Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1867-08-14
agricultural.

ALDERNEY COWS, BUTTER Makers.
We copy below from the Practical Far
mer an acsouut Of the experience Of a Chess
ter County, Penn. farmer in bringing up the
production Of butter by liberal feeding.
My cows are principally pure and grade
Attorneys with few good grade Of common
cows. lhave never kept any but pure Jersey
bull. In another year do not expect to have
any bnt pure blood and grade Alderneys, as,
from actual trial and experience let what will
be said to the contrary by others, ] am well
satisfied the Alderuey and its crosses are the
most profitable stock for the butter dairy OF
this can satisfy any unprtj JUDGED, intelligent
person familiar with cows. OF course do
not by this pretend to say that the fact of a
COW being an Alderney in all cases makes her
better than COW of any other breed : but
do say that they are, as breed, better than
any other breed known for butter purposes.
l have known and have seen many great but
ter cows, of Durbsms, Devons, &c, that have
made | 3 to l6 pounds per week. These cows
were large animals, requiring the best Of food
and that in large supply, whilst the Alderney,
far less in size and consuming far less of food
will make the same quantity OF butter per weeh,
and continue 10 do 50 Tor a longer period. The
Durham and Devon, as rule, only yield well
for short time, during the most favorable pc
Rod of their milking; whilst the Alderney Il
speak only Of the Jersey, not the cosrser
Guernsey will keep her yield we'll up during
the whole season and if extra care and pains
are not taken, she will not dry off before she
calves again, which is not to be desired, and
is mi urious to both COW and calf.
The heifer Linda" an account Of whose
product Of butter after having her second calf
you published in your valuable paper last
summer. is good specimen of the grade Al
derney cow. This heifer is very small, being
the smallest COW in my dairy. Her mother
bought, when two year-old, for $50. She
was in appearance part Devon and" Linda"
her first calf, was by " Lord Derby" a fine
pure Jersey bull. The dam, after calving,
did not prove to be Of any account. l kept
her until after she had secoud calf, which
was bull. and she was still poor COW, only
yielding, under the most favorable circum-
STAGES, s l 2 pounds of butter. l them sold
her to the butcher. not considering her worth
keeping but her heifer LINDA" with her
first calf, made 12 pounds when but two
years old and when three years old after her
second calf, made Is pounds 2 ounces, as per
statement published. She has now had her
third calf unfortunately another bully, and lie
milking extraordinarily we'll but she cannot
be kept in condition--the richness other milk
keeps her poor. Her first calf was a heifer,
which is now coming two years old. She is
three fourths blood Alderney. Her sire was
pure Attorney bull, "Taylor," which you
purchased of me for Thos. T, Thasker, Sr
who now owns him. He is the sire of many
of the finest milking heifers know, several
Of which possess. This heifer 10 much lik,
her dam, very promising, and perhaps MAJ
equal her
Now the COW" Linda is but half-blooC
Alderney or sire's blood very plainly in ap
pearance. Her dam was good for nothing al
butter COW, but she, the calf of poor COW
is unsurpassed, taking size into consideration
She must have gotten her butter qualitie,
from her Attorney sire, certainly not from
her grade dam.
have never raised heifer having any Al
derney cross of blood in her which has no
proved asuccess: have them from half BLOOD
up to fifteen sixteenths. l have sold my sur
plus OF them to my neiehbors, who like then
so we'll they want more, and now have pur,
blood bulls and hereafter expect to raise the
heifer calves
Have now by an additional purchase in
expect to keep more stock which have com
ing on, having this last season raised all m,
heifer calves, both pure and part blood Alder
ney, which as rule is the only way to Obtain
good ones, "home raised," and should b,
practiced by all good farmers. To raise hei
fer calf is not much trouble or expense on
butter dairy farm, as skim milk is plenty
Our method is--after days take it from tn
mother; then for the first month give it eithe
all pure milk as il comes from the mother, o
mix with part of skinned milk, and at tn
end of that time give it twice day as mucl
SKINNED milk as it will drink with it'll,
dry meal to lick. Continue this as long al
you see proper, the longer the better, say 6 I,
months. The skim milk costs nothing ant
has very great effect on the calf. Many thinl
that by skimming milk you take from it al
of its fatiening qualities. which is great mis-
take, as can be seen by its feet on the pigs
who get nothing else on farm where Their
is a butter dairy. These fatten and grow. an
make the finest roasting pork.