The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-07-20
Improvement of Milk Cattle

w CCOIu Will piCat plCooui I,
crcasing interest," in, and growing at
tcntion to, clover, grasses, small grain,
and forage crops generally at the
South. This lays the foundation for
and stimulates the desire to have, fine
stock. We perceive this in the fire.
uucntinquirics we receive as to where
and at what price animals of this or
that breed may be had. The plan
suggested elsewhere in the present
number by q correspondent to-wlt
farmers in each ncighborhood form
ing a company and buying for com.
mon use, bulls, etc, etc, Of approvcd
breeds, is a most excellent one. The
expense to each individual would be
triiling, whilst the advantages would
be very grcat--and we rcspcctly sug'
gcst the matter as mt worthy of the
consideration of our country agricul-
tural societies.
In this connection, also, we would
repeat a suggestion made on Il form
cr occasion, and which, if acted on,
would contribute greatly towards
filling the country with the best OF
milch cattle, the suggestion was to
abandon the indiscrimatc raising OF
heifcr calves, and to select, will
greatest care, those destined fOI
milch COWS, basing the selection up.
on such points MS have been discov'
cred TO indicate probable good milk.
lug qualities:
lst. Experience indicates that tn,
calf of u good mixer is more likely
itselfto be a good mixer, than the cal
of an Indifferent mixer; also tina
the milk producing tendency is trans
mittcd not only through the heifeI
calf, but also through the bull calf
in other words, u bull from goot
mixer is more likely to begct goot
mixers than II from q poor mixer
Bulls as we'll as hcifcrs, therefore
should be saved from the best milk
crs.
"a. Form anil Wah'c.-As the mile
sccrcting power is a temole charac
tcristic, it will be found most strong
ly developed in those cows that arr
most decidedly feminine in Other
words, whose forms are most unlike
that of the bull. In well developed
masculine bull, the head, neck ant
shoulders arc thick and heavy, tho
hips rather narrow and light--thC
COW, on the contrary has small head
and neck and light shoulders, willis,
her hips are broad, to give room tc
the organs of gcnel alton and lackta.
zion. In selecting cal cs for mixers,
therefore reject every IL that leans
towards the hull in having a short
thick neck, heavy shoulder, and par-
row hips.
ID. MM MoykS. - Select those
hcifcrs with u yellow skin and with
Mort hair on the bag, it being an in
dication OF rich milk. But the
point upon which mos' reliance may
be placed is that givch by Gucnon-
to wit: EScutchcon, or space upon
the bag and between the thighs rum
ming upward to the root of the tail
and which is defined by All upwiId
growth of hair whilst around it the
lair points downward. The broodcr
md higher mp This space extends, the
better the mixer. The cscdichcon is
observable in bulls rs well u cows,
and the former should be selected
for breeding purposes upon the same
grounds rs the latter. A large milk
vein is also q good indication-as it
shows that a large quantity of blood
circulates through the uddcr and fur
nishes u large supply of material
from which milk may be secretcd.-
Southern CultirdtOy..