Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-08-09

Slxlh 90. Ao. uo' W " qon'oJ Nv
1000
Some of these cows give still greater re,
turns,and very many that are of inferior
sizes, or worse fed, do not give nearly so
much milk as stated above. But the Soci.
ETY. may depend upon the fact, that the prop:
or dairy cows, when in good plight, and well
supplied with proper food, will, in general
yield 2,0oO Scots pints, or 1000 quarts OF
milk every year. And it is equally certain
that ID or is quarts Of that milk viii gene
rally yield % or % ounces of butter; and
that from 55 to 60 pints l10 or 120 quartso
ofthat milk, with its cream, viii yield twenty
four pounds avoirdupois of full milk cheese.
Query 3.-What would be the price OF
a COW Of sucha breed from two, to three
years old, and in calf?
Answer.-Tbe prices Of mich COWS
vary so much from diversity Of eircumstan.
ces that it is not easy to fix theprice forany
length of time. The scarcity ofioddcr from
a very dry summer; the failure of pasture
herbage from the same cause, or from the
weather being cold and stormy in the months
of May and June. which frequently hap
pens in the changeable climate of Scotland,
will sometimes lower the price Of mich cows
ten, twenty, or thirty per cent, while 4 more
favourable season viii raise price consider.
ably. These cattle are twenty or thirty per
cent. cheaper in harvest than they are IN
May or June. The crops having been
abundant, and the summers fine for three
years past, the prices ofmlch cows are con.
sidefably higher than they have been for
several years before. Some mich cows OF
the best sort, and in good coadi6on, laye
been sold .as high as s25 /; but yoQnE
cows from two to three years old and
in calf, may be procured Of the best sort,
at from flO to fl2 each, or still cheaper.
Query 4.-What would be the price OF
a bull of the same breed, from eighteen
months 10 two years old?
.Answer.-Bulls also vary much 10 price.
Some of the best dairy bulls have been sold
as high as from 9I5o 10 f200: while one OF
an ordinary description may frequently be
procured for f9or f12. Itwouh be prop
er to select bull for Canada about two years
old, as the best looking calves frequently al
ter so much in their shapes and character
before they come to maturity, as to render
itunsafe to trust to what they may t,lrn cut,
until they are two years Old. The dairy
bulls, that haye most Of feminine aspect
are preferred to those that are more mas.
culine. A dairy bull ofgood shape and
qualities may be procured for about fA or
tI6. ~
Query. 5.-What is the most celebrated
breed ofcows III Great Britain, or elsewhere
for the PRODUCTION Of butter?
Answer.-The quantity ofbutser yielded
bvrows; depends more on the food given
them, than on any peculiarly of the breed
Of cattle; and the quality ofthe butter IS great.
" influenced by the mode Of feeding, ana
still more by the manner in which the but
fer is manufactured. Cows that Browze on
natural pasture, or what is called old turf,
do not Weld so much milk as the same
cows would give when fed on clover, turn
ips, cabbagcs, and new herbage, but the milk
of the former is of better quality, and yields
more and richer butter, from any given
quantity of milk, than that of COWS fed on
clover, &c. Some individual cows ofeve-
ry breed give richer milk, and Of course
more butter in proportion to their n1,lk, than
o.her COWS ofthe same breed, and when
reared and fed in the same manner. Milk,
as it comes from the COWS, consists OF olly
mattor, from which butter made, Aacsie mat
ter. which forms cheese, and serfifn, or
whey and the milk Of particular cows of
eyery breed differs considerably IN the pro.
portions i. CONTAINS of these respective sub.
stances. But it is doubtful If any particular
breed can be pointed out, which uniformly
Weld more butter than any Of the other
breeds, except in so far as they yield more
milk, or are Influenced by climate, the mode
of feeding, &c. Much butter, and that Of
a superior quality, is made in Holland, and
particularly in the Province of FreIseiand.
This seems to proceed from the cattle being
fed on meadows where the hcrbage IS OF
uatural growth, and very rich. The cows