Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1872-06-08
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COMMON SENSE DAIRYIN G.


start with ewes and IL ram known to come
from II breed which is noted for having
weight and quality in both articles and if II
dairyman wants herd of milking cows
good for beef and milk too, he must take the
same kind of steps to gain his ends, viz,
start with cows and II bull he is certain came
from race of good mixers, which also have
the characteristic of fattenlng fast when not
giving milk. There is II good example
given to dairy farmers by horse breeders of
the present day. See how they are discuss
ing the subject of how to obtain the great
desideratum, speed in trottlng; and most of
them agree that every animal must be de-
seconded by sire and dam from the very best
animals in direct lines from one fountain
head. Dairy farmers cannot do this with
mich cattle, for. strange us it may seem,
there is not any breed of cattle which have
been bred from, through sires and dams.
with single eye to the pail: although the
chief aim in milking stock ought to be the
quantity and richness of the milk. yet fancful
points. and particular style of beauty which
is prominent only when heavily laden with
Ell in the world, and farmers whose living
and future fortune depend upon their having
mich cattle of the best descent, will not
know whether the bull they use had "deep"
milking z. d.. much less how his G. g. G. g.
d. MIXED. Yet successful butter or cheese
making farmer must, for the future, breed
every calf he raises for his dairy herd from
nd ha acpo.i.,llx
particular about his bull and the sire of his
bull; for the dam of the grandsire will have
an influence on the shape of the udders and
the disposition to give great deal of milk,
rs much rs the grandsire's dam of race
horse will increase or decrease the chances
of speed and lasting qualities.
Consequently every man who will have to
look to butter or cheese us IN essential in his
income will be guilty of great folly to use
bull because he has II long pedigree, and
know nothing about the milking qualities of
the cows he sprang from; indeed many are
more foolish than this, for they know very
well that there is no milk worthy of the name
in any of the fi,vorte and most fashionable
blood of the present day, and even the Alder
neys are having their former propensity for
giving great quantity bred out of them by
those who find it to their interest to have
show cattle all the year round; and it will
come to be ms bad rs it was formerly with
the fine-wooled, greasy-coated sheep, the
breeders of which bought I'm equal number
of grade ewes, which they contrived should
yearn about the same time asthe high priced
ones, then the common lambs were "knock-
ed on the head and the high-bred lambs
raised by sucking the grades; thus the whole
tlocks of purc-breeds were always fat.
have had charge of genuine good mixers,
and rs | was allowed to buy and sell when
and where | pleased, for fourteen years. after
the starting there never was IL bad mixer in
the herd. | always saw the cows MIXED
from which my bulls were descended, and
raised every hcfer calf, and when they came
in turn to be MIXED, every one not coming
up to the standard was f;lttened off or sold to
drovers. 1t is easy to bring herd of any
number to give double the quantity usually
given by the average dairy cows of the coun-