Town Milk

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30561, 2 October 1964, Page 12

Town Milk

Sir.—What utter nonsense for F. W. Fiecken to write that a crossbred cow is not worth considering as a producer. In my own case .of 50 years’ experience with hundreds of cows of every breed, pure and cross, passing through the sheds, I would say that most of the top cows were first crosses. My memory is very good for the cow that filled the four-gallon bucket with a 4 test. I even remember their names and how they were bred. As far as crossing milers with sprinters goes, well, it is a wellknown fact that a farmer does not have to have a lot of brains to find a stud breeder and purchase a bull to build up his herd. The stud breeders of this country are doing a good job but the prices for milk are artificially created. Therefore the man on town supply must get the herd that will produce the milk that will pass the final test. And please remember, every breed of cow needs up to four months’ “dry spell” in which to build up her body.—Yours, etc., BREED AND FEED. September 30, 1964.