New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-09-26

te.. kind Of Ray Those vino purchase COWS 40 ncs s.
the beat reaus Occasionafy gocd oov h purcesse1
from cu. tho country. but ho best COWS are oots~
Doctor GrorGs r. Ioafsa. Of Salsn Mass. beias
called upon some facts about Ayrs Ire s'ock
said that 10 possession OF farm fow yoen
ago with very mixed lot OF forty oovs. aud ne
endeavored 10 Improve the lot BY purchasing and aca
and ;hon tried 10 raise his own calves. BE tricd Az
beEy ard they did rot answer. and then tried tsahN
witt which he il vel satisfied. lie breeds all his COWS
for daily fun calves on his own farm which ho co'fto
great advantage because they are always at hosns
healthy ana scomated. ho hrs purpose In view. ane
breeds for that purpose That Is ths say te has got
goo dairy herd e DOES not uni Is expensive 70 make
RS own cows His heifors do mot cost bm over SD q
s3 vet he had 10 buy them he would have to pay ~
or 81. lie Ends II important to use bulls desceadsa
from good dairy stock, aud be breeds In and In ne
said II YOU cross bred you breed cut your gooe
milking qualities. Feeding. too is Of the utmost ia
ysrtsnee. New England bus made breed Of eSceilene
red cattle the oxen u which weigh 3. cwt v
40 cwt The kind Of thst ahould pro
fer for milk. are the Aysbires The Dorham b
generally preferred Tor beef The AYRSHIRE for milk are
~ valuable as the other breed for beef Tksy are f
moderate size and Of excellegt constitution, I nsvS
thick meated leg COW that was good derry oew,
because trey DO not hold Out vel. Cows are nisns
machine, and the moro quiet they arc kept TIE better
They do need to travel They are better tied IA me
stable than roaming about II the COW y sound there
no derment the stock in breeding from one qnite
old. O-e OF the MARIA Of good COW. Is Ia the tau
houll BE tspered Ike drum sticx. trust cay heiferz
to give milk mp about month Of the time OF caIvng
Z.
attached 10 their homes 10 overlooked There u nc
nal moro benefited By domesticstioa than The COW.
She be made 20 feel that she Ia one o! the family
and tl.s fact OF the strong reasons 10 favor VI
raising our own calves. and dome4hcatiDg them =
home from winter. They are tben more d0clie aud
much more likely 10 make profitable cows than thnss
that may he brought together every year from strange
places for they often oss coosderabse tme IN getting
worried 10 their new homes. "Ihaye." said hr Allen.
several times sold rom ny farm 10 persous hv>
ing IN Buffalo, end those cows when they get away.
River % get hack 10 theft old nome upon Grand Island
This love n home u strong point IN favor 81 thoss
who contend that 1t is most profitable ior dafymen 70
raise their owl osIyos IL Is nCt always most pront
abe - sell them Notwithstanding it appears 50 az A
view; because calf bred for The purpose o; MAKING
good mich viii often prove more valuable than Q
that cen DO bought at tho fl oos Of raising tAs
cal..'
Moi psooxs Of Wyoming. contended that sman whs
Possessed COW OF remarkable mIiAiag QUALITIES ans
ha il 10 his power to perpetuate those qualities By
raising her calves committed positive YI0Gg upos
society Il he allowed himself to bo tempted ny any i,s
ned ae prospect OF gain. BY selling suoh calves 10 thu
butcher. He bsoyes that il - altogether miat,kes
notion that dsryDsu cannot afford to raise their OWE
sock 1t is tic only way 70 improve II 40 @to bing
up TO the highest standard COW ina. wiu no. aver.
3 not worth keeping at four hundred lbs. s!erage
she Just begins to be profitable aud the pTebt hen w
crcnses with the quaht N anos. seonsiIfo'i psopSh
ton so that that gives six hundred lps Is wofo
nelrly double AZ much one that gives i've hohurce
lb md II very little more " keep those .asos
Ir. Lewis says average eight hundred los than ao0
those which Mr.. Moore saJs average only three lna'
drol Lbs.
NJ. MOORE stated. In relation to the love Of home
that have, that he bad a COW brought from nn
farm 10 his house Ia Buffalo where she wes earod lof
. .ss s.ss ,sas .as aaiis n her mix lesy hail
Nr. COSCog urged upon farmers In selecting bvm
10 improve the milking qualities OF their cowstto %
sure that the mothers VI ts bulls we're good mllkerA
and of whatever breed more but thoroughbred bus
TO cross upon what called native cows. AS to Ne
caoce OF breeds thu. tgsi depend entirely upcn local