DAIRY FARMERS’ TEN COMMANDMENTS
1. Thon shalt use a registered bred-for-production sire of thy breed. 2. Thou shalt join a milk-recording association, and keep records on the individual cows of thy herd. 3. Thou shalt cull thy herd, for it is written that she that produceth not shall be cast out. 4. Thou shalt replensh thy herd with the heifers raised from th-.y best cow and thy pure-bred sire. 5. Thou shalt feed the individual members of thy herd according to their producing ability, for to her that giveth shall be given, and to her that giveth not shall be taken away. 6. Thou shalt provide them with an abundance of such grains as are necessary properly to balance thy homegrown foods. 7. Thou shalt at all times provide thy cows with pure water that they may quench their thirst. 8. Thou shalt not condemn thy bull to die unless thou has proven his daughters, for cursed be he who slays the sire of high-producers. 9. Thou shalt not waste feed by exposing thy cows to the storms of the winter, but shall house them in clean, comfortable quarters. 10. shalt not caress thy cow with,the milking-stool, lest she smite theerwith her hind foot, and fail to giverihee her full flow.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIX, Issue 282, 13 November 1929, Page 11
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