National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1867-01-11
Bradford Farmers Club.

iHS, -hli'H SoNs. .".. ~ H. 4
j. 5ohnsOn seo.id. in this section
we are h"irdly up to other sections
OF tne State in dairy stock. Does
lot think we want to raise dairy
stock exclusively in this section,
and should not select with view to
milking qualities alone, but would
go in for raising better cattle if they
did not give so much milk. Thinks
the Durhams, or cross between
them and native stock, the best
breed. ---.. -..,t
ii. c. Johnson thinks many of the
fancy cows which bring high prices
ifplaced beside many Of our native
stock cows, with same care and feed.
would fall behind our native stock
for dairy purposes. Does not think
the Durhams rs good as native
breed for milk.
John Mckelliss thinks that Dur
hams are a very good breed. Has
two cows from which he has sold
$50 lbs. of butter during the past
year, besides supplying his family.
Last year he sold from the same
cows $40 worth of butter.
VI. Il. Chamberlin owned a half
blood Durham COW, which he thinks
would make 400 lbs. of butter year.
Has now a full blood Durham which
is an excellent mixer. Don't mink
/ it costs any more to keep Durhams
/ than natives, and will make as
much butter, besides being better
cattle forany other purpose.
+ II. w. Nourse has kept native
stock mostly. Does not believe
that a COW must be necessarily
slim and poorly made for a good
mixer. Dependence upon fine
points in cows may give a good Sc
lection in quantity Of milk, but these
are no indications OF quality. Does
not believe a good mixer must be
uecesSarialy a poor COW to raise neat
stock from. The best milk cows he
has owned within few years were
finely formed and good stock raisers.
Thinks there are good mixers among
the Durhdms, but the proportion not
a. large rs among native stock
Thinks -four fathers had commenced
improving our native stock when
this country was new, we might
now have rs good stock as any for
eign country.
J. X. DaiS thinks that for dairy
purposes our native stock If fed and
taken care of as well as the blooded
stock would prove to be the best toI
/ GARY purposes. Thinks we make
mistake in neglecting our native
stock, and paying large prices lol
foreign stock. For raising beef cat
tleexc, usiyely, would select the larg
est Du ham. Our farmers now xii
or sell most Of the best calves, ant
leave fLe rest to come up the hes
way they can, and this is the reason
we have SO poor stock.
VIM. Shephardson aid not thlnl
that our farmers had got ut the tru'
idea of improving our native stock
it has been bred in and lii u'ltii !
has run out. We must go out o
our own nei ghhorhooG and geteithe.
bulls or cows to breed from, ano
cross our stock III order to improve
, it. Care and feed may make bet
r ter conditioned cattle of our nativ,
stock, but in order to preserve tht
{ desired qualities they must stoi
breeding i'll and in.
II. W. Nourse think our COWS ar,
L now great deal ahead Of what the,
1 were twenty-five years since. Farm
= ers then did not take pains to ascer
T. tain which were their good cows an,
e which their poor ones. A poor coy
Il for butter may give pail full O
: milk, which will not make near a
J. much butter, nor of as good qualit
g as a smaller quantity from anothe
COW. Our farmers ought to selcC
their best calves and raise them il
,s stead of selling them off.
=. $. Chamberlin keeps what W
/. call native stock, but thinks we hay
V but little stock here which is M
! mixed with Durham or some toreig
$, blood. Thinks a cross between Il
IL native and Durhams the best for a
y, purposes. aa
eel A. Ii. Chamberlin thinks our n
9. tive breed as good for milk and be
n. as the Durham. Does not THU
:. calves should be brought upt
IL "forsgc,n as it is called, but shou
20 be brought up on milk. To impro
ir' our native stock, we should scle
b. the sire from good milking stoc
Of. and the COW for build and size.
;. Subject for discussion next Nc
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