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

have not the least doubt but q mine OF Weaun
is thus within his reach. Iffarmers would
attend to this matter, what an impulse would
It give to the agriculture Of this section7
We should hear no more OF the importation
of foreign grain, to the shame and disgrace
Of our country.
From the Second Report Of the Agriculture Of
Massachusetts. 20
The farmers are unanimous in their pre-.
ference of the common native stock Of the
country, in which the Devon blood predom.
mates, to any foreign stock with which they
are acquainted. They are 10 general as
decided in their preference of small, over
larged.sized cows. They are not, however
raisers sock and buy their cows wherev.
er they can find them, according to their
best judgment. The remarkable produce,
If so il be considered, is to be attributed 10
extraordinary good management and keep
ing and on this account, deserves tho
more attention, as showing what may be
done. a. =
The dairy stock in England which seems
to have the preference over all others, is The
Ayrshire. The origin Of this stock is ne::-
well ascertained (; but thuogh i has some Of
the qualities of the improved Durham, it Is ,
race distinct from that. Great pains have
been taken and great expenses incurred 10
order to introduce this fine Ayrshire race
ofcows into our state by the Massachusetts
Agricultural Society. and by an intelligent
and public. spirited friend TO agricultural im.
provement in Water,own. regret thati
am not able to obtain such returns as would :
enable me to speak confidently OF the mer.
it's or defects Of this stock, so far as these
cases 20 but am safe in saying, that some
slght disappointment has been experienced.
It is probable, from the celebrity which they
had obtained abroad, too much was expected
from them here. Extravagant statements
have been made respecting their produce
in Scotland. One Of the advocates for this
stock, and a man upon whose authority
great reliance is placed, has undertaken TO
calculate precisely the number of quarts OF
| milk given, and the number Of pounds OF
cheese made, from what is stated to be IN
money the average produce ofan Ayrsh:feA
COW. This is certainly rather loose way
cannot be placed upon it. This. another
distinguished Scotch farmer and dairynan
admits and says that those statements
are far too high and not well founded"
He refers TO farmer, on whose exact.
ness he entirely relies. whom he pronounces
man Of superior intelligence and accuracy,
and who has devoted himself to dairy hus.
bandry, and, farther, whose stock were par.
ticulariy select and who had every induce.
meut to keep them 10 the highest condition
requisite for giving the largast product in
milk" The farmer referred to, states that
at the best Of the season the average milk
from each COW is 9 Scots pints az gallous}
aud in a year, 1900 Scots pints or $50 gal.
Ions. A Scots pint is two quarts. Now,
allowing these cows to be in milk $40 days,
the average yield of a cow would be SIS Of
a quart per day. But if we understand
this to be wine measure, which is the usual
standard of measurement in England, and
campare il with our customary admeasure-
ment of milk in Massachusetts,, which is
always beer measure, we must deduct one
fifth; and then the average product Of an
Ayrshire COW, compared with ours, is 6 Ia
qts. per day for $50 days. Such yield is
often surpassed by COWS of our native stock.
IL have before me the case Of a COW Of na.
tive stock among US, who,in 2e8 days, yiel-
ded 1928 beer OTIS. Of milk and Of another,
that produced 1915 beer OTIS. ofmilk in ten
months. I can produce, within my own
knowledge, list of nearly fifty cows Of ma.
II tive stock, almost as productive as these. /
do not mean 10 underyalue the imported
stock. Far from it. Ideem the introduce
ton Of tho Ayrshire stock and the improved
Durham short-horn, great beneIaction to
the country. Their tendency to fatten, their
early maturity, their beautiful ,ropartions,
highly commend them to our good will and
our interest. As yet, we have not had. by
any means, sufficiently fair trial Of their
!, dairv properties so as TO determine fully,
either for or against them and it has been
, found here, in repeated instances, as It has
= proved abroad, that COW, from cross Of
, an improved Durham with the Devon, has
given a valuable animal for the dairy. But
, among tho great advantages which is to re-.
suit from the introduction of this improved
, and beautiful stock, is this : to give our far.
mers knowledge of what can be done
by skill, intelligence, care, selection, and per.
. severance in tho art of breeding animals
for any purpose in obviating defects oi
form, constitution. and habit and 10 perpet'
t ua,ing and transmitting excellent and desi.
rable properties. In the Ayrshire STOCK
and in the improved short.horns, the most