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When news of the extraordinary birth reached Clarksburg, busy Dairyman Poth had to stop work to show the sextuplets to scores of visitors. Said he, "I was so completely surprised I could hardly believe my eyes. I didn't think it was possible. I want to raise the heifer calves, but I don't know whether I will raise the bull." He said he valued the mother at $300, the calves at $15 each. However, the whole little herd may be valueless. In multiple mixed births, the calves are usually free-martins (hermaphrodites), useless for milking or breeding...
...example: John Smith has a 700-lb. heifer ready for market. If shipped to the stockyards, it would net John about $30. Instead, he takes it into the co-op and has it butchered at a cost of $7. It provides him with about 330 lb. of prime beef which the butcher cuts into convenient-sized steaks, chops and roasts. These are frozen quickly and put for storage in John's locker. The same meat, bought over the counter, would cost him $90; his total cost now is $40, including locker rent. If John Smith is expecting a threshing...
...HEIFER-F.D. Davison-Coward-McCann ($2). Tale of wild cattle in the Australian bush, its heroine a red heifer. Originally published at the author's expense, it was awarded a gold medal by the Australian Literature Society for the best novel...
...point 4 yd. from the Dartmouth goal line. Harvard's Hageman and Dartmouth's Morton both jumped for the ball. Hageman caught it. Wood kicked the goal that gave Harvard the game, 7 to 6. Hugh Rhea, Nebraska's Ail-American tackle, received a letter signed "Heifer Bovine" offering him "big money" to let Iowa's halfback Hickman through the line for a touchdown. Hugh Rhea snorted indignantly. A 62-yd. march in the third quarter gave Nebraska a touchdown and the game, 7 to o. Intersectional
This simple solution of potential milk troubles-with whatever consequences it might have for the meat business-took form in the following resolution: "Be it therefore resolved, that all low producing and unprofitable cows be culled from herds and sold for slaughter, that additional heifer calves be vealed, and that each farmer reduce the size of his herd by eliminating at least one cow out of each...