Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-08-02

found in the whole of New England, a SIN.
gle instance ofany enlightened, deierm'neo'
systematic attempt 10 form a race OF animals
Of particular and desirable properties. II
is most important that this should be a;temP-
ted in different parts of our country VIII"
what are called our native stock, who nave
become, in various ways. so crossed anu
mixed up, that there is IN truth no particular
race among them. A large portion of them
are as unganly, uhthrifty, and unproducs'Ve
ms can well be represented or imagned'
Yet there are among them so many extra
ordinary animals-extraordlnary for she'r
produce il. milk, butter and cheese-that
few years ofcare ful and intelligent selection
from the materials already to our hand, and
a strc, observance of those philosophical
principles of breeding which are we'll ascer'
tanned and understood, would undoubtedly
give US breed of animals, stock or race OF
animals, greatly superior to that which now
exists among US. This has been attempted
in ore instance by highly intelligent bree.
der among US and he is now able 10 show
three generations of animals Of as extraor.
dnary character for the creamy or butyra.
ceous quality OF their milk, as has ever been
known two quarts of what is called the
slrippings, the last part drawn off Of the milk
of one or these cows, having repeatedly pro.
duced one pound Of butter and The cream,
as it came from the pans, as have seen my.
SELF becoming by churning converted into
butter of the finest description in less than
one minute by the watch aud this process
repeated at pleasure.
LIE, US now compare the amount OF cheese
made by the English daires, with some In
this county Of which have here given an
account.
An AYRSHIRE COW, j, is said by the Eng"
lish authorities, will yield 257 lbs. butter per
annun,, or about 5 lbs. per week, all the
wear round, besides raising the calf or OF
new milk cheese, about 5l4 lbs. These re.
turns are certainly large but they rest upon
a calculation of the quantity ofmilk, which
the cow is supposed to yield, rather than
Upon any account of an actual yield. None
ct least is given. This, therefore, is not SO
satisfactory as ii would be, if ii were pre-.
cisely ascertained result. One of the best
authorities says, that IN England, we'll
fed COW Of good breed will produce, upon
an average, $50 lbs. of butter in the srason.
The common calculation is, indeed, $50
lbs. {; but this is made upon mixed stock,
which affords 70 certain data. In the EPpng
district, where there is an indiscrminate mix.
ture of Devon, Suffolk, Leicester, Holder
ness, and Scotch, the calculation, In we'll
managed dairy. amounts to 2l2 lbs. /; that
is, 6 lbs. per week during 26 weeks, and
q lbs. per week, during IA weeks. The
average product of cheese in the bestdalr.
les, where the whole milk and cream are
used, cannot be estimated at more than 4
cws.-that is, 44s lbs. On deep grazing
soils, that carry heavy stock, a weil.man.
aged COW, is reckoned TO make from three
hundred and sixty pounds to SIX hundred
pounds. In Somersetshre, the average is
4l.2 cwt., or $40 lbs. 4; in Essex not so
high, and in the midland counties something
more than 8 cwt." 1t will be seen, in look.
rms .as SsS SuanITy; InaI uicy are mrer'or 10
these. no, frequently passing beyond $50
or 900 lbs of new milk cheese. On the
other hand, the returns OF some Of the dalr.
les in Cheshire show an actual amount OF
annual produce of more than 500 lbs. to
COW. and in some cases 627 and 6S2 lbs.
Il may bo said that this is owing to the fine
pas,urage which is to be found in Chesh-
ire and its vicinity to the particular care
which is taken of The COWS and The sys-
tenn ofhigh feeding adopted. But it shows
couclusively thst the COWS are capable OF
being brought to this productive yield and
the feed and management are matters which
can be adopted any where.