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University Missourian
Columbia, Boone County, Missouri
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Article from the College of Agriculture special train trip through Missouri, distributing cards with six concise tips for succeeding in dairy farming: liberal feeding, culling unprofitable cows, regular milk weighing and testing, using purebred dairy bulls, careful raising of heifer calves, and proper feeding with silage, hay, and grain.
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Valuable Pointers Are Given Farmers
by Agricultural Special.
On the trip which the College of
Agriculture special Frisco train made
last week through the state, cards
were distributed, which give in six
concise statements the essentials for
improvement in dairy farming. The
card reads as follows:
1. Feed your cows liberally enough
to allow the good ones to show up.
2. Cull out those that do not make
a profit and keep the best. At least
one-third of the cows in Missouri are
unprofitable.
3. Weigh the milk of each cow regu-
larly and have it tested monthly, if
possible, by the Babcock test.
4. Use only a pure bred bull of a
strictly dairy breed and from the kind
of cow you wish to raise.
5. Raise the heifer calves from the
best cows with great care.
6. Feed your cows silage, clover
cowpeas or alfalfa hay and one pound
of grain to three pounds of milk pro-
duced.
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Missouri
Event Date
Last Week
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Six essential tips for dairy farming improvement: feed liberally to identify good cows; cull unprofitable ones (noting one-third in Missouri are so); weigh and test milk regularly with Babcock test; use purebred dairy bull; raise heifer calves from best cows carefully; feed silage, clover, cowpeas, alfalfa hay, and grain at one pound per three pounds of milk.