The Kenosha telegraph and tribune. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1859-1860, 1860-04-12
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The Dairy.
Editor american Stock Journal.

Editor american Stock Journal.
I need not say he who has good dali
ry must have good COWS. and what
breed of cattle will give him the best
! COWS? answer, much will depend
upon his location and the particular dis
position ne intends to make of the milk
obtainedfrom them. If he sells his milk,
COWS that will give large quantity
without so much regard to quality lex
cept to have it healthy and as natural
as possible, for shall only refer to the
production of an honest and healthy ar
ticle). 1.-The converts his milk into but
ter, then those that give most butter Of
good quality. In both cases the amount
of food consumed, and the value of the
animal for the butcher after her milking
qualities have become impaired by age,
Tor high feeding, to be taken into consid-
Grafton. Many prefer to buy their cows
from droves, but the most profitable
diaries l know, near large cities, are
those that raise their own COWS from i'm
proved breeds. s2@
Undoubtedly the Ayrshires will give
more large mixers of more than ave-
rage quality than any other breed that
will be worth as much for the butcher
after they have ceased to be profitable
for the dairy. We often find very SUI
perior mixers among the Durhams or
Short Horns; perhaps some of the best
mixers l have ever seen have been of
this breed or their crosses, but they are
not uniformly good, and laterly they have
been bred so purely for beef that good
mixers are the exceptions and not the
rule. What is true of the Durhams is
much so of the Devons they with the
exception of a few herds, have been
bred to develop beef-making rather than
to encourage deep milking qualities,
and in these herds there are hardly to
be found any COWS that come up to the
| highest standard of excellence as milk
ers, nor as herds can they successfully
compete with the best herds of Ayr
shires. Some of the best milking Dur
hams and Devons | ever saw gave a
light colored butter, though the quanti-
ty was not small. But for the produc-
ton of butter of the highest flavor and
richest color the Attorney or Jersey
COW has no rival, and if the location of
the dairyman is such that he can avail
himself of frequent market for print
butter, there is none that will return 80
much profit on the outlay for herself
ana the food she consumes she rarely
fails to make good returns for all the
extra care and feed she requires above
the most hardy breeds. I know of
cows Of this breed that are producing
over $3.50 of butter per year, and that
on not the highest feeding, as breeding
is the first object. The milk is usually
not large yield per day, but extending
through the greater portion of the year,
and so rich as to require but from six
to ten quarts to make pound of butter,
and sometimes even less than the small
est quantity. Such COWS as these sell
dom have any arrearages to foot up that
! their worth for the butcher need be ia
ken into account when they fail as milk
ers, for so long as there is a possibility
| that they will perpetuate their kind they
must be worth more for this than for
beef. The wealthy consumers in the
larger cities are always willing to pay
very high prices for Alderny butter,
and are rarely satisfied with any other
after they have become accustomed to
its superior flavor it usually sells for
at least twice the price of the best firk-
in butter. Very few of these COWS have
been imported that failed to more than
pay for themselves, with the cost of
their keep and attendance, in a very
few years after their importation, in
milk, cream and butter, besides their
returns in calves.
The Ayrshire is large mixer and q
hardy cow-seldom dainty usually eat
ing with a good appetite what most
others would reject-and while she will
live on a scantier allowance than most
others, she will yield rich returns for
liberal feeding-and on that feeding
will last longer than any other breeds,
being less disposed TO take on flesh
when giving milk than either Durhams.
Devons or Herefords; and although
she must yield the highest rank to them
for beef, she will yet be very valuable
to fit for the butcher when her useful
milking days are over, for none will fat
more rapidly than she when dry. If
there is any breed that can be profit
able on scanty feeding and poor pasture,
it is the Ayrshire. She is also most
pleasing to the eye of the milking
breeds, her form being round, more
compact, and her color more uniformity
pleasing than others. But when a rich
return in butter is the chief object
and the and the dairyman is willing to
care for and feed literally, the JERSEYS
the eow-she is very industrious
breeder and constant mixer, ard
therefore needs care and nourishing
food, for which she will repay. While
she has not generally the fine outlines
and compact form of the Ayrshire, she
still has her finer points, as none can
compare eyes with her except at dis
advantage, nor rival her deer-like head
and neck. The latter importations are
usually the best. The peculiar points
by which her purity should be Judged
are not SO well agreed upon in this
cautry as those Of other breeds, but the
weight is in favor of fawn, dun or
French grey color, sometimes intermin-
gled with white, but the latter
should not predominant the muzzle
shoule have rim Of white or mealy
hair, the nose and tongue black. In
my next, propose to consider crossing
to obtain COWS for the dairy.
| WIVES AND TRoUBLE-An Eastern editor
says that man in New York got himself into
trouble by marrying two wives.
Western editor replies by assuring hts CO.
temporary that good many men in that section