Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-07-12

Another circumstance is somewhat con.
nected with such an inquiry. The Kyloe
and the long horn cattle seem to care little
about change Of situation and pasture !; but
the short horn is not so easily reconcIled to
change and her milk is not at first either
so abundant or so good as it afterwards be.
comes.
A prejudice likewise existed, and per-
haps does yet in the minds ofsome darynaeh'
against the large improved short horns.-
The breed generally are great consumers ;
and it W S also supposed that, in proportion
to the condition Of the COW, she was ''Se,y
to run 20 flesh instead Of yielding, m'lK'
therefore a rather small COW was selected
and one that did not carry about her many
proofs of point.
That there is a great difference in the
quantity of food consumed by dltferenI
breeds of cattle, cannot be doubted; /; ana
that the shor, horns occupy the highest rank
among the consumers of food is evident
enough bu. we never could be persuaded
! thar the difference ofs;ze in The same breed
made any material difference in the appe.
tite. or tho food consumed. When they
stand side by side in the stall or the cow
house, and experience has taught US The
proper average quantity of food, the little
one eats her share, and The larger one sci.
dom eats more, even when it IS put before
her. There ere occasional ference in the
consumption of food by different animals,
bu, these arise far ofiener from constitution,
or from some unknown cause, than from
difference ofsize. Experience does, how
ever, prove beyond the possibility of doubt
that the larger cattle, the breed and other
circumstances being the same, yield the
creates, quantity Of milk.
Experience has also proved another
thing--,hat the good grazing points Of a
COW, and even her being in fair store CON-
dilion do not necessarily Interfere with
her milking qualities, They prove that
| she has the disposition 10 fatten about her,
bu, which will not ts called into injurious
exercise until, in the natural process OF
time, or designedly by US she is dried. shs
will yield nearly as much milk as her un.
thrifty neighbor, and milk Of superior
quality, and at four, five, or six years old,
might be pitted against any Kyloe, while
we have the pledge that it will cost US little
to prepare her for the butcher, when we
have done with her as mixer. 1t is on
this principle that many Of the London
dairynen now act, when then they change
their COWS so frequently as they do; but
whether this, even allowing the rapidily with
which the bcas's fat:en, is The best and most
profitable mode Of management, will be the
subject of fu ure inquiry.
Some time after Mr.. Wal:on's experiment
the following observations" were made by
Mr.. Calvert, Of Sandysike, near Brampton,
on the quantity Of butter yielded by one of
his improved shor-horns. The mi k was
KEEP! and churn'd separately from that Of
! :se other stock, and the following is the &C.
count Of the number Of pounds Of butter
obtainsd in each week : 7, 10. 10, IL. II
IS, 13, 13, IS, le, 16, IL, 1e, 10. 49, a.
ii. 13, I2. IL, la, II, IL, 10, 10 g. III
9, 10, 7,7,7.
From this it appears that there were
churned 373 pounds of butter 10 The space
Of % weeks. The COW gave % qua!'s OF
milk per day, about Midsummer. and would
average nearly 20 quarts per day for 20
weeks. She gave more milk when she was
depastured in the summer than when size
was soilcd in the house. in co"oe3'""ss.,,d
,;,e verv t;at weather. She was lame dur
ine six weeks, frcm "foul in the feet" which
lessened s the quantity Of milk during that
time; and the experiment MS discontinued,
because there was no, suficIea: supply OF
turnips, and the milk Of the whole :! me
herd was ra idly diminishing. For The first
fortnight after calving, she was allowed a
little broken corn and from that period to
the commencement Of the turnip season,
she lived entirely on grass. with some cut
clover, when It was necessary 10 shelter her
from the inclement heat. The pasture was
by no means Of superior quality.
After such record-and it is ifar from
being n singular one" there can be no
doubt" to adopt the language ofthe repor.
ter, of the possibility of raising breed Of
milking short..horns, which will surpass
every variety Of cattle in the kingdom"
We may, perhaps, safely add, that we have
tha. breed, and that it only requires little
care in the selection, and in crossing, 10
perpetuate it.
From the Gennesee New York; Farmer.