The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-02-02
BREEDING COWS FOR THE
DAIRY.

BREEDING COWS FOR THE
DAIRY.
| So great is the demand, and so Insult.
cient the supply, of really good mich
COWS, that it is wonder that more atten
ton is not paid to the matter of breeding,
them exclusively. The dairymen them
selves cannot we'll raise their own calves,
as they require all the milk of their own
cows for the manufacture of cheese but
they can at least do something towards
the improvement of this class of stock, by
using only first-class bulls of pure blood
either Short.Horns or Ayrshires, to run
with their cows during the summer.
This would greatly enhance their value,
when they are sold off in the fall, and
those who purchased in order to keep
till their calves were dropped and old
enough to be fed by hand, would be
more likely to raise and we'll care for the
heifer calves, from the GER
tainty that they would prove valuable as
mil kers IN the future.
! Grade cows with a strong infusion of
good blood in them, always command
fair prices, and usually prove better milk
ers and better feeders. as we'll as finer
and larger animals, than those of purely
native stock. Two crosses of Short Horn
blood followed by q cross Of Ayrshire
make the most profitable dairy stock that
can be had, without at the same time
going to the heavy expense OF keeping a
herd of thorough breeds. If some of our
best farmers, in those districts that are as
yet not given to cheese ma king, would
go into the business of breeding cows for
the dairy, we think they would find it ex.
ceeding profitable.
| If good grade heifers with one or two
crosses of Short Horn blood of a milking
strain can be had, they would form q
good foundation for herd,and by adding
Short Horn bull to them and after
wards an Ayrshire bull to their progeny,
animals could be obtained that would
combine the large size and good feeding
properties of the Short Horn, to which
the Ay1 shire cross would add the adapt
ibility. The Short-Horn blood should
be stuck to, giving cross of Ayrshire
only after two or three of the Short Horns
have been put IN.
If large wcll-made heifers of native
stock, from good milking dams, can be
ll6I1 Vic use vi tIlC O1OOt1 W lii
soon bring their progeny into better size
or form, and then a cross of Ayrshire
might be added. 1t is now proved that
the capability of a cow to secrete milk
depends greatly upon her being large
feeder and good digester, and these quail
tiles are best obtained by using Short
Horn blood to cross with. Large heavy
cows are the best milk producers, though
they may not give the largest proportion
of butter The diminutive Channel Is
land cows or the Devon are undoubtedly
the best butter producers, yet they are
not as profitable for general dairying as
the larger Short Horn, or Ayrshire grades.
| 1t must not be overlooked that large
heavy cows can be made most out of as
beet, when their best days as mixers are
passed.
| By jrdicious course of breeding, TAX
ing care to feed we'll, so as to bring the
young heifers early to maturity and ready
for the pail at three years old, more
money can be made than one would sup,
pose. Such animals readily command
any price in reason. We have seen some
sold this fall at prices ranging from 800
| To $3.50 each. The actual cost of breed
ing and keeping such animals till three
years old would be but little more than
that of raising native stock; the princi
pal Item being the purchase and keep of
a pure-bred bull, of sufficiently good ped
| igree to impress the high qualities of bis
blood upon the stock to which he is used.
He must be of undoubted purity of blood,
and from a milking tribe, otherwise the
effort to breed a high class of cows would
result in a failure.
The matter of breeding stock exclu.
sively for the dairy is one we'll worthy
OF consideration, and weare inclined to
think that those who would undertake to
start and establish herds with that view,
would find it not only profitable, but also
feel sense of pride and satisfaction in
witnessing the success of their efforts TO
obtain high name that would Of itself
bring buyers to their doors ready to pay
such prices as only really good animals
can or ought to Command Canada Far
nser.
A young lady's idea OF the bonnets of the
season: "Oh, the bonnets of my girhood-
be kind wore to school. really thought
them pretty must have been fool. And
yet used 10 think myself on hats jaunty
miss Perhaps | Was as fashions went; but
what as mat to this Oh, the lovely little
! pancake, the charming little mat It makes
my head so very, very fat ~
AkJimmie Dolphin, Of Pontoosuc. a lad quite
| well known in Pittsfeid, Mass, for remarks.