The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-04-22
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| Az the Southern people NO longer
Invest their snosey in land aud me-
groes, they now have means to inn
prove their stock. The inquiry then
Is natural, sEshat breed of cattle will
pay the best There is some DIVERSE
81 Of opinion on, this point. Z.
ln.the choice Of breeds somewhat
viii depend on your climate, soil and
position. II your soil is rich, and
your pastures good, the Short II orn
10 the cow for yoar choice. In size
che is large, IN color, red, red and
white, spotted, roam or creamy white
all beautiiatco when clean, and
20 color is agreeable when dirty
Her value, depending somewhat on
the purity Of her bloed, her style of
appearance and milking quality, may
be from 500 10 $500 For. milking
,pnrposes only the lirst is a reasonable
sum, the latter extravagant-eyen
T breeders price. For all usetul and
ornamental objects combined, hum
dred and fifty dollars will secure the
cow YOU wsnt; and she is q cheap
animal at that. She will give you, ON
good pasture, twenty or thirty quarts
Of milk day, making six TO twelve
pounds Of butter FER week, and on
hay and slops half TO twO-thirds the
quantity of each for six months OF the
year, and pr0portionably good yield
for four months more, allowing her
to bring a calf every year. In the
pasture, the paddock, the stable or the
yard, she ID ALWAYS an object of beau
ty and admiration, if well kept. and
without good keeping no COW is worth
anything.
The Der on is a beautiful, graceful,
deerlike, creature, ola cherry red col
or, gazelle eye, an upturned, long.
graceful horn, as 1.-the in her action as
q fawn, gentle as a kitten, and usually
an excellent mixer. Smaller and
more active than the ShOrt-HOrn, she
will subsist on closer pasture and less
stable food. although she requires
good keep. She will, if of milking
family, give as much milk and butter,
according to the food she consumes,
as the Short Horn; so that imam eco
nomical view they are about equal
the point of difference being in the
taste you indulge for one or the other
variety Her sale value is in about
the same proportion to the Short
Horn as her weight and quality. In
hill or mountain scenery, the active
Devon is perfectly suited to the place,
while on plain and low land the
Short Horn is in its true character
Yet either Of them, in any habitaul
place, are useful and satisfactory cows,
and beautiful objects to look upon.
Next comes the Ayreshirc, which is
the famous Scotcli dairy COW, COM
posite variety, bred near century
ago, into class, by cross of the En-
wlish Short-Horn bull, Oh the native
Kyloe. ,acclimated on the Scotch low
lands. She is usually red aud white
in color. the red rising into a yellow
ish dun. or falling into u chestnut
brown, her general appearance being
that of a dininutiye Short-HorD, with
less styIe and symmetry. but still of
marked character. They are good
mixers, though not SO good in Amer
lea AS in Scotland. Gin which latter
country the frequent rains give them
ALWAYS good past,,rcs,) but Still good
both in milk and butter. They are
gentle. kind i'm temper, and easily
kept. i.i
COW VI the I"Sr ~, Se"'r! III 'ne co"'ii
GUERNSEY, Aiaerhey ana 1erse!, are
her hauVe soHs, WHERE sue mas iof