The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-07-26

From the state report to the Depart.
ment OF Agriculture at Washington, from
Massachusetts, We take the following
intems Of interest to cattle breeders and
dairymen
MIR. johnson, in an essay on farm
stock, says that the valuation of COWS and
heifers in the state in 1855. was 81, 1892.
291, and in 1866, s6,537,634. For
beef, MIR. johnson recommended the
Short Horns, Devons, or Herefords &C.
cording to ability to feed large or small
cattle most proftably for milk, the Ayr
shires, and for butter, the Jerseys; and
thinks the dairy, either for the product
Of milk or butter, by far the most profit.
able department for the farmers of east.
ern Massachusetts,.
The Middlesex committee on stock re.
port that for beef and working oxen to
be grown upon the broad acres and rich
soil Of the west, the Durham should take
the lead, but for rich milk, cream and
butter, to be produced upon New Eng.
land soil, the Jerseys should unquestion-
apiy pe rankeu inquest.
The Worcester south committee est.
mate that a cow giving only 1900 quarts
of milk a year. will at five cents per quart
yield an income of s75, leaving little
profit above cost of keeping; one that
gives 5000 quarts yields an income of
$3.50; while one that gives 1000 quarts
yields an income of 5000. Allowing s25
extra feed for the latter, there is 500
left above the profit of the poor COW.
Such COWS the committee think may be
raised by putting the best COWS to full
blood Ayrshire bulls. If the heifer calf
has a small, long head, eyes not large,
but dark and lively, neck long and slen-
der, tapering towards the head, shoulders
and forequarters high and thin, hind
quarters large and broad, with skin loose,
thin, and soft. raise it; but if not possess
ing most of these points reject it and try
again.
Of the cows offered for premium in
Middlesex, the Jersey COW, Lady Milton,
had given the first week in June 100
quarts of milk, butter Is pounds; first
week of July, l44 quarts, butter Is lbs
first week in August us quars, butter
IL pounds; first week in September l07
quarts, butter 10 pounds, Kept in pas
ture during the time and in August and
September received green corn fodder al
night in addition. Yield in butter in Ju.
ly on grass alone, 10 pounds from LIST
June to 9TH October, on green feed with.
out grain, 293l pounds, or an average of
nearly 10 pound per week for eighteen
weeks and three days.
jersey COW, May Day, twelve years
old, gave an average yield Of 20 quarts
of milk per day during June and July
butter July and August, Is pounds per
week, from sweet cream. Feed, grass,
with one quart each of meal and shorts
per day.
James Thompson, Of Nantucket, states
that from a Jersey COW three years old,
he had 336 pounds Of butter in one year.
The next year he had 9O6 pounds
from three Jersey COWS; aud last year
he had IA pounds and as high as l6 lbs.
per week from one COW. In one week
in November, II pounds were put up
from two cows, after furnishing milk for
three families, and butter for two fami.
lies, and butter for two families, not less
altogether than % pounds for the two
cows. They ate no more than other
COWS, and were fed on hay and roots,
and allowed to do their own grinding.