Dairy Fortunes Classic Reprint

Author : De Laval Separator Company
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780265806494
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book De Laval Dairy Hand Book (Classic Reprint) written by De Laval Separator Company and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-27 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from De Laval Dairy Hand Book The start was made with 20 western heifers bred to freshen the first fall. The heifers calved all right and yielded some milk. But what a surprise they did bring. The weekly profits by actual figures amounted to only 11 cents. Not much outlook for dairy success, especially when all farm and living expenses must be secured from the farm itself. The way things were going caused much anxiety in the Smith home. The family talked matters over and decided they had the wrong kind of cows. Gonse quently, the next spring every cow was sold; such cows were worse than none. Better have one good cow that will give a large yield of milk than to care for a half-dozen to yield no more. A cow and a calf were now purchased. Others were picked up in the neighborhood as opportunity offered. During the next two years this plan was followed with success. Some proved to be very good cows; others were poor. But each cow had to prove her worth from her milk record and if that record was below the standard she was sold to the butcher. The Smiths were now getting their bearings; they saw there was money in the right kind of cows. Their experience in buying showed the value and the merit in good blood. So they aspired to pure-bred stock. Shortly two cows were purchased and the price was $40 each. One gave birth to twin bull calves both of which were sold for $50 apiece. Grade bull calves were worth next to nothing. The Smiths now bought 14 regis tered cows. Each was a high producer and yielded a good profit. Light was appearing at last. As the registered stock increased the grade cows were sold, only the best being retained. At the present time the herd con sists of 100 head, young and old, and all pure-bred and registered. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.