Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1867-01-18

il may be well for all Anonymous critics
to remember the kindly advice Of the boy
to his dog. Come out old Tower or shut
up your growing"
The following extract from paper by
Winthrop w. Chenery, of Belmont, Mass.
answering many questions proposed by
the Westminster Farmers Club, in their
discussion upon the breeds of Cattle, as
well as coinciding with their judgment as
a Club in regard to the merits of the Hol-
stein or Dutch breed, is submitted as a
proper accompaniment to the report of
said discussion.
About the year 1910, the late Hon
William Jarvis, of Vermont, brought over
bull and two cows of the Dutch breed,
which were placed upon his farm in
Weathersfeld. The cattle soon attained
an enviable local reputation, which has
been maintained down to the present time
A few full bloods and some crosses are
still remaining on the Jarvis farm; and
although they do not compare favorably
with the latest importations of Dutch cat
tie, yet they are regarded in that part of
the county, as very superior kind of
large short-horn cattle, remarkably good
for milk, both in quantity and quality.
As working oxen they have there, very
high reputation, being large, strong, we'll
made, quick and high spirited and having
great endurance of heat. They are very
muscular and having great aptitude to
fatten, the droveIs and butchers have al
ways esteemed them very highly.
In 1852, 1857 and 1869, Mr.. Cheney
imported numbers of the Dutch Cattle,
all of which with their full-blood descen-
dants except one young bull, were seized
and destroyed under law of the COM
monwealth of Mass. In the Autumn of
1861 bull and four cows were imported
from North Holland, which with the above
mentioned bull and their progeny, consti-
tute the present herd of Dutch cattle as
the highland stock farm in Belmont Mass,
specimens of which were seen at the n.
E. Fair at Brattleboro. Their color is
black and white, beautifully contrasted,
and they have all finely formed heads,
with clear, large, mild and sparkling eyes.
The weight of the COWS at five years of
age was about 1900 lbs. The milk from
one of the above imported COWS named
Texelaar, from May ~ to June 2, 1865,
inclusive, making seven days, was 1922
| Is lbs. or an average of more than 70 lbs.
of milk per day.
As working oxen the Dutch cattle are
unquestionably very superior, being not
only large, strong and well made, but quick,
intelligent, tractable, capable of withstan-
ding the degrees of heat and cold to re-
markable degree. Grade Dutch oxen
have been raised in this country, attaining
the weight of 1900 lbs. per yoke at the
age of five years.
Finally it is claimed that the Dutch cat
tie are peculiarly adapted to the soil and
climate Of large part of the Northern
and Western portion of the q. S. A., that
they are infinitely superior to any other
breed for cheese making or production of
milk.
And moreover they are prominently
adapted to meet the wants of the general
farmer, com bining as they do to an extra
ordinary extent, the three desirable quail
ties of dairy, beef and work cattle
Mr.. S. c. Flint, says in the report of
his travels in Holland. In view of the
nestimable value of the herds to the far
mers of that country, it is not surprising
that they give their cows preference to
every thing else mortal. They are never
overworked or underfed, as the wives and
children sometimes are they never lack
blankets to keep them warm, nor shade to
keep them cool, the warmest, best-built
and best-kept portion of the house is set
apart for their winter habitation ; their
food is prepared with strict attention to
their tastes attendants sleep in their APP
partments to see that no harm comes to
them at night; mixers are regularly
reused to their duties at three o'clock in
the morning, and during the day door is
generally open from their stalls TO the
rooms inhabited by the biped members of
the family" l.. f. w. Sec.
SHOOTING CASE AT MANCHESTER, N.
1 H.-The Manchester Mirror gives the
details of a somewhat tragical affair which