New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-06-13
THE ORANGE COUNTY MIX BUSINESS.
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cows, WHERE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF
CONSEQUENTLY METHOD PRICE OF MILK
AT DIFFERENT sEAsOSs-PROfIr PER COW.
The Orange County oairymcu are soppl'ei with
ecw, ty droseIs who collect them from Western New
York. Ohio aud other sections Of the country The
price pad Tor them IN Orange County WAS al average
Of s25 70 years ago. bot they worth 50, ano
extra fbe ob-s ~, or even more.
The time that cows will go dry is, every farmer
knows, u matter that depends the phy-ica pecu'
La,i,i.s If the snimhl. AID is scarcely reducbe To
al accurate low. but Is general tbDe co" we'll
treated will, III Orange County - everywhere else,
MIX Up t.r within 10 Is days Of calvIDg. Some will
mix with but little Cessation, while others will as
prsistent'y go ory al The year r'und.
CHOICE OF COws-GUENON's METHOD.
Tie su.ce,s of u dairynaD Ia, ~ course, ~ great
measur. dependent upon the Judgment he displays ~
th. SECRETION VI bic II Le allows drovers 10 i'm
Dos. uron h,n, with p, animals FOR Succession OF
years. lie vi. find bis expenses ostrunning OILS pfohte,
and be ultimately compelled 10 ch,ose between ab.n
d0ping the business selling lis farm Oh course, no
training will cup' nsste for no want OF ia ural tat
IN selecting the BEES, dairy cows, bat there are certn
broad distinctions that may easily be recognized be-
tween good aud bad ones. TIE system Vi Guenop
pref ss,s to furnish liable test by which farmer
may uDbesiissingy sci, CT roD large drove the cows
that w give the ost and the ricest niik; aud mol
only this but he can also bnOw from their "es-
eutch-ors the exact lumber Of quarts they s give,
and The length of time they will 20 dry The sweep
ing character Of these ASSUMPTIONS has naturally
cause them TO be ue With emphatic denial aud skep-
acism; and the g,ea, na ,ry Of farmers especially
those who have Dot made a practical application Of
the ty-tem, deny that the DIX esoutcheon," or
"a =. Ia = Id.
of the milking properties Of a cav, except as an i'm
por,ap, adjubct to certain welestablshed mix points
such az a thin flank, small heao, vide hips and mar
row shoulders, large milk VEINS &c We think tbai,
In REJECTING the claims Of Gueuon entirely, grea.
mistake is made. and that there is much truth in bis
theory.
II We bear in mind that the cows which would be
most profitable Tor butter dairy often The very
reverse for milk cheese DAIRY, we may readily
snde stand the III portance Of giving The grea'est
encourngen EFT Ia the importation aud breeding Of
the several well-e Established breeds of Europe. For
INSTANCE. the Jereys, which give by fa' the greatest
amount Of cream in proportion 10 their milk, would
Be very Improbable Ia dsirymsn whose sole object
is to -end large quaotty Of uils TO market, whils
the Ayrshirrs ~ouln be- the very breed for HIN to
sct because Of their d ~siiVe and secreiive powers
Deoce farmer, 10 attempting 10 apply the Guenon
syt.u should bear III ud that certain constitutional
aud hereditary pecular,ies the several breeds.
ard he must select the appropriate breed either for
butter milk, if choosing ouly fron Que grade,
AM patve cattle, he should take those showing the
weD-kpowD points. and then apply the Guenon test
to ti-cvv-r the relative excellence Of the animals
under examination.
Mr.. Flint, author Of recently published work on
Mich Cows and Dairy Farming, says that he has ex
ssin.d many hundreds of cows, with view to ascer
tain the correctness of the man features of Gucnons
system, seeking at the time for the views and
olinons of the best breeders and judges Of stock.
He says, 1.-THE result of my observation has been
" that COWS with the most perfectly-leveloped milk
'" mirOrs, or escutcheOns, are with rare excep-
tious the best mixers of their breed, and that
cows with small aud slightly developed mirrors
are, in the majority Of cases, bad mixers NJ.
,hagne, avery sensible writer and close observer,
has recently published little work entitled ChnlS DIES
VscAes Lalt,Sres, in which the Guenon method has
been shorn of Its superfuites and made practical and
inteigible. In Denmark, NJ. Andersen has proved
the system by examining more than 600 cows; while
In Germany NJ, Pabst, after a. large experience and
observation of stock, has made five divisions or
classes, consisting of-ls. Very good or ertraord,-
hary %. Coed or coed m,ddiing 81. N,ddiiag
and la,ie beiop middlrAg; in. Small; 5,a. Very
bad ras!kers-all by The application of Gu6nons sys
tenn.
CALVES, BoBS OR KITTENS.
TIE animal known TO Dutch butchers of this city
by the technical name of BOD and kitten has not that
we s-e aware Of, been classified by Buifon or any
other aatui as, but il is sufficiently well known in
the a,crke, 10 he quoted occasionally in the re-
ports q this paper. The term is applied TO calves
less ia a week old, and which usually sold TO
the per~ns who 10 through the poorer Wards, ped
ding us1ts from the wagons. We may sometimes
Gee the sTele exposed at the stalls Of butchers, and
Owing TO the small price at which it can be afforded,
/; ests wih ready sale TO the poor. The flesh ia
red, fabby. and dsgnS,ing in appearsnce-the body
resembling that of skinned rabbit, and pals,able
only tD those who nS. particular TO know Their
-'wesi pie sE; made o. kit.eas." The trsttic Is
neiaToas one, end very prperly inlerdcted bs Cor
poraton enacuosnts. In syite OF legal reSsiaint,
however, there are enough persons ready to risk
nrres; for the sake Of the prs of The business, snd
hence We 6nd that il is By no means ancomAen
practice IL Winter, among the dairymen q OraneSs
County, TO sell their calves, Few days aaer they
are cropped to the butchers who come 10 the farms
TO purchase then 81 20 to 50 each. The Butchers
Kill the little beasts and pack them in baskets about
feet square putting about 800 pounds in each bss
ket. These are sent down 10 the city by the milk
tfains In Summer, when milk is very cheap, the
hrasrs keep they calves Until they get " be three