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Title: Farm stock; a practical treatise on horses, cattle, sheep and swine, including their breeding, feeding, care and management in health and disease
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Burkett, Charles William, 1873-
Subjects: Livestock
Publisher: New York, O. Judd company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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uld be used for building up the herd. Itseems to be a rule in breeding that the more mixedthe blood of the female the greater will be the in-fluence of the male. In selecting the females, careshould be taken to get those which have no tendencyto beefiness. By selecting foundation stock in thisway, and by rearing the best of the offspring, a val-uable herd for producing high-grade market milkmay be built up in a comparatively short time. PROTECT DAIRY COWS FROM FLIES The season of midsummer is one of the mosttrying times for the dairy farmer and then morethan at any time of the year is it necessary to usespecial care with the dairy herd. During the timeof harvest, when flies, heat and mosquitoes makelife a burden for the old cow, she also has to copewith dry, short pasture and a very busy keeper. Inot only sympathize with the old cow, but alsohave some feeling left for her keeper; for who canforget the milking during the fly season, whenthe temperature is very high and one is tired out
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