVENTED
we are fortunate enough to get
by C vttar'a Black leg P W s
Low -
heifer calves from them.
prfc *4. fraah. rpliable preferred by
W aatam Moefemen because they ara-
Do aot understand that I would I
ta a t
wksrs
ether taaafae«
fa it
H rite for booklet and te»*lnit 'data.
aot keep a heifer calf from an o r -1
IO da»a H i * H'aekJe» Ptilg f i OB
5 0 -<leae H i e B laefclegP H ’t 4 • •
dinary cow. Dairy products are In
r * any injertoe. b«t C utter*» l-affi.
good demand and an average
cow T b » s nperkirity nf C atter pmditeta la due to nr»r 14
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will produce some profit, but the
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dairy man should ever look forward TWE c u t t iw
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to a time when the average cow In
his herd will have given place to
the great producer of butter-fat or
milk, as the case may be. We will
FTTBS, W “>OL. TELTS, ETC.
keep these f.iiriy good cows for a
HIBBARD STBWABT CO„
Urn«, but we will ever look forward
fieattla, Wash.
to a day when It will no longer be
Write for Price List And
■eceasarv to have them In our herd
Shipping Tags.
because we have enough at last that
(Please m eitim tbit pa par )
are much better.
BLACK
LEG
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T he Man an Im portant Factor,
Cash Register Bargains
The greatest factor after all 1. In
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TH E G R E A T E ST KNOWN REM EDY W ILL E F F E C T
UALLY C UR E T H E HABIT
F or a lim ited tim e on ly w e w ill m ail yon a fu ll sized
b ottle o f A rg en ite for 5 0 cen ts in exp ress or m oney
order.
D on't put it o ff. D on't d elay. W rite tod ay.
ARGENITE CO.
90 1-2 NORTH SIXTH STREET
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PORTLAND
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$60.00 A WEEK AND EXPENSES
That’«
T hat'. the money yon should
ahonld get this
thia year. I mean it.
It. I want
County Bales
quick. m«n
Salea Managers quick,
men or women who bi
believe in
the square deal, who will go into partnership with me. No ex-
erience needed. My folding Bath Tub has taken the country
y storm. Solves the bathing
No _ plumbing-
plumb
_ problem.
no
water worka required. Full length bath in any room. Folda in
tmall roll, handy aa an umbrella. I teil you il'a great 1 GREAT I
Rivals J 100 bath room
Now listen! I want YOU to handla
your county. I ’ll furniah demonstrating tub on liberal plan.
I ’m positive— abaolut.ly certain— you can get bigger money in
. week with me than you ever m ad. in a month before—*
I KNOW IT I
TWO SALES A DAY— 8300 A MONTH
That's what you ahould get— every month. Needed In every
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ties for all t b . people. Take orders right and left. Quirk
aalcs, immense profits. Look at these men. Smith, Ohio, got
18 orders first week, Meyers, Wise.. 8250 profit
first month; Newton, California, 800 tn three
days. You should da as well. 2 SALES A DAY
MEANS 8300 A MONTH. T b . work is eery
ry, nleasant, permanent, fascinating.
It
meant a business of yonr own.
f
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KW« TIT
DEMON-
■TRATTNO
tub
fur nished
Little capital
needed I grant ere-
«it— Help yon out—•
Bark you op— Don’t doubt—
Don t hesitate— Don’t hold back—
President
Tou •'“ "C*
Mf other men are
B. 8. ROBINSON
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