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

Tie Yorkshire COW is fair specimen Of
one of these cows-the character Of the
HoldeTness and the Durham beautifully
mingiug. A mich COW, good for the pail
as long rs she is wanted, and then quickly
got into marketable condition, should have
long and rather small head large head
ed COW will seldom fatten or yield much
milk. The eye should be bright. We, with
a peculiar placidness and qaietness Of ex-
preston the chaps thin, and the horns,
small. The neck should not be so thin as
that which common opinion has given to
the mich COW. 1t may be thin towards the
head; but it mus, soon begin TO thicken,
and especially when it approaches the shoul.
der. The dewlaps should be small the
breast, if fnot so wide as in some that have
an unusual disposition to fatten, yet very
far from being narrow, and it should project
before the legs the chine, to certain de-
gree feshy, and even inclining to fulncss;
The girh behind the shoulder should be deep.
er than it is usually found in the short horn;
the ribs should spread out wide, so as TO
give as globular form as possible to the
carcass, and each should project farther
than the preceding one to the very loins,
giving, il after all the uilch COW must be a
little wider below than above, yet as much
breadth as can possibly be afforded TO the
more valuable parts. She should be well
formed across the hips and on the rump,
and with greater length there than tine milk
er generally possesses; or if little too
short, not heavy. If she stands little long
on the legs, it must not be too long. The
thighs somcwha, thin, with slight tenden'
cy to crookedness, or being sickehammed
| behind the tail thick at the upper part, but
! tapering below aud she should have mel.
low hile, and little coarse hair. Common
consent has given to her large milk veins !;
! sad although the sGb.cutaueous or milk vein
has uo,bin: to do with tic udder, but con-
veys the 6Iood from the lore part o. the
ches, and sides 10 the i2gunal vein, yet a
large milk vein certainly indicates strong
ly developed vascular system-one favor
able to secretion generally, and to that of
milk among the rest.
I The last essential in a mich COW that
VIC shall mention is the udder, rather incn~
ing 10 be large IN proportion to the SIZE OF
the animal, but GO: 100 large. 1t must be
sufficiently capacous to contain the proper
quantity Of milk, but not too bulky, lest 1t
should thicken and become loaded with fat.
The skin of the udder should be thin, and
free from Jumps in every part of it. The
ieats should be Of moderate size at equal
distance from each other every way and
of equal size from The udder 10 ncar y the
end, where they should run to kind Of
point. When they are 100 large near the
udIer, they permit the milk to flow down
TOO freely from the bag. and lodge in Them
and when hey are too S-ocd at the extre'
nifty, the oriice is often so large that tine
COW cannot retain her milk afer tbs bag
begins 10 os full anl heavy. The uddei
should be of nearly equal size before and
behind, or, if there is any difference, it should
be broader and fuller before than behind.
The quantity ofmilk given by some OF
these COWS is very great. It is by no means
uncommon for them, in the beginning OF
the summer, 10 yield 80 quarts in day;
there are rare instances OF their having
given SO quarts; but the average measure
may be estimated at % or "a quarts. 1t
is said that this milk does not yield pro-
portionate gu unity of butter; and that al.
though these cows may be valuable where
the sale Of milk is the prime object, they
will not answer for the dairy.
That their milk does not contain the
same propor;ionate quantity OF butter as
that from the long horns, the Scotch cattle,
or the Devons, is probably true but we
have reason 10 believe that the difference
has been much exaggerated, and is more
than compensated by the additional quan'i.
~ Of milk. At the frs Introduction of the
improved breed, the prejudice against them
on this account was very great, and certain
experiments were made, by the result OF
which it was made 10 appear that the milk
of the Kyloe COW yielded double the guam
;i,y of butter that could be produced from
that of The improved short horn. Two
ounces were Obtained from the milk of the
Kyloe, and one from that of,he short horn.
This aroused the advocates of the new
breed, and they instituted their experiments,
the result of which was much less 10 the
disadvantage ofthe short horns. Mr.. Bail.
ly gives an account Of an experiment made
by Mr.. Walton, Of Middleton. He took
from his dairy six COWS promscuously, and
Obtained the following quantity Of butter
from quart Of The milk Of each of them.
OF. dpts.
Mol 6