Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-08-30
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In some remarks which we were called
uponto make,in the winter meeting Of the
N. Y. State Ag. Society in 1865, we stated
that the AYRSHIRE cattle had never at
tained to q popular hold upon, the estima-
tion Of Ohio farmers, but that for dairy
purposes the grade short horn was the
most in favor while mahy Of our best dai-
ries were madesnp of, picked animals of no
particular breed, This statement was ac-
ed officers of the N = Y, State Ag. Society,
who declared thar the Ayrshire COW was
thsReffection of the breeder skill In the
way Of an animal machine for theproduc-
tion ofSmlk. To,which we could only re-
plyySthat in Ohio the facts of< Experience
had not borne out such a conclusion. Mr..
Willard, now on visit to Europe in the
interest of the IN ~. Daigymens' Associa-
tion. writes as follows to the Country Gentle
man: sssDE.IT Ui.L w frbL
In going among the dairy farms Ihaye
not been able oO find better class of milk
ing stock, nor SO good, as, upon. the, best
farms in Herkimer, Lewis and Oneida
counties, apdit we should 60 to exception
al cases, I should prefer to take my pick of
the, herds IN. New, York. The quality OF
cheese made per COW is less than in our
best dairy dhtricts, though of course some
allowance should be made for the longer
time in which the English cheese is kept
before it goes to market. a..-...... ...,
sYon viii understand, perhaps, why the
milking stock of Somerset, Wits and
Gloucester is not equal to that bred in
HeTkimer and Oneida, from the fact that
the dairymen of New York breed especial
ly for milk, while the English dairyman
has another object in view coupled with
milk production, and that is, the, making Of
beef when the animals fail for the dairy or
meet with any accident l had an oppOEtuni-
tyofseeiHg how generally thiswa takenin-
to account IN looking ever heifers and other
stock for sale with farmers, and hearingil
their opinions. They would readily admit
that such and such an animal appeared bet
ter for milk than another, but the last was
preferred because it indicated better
promise of meat. The dairy stock Is gen.
orally made up of grades, of which the
Short-Horn blood largely predominates.
Grades of Short-Horns and Herefords are
not uncommon.
II asked Mr.. Harding, who had been in
Scotland teaching cheese making, how 1t |
happened he. had no AyFshires in his herd, |
since NE must have learned that it was a /
milking breed. He seemed unwilling to |
give the Ayrshire any preference over the
onOrt-td0rn in this respect whilethe Short
Horn, he said, could always be turned toaf
good bit of beef when falling for the
dairy, and the other would be or Iittle ac-
count in this respect. said to him, You
do not argue tie question fairly, since no
account is taken of the greater quantity of
food consumed by the ShOrt-Horn, or
whether the profits on milk from the great
er, number Of smaller animals that canA
be kept on your farm, may not be more
than could be realized from the profits on
beef of the larger breeds He assured me
tlNthel had kept arecoFd of the milk from
his own herd, and compared it with herds !
of fAyrshiresinS Scotland, finding the quanti-
of his own herd" ib-elann