The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-05-21

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will produce the best workers. We should
have breed that will furnish not only a
good quantity of milk, but that rich, in
either cheese or butter and the breed
that can furnish the maximum in the
union Of the two qualities combined will
commend themselves highly to the dairy.
men Of Vermont.
We are far from the opinion that it is
necessary to keep large race Of cattle
to make beef profitably, and therefore
take but little stock in the idea that we
must have large cattle because the end
Of all cattle is beef The cost of pro.
duction, not the size of the animal or the
number of pounds, determines the profit.
There are many billy pastures in Yer
mont where beef might be made with
profit on Devon or Ayrshire steers, that
could not make q remunerative return if
fed by cattle of larger frames. In sup
port of this position | will quote one Of
the greatest admirers Of Shorthorns ia
this country, Mr.. L. f. Allen, editor Of
the Shorthorn Herd Book, who, in the
Report of the Department Of Agriculture
for 1866, says: "While commencing
the Shorthorns for our severe climate and
to all localities where good pasturage
abounds with sufficient winter fodder,
there are places to which | would not
take them; localities of wide breadth,
where it is difficult for even our native
stock to thrive. There are mountain
ranges, which, although producing sweet
and nutritious heritage, are so difficult Of
access by reason of their broken surfaces
that only the lightest and nimblest cattle
can Craze them, and they literally have
to toll for living; in such localities
lighter and nimbler breed may thrive,
while the heavier and more sluggish
Shorthorn would decline"
Another friend and admirer of Short
horns will be cited as authority to prove
the want of fitness of large cattle to adapt
T themselves to a large portion of Yer
mont lands namely, Mr.. Francis M.
} Rotch, who in the Report of the Agri-
cultural Department OF the Patent office
for 1871, says: Suppose we take two
young Shorthorns as nearly alike as
! possible. We know the characteristics
of this race are size, early maturity, (0
a propensity to fatten, and quiet temper.
, Place one of these animals on the rich
blue grass pastures of Kentucky or the
fertile bottoms of the Ohio he will grow
) and spread and luxurate in his ample
feed and easily gained livelihood he will
lie down and grow fat; he VIII mature
even earlier and reach greater size,
} perhaps, than on his native Yorkshire
} wilds, and will prove himself the fitting
, type for his new home. Place the other
animal upon the granite hills of New
Hampshire, or the arid plains of Texas
and the result will be widely different
Want Of the succulent grasses and luxur'
2 liant abundance of food he is accustomed
: to will affect his growth; the increased
labor in collecting enough Of the scanty
G heritage to satisfy his appetite will veal
f upon him his form will alter; his ca
S pacious frame will never be filled out he
S will become flat-sided, lighter carcassed
t with larger proportion Of offal. Hi
g very temper will be changed habit vii
y induce activity and restlcssness, and will
y them he will loose much of his fattcnins
), propensity-a quiet disposition being all
d important to kindly feeding. Bring thes'
# two animals together after some years
: and we shall scarcely recognize them a
Il the same race. Each has adapted itsel
e in measure to the requirements and ca
It pacity of its locality the one has improv
h ed upon, the other degencrated from, tn
J. original race"
d Many dairymen keep large cows Of in
n different milking capacities under tn
l. impression of their greater profit, as the
IF will bring more for beef when they hav
l. passed the age Of usefulness as mixer
ID without ever making any estimate c
their greater cost of keeping, or a com
n parativc estimate of the difference of tn
v value Of the products between an indiffel
&c ent and good COW. There are thos
e. who are keeping ten large COWS to &C
y the same amount Of butter that is ofte
in returned by five smaller ones, because {
a. the greater worth of the larger COW
)" when turned for beef.
Is This relative ability to make beef an
y butter is seldom appreciated as it shoul
Iy be. Cows are usually kept in the dair
a for about ten years. If the difference {
)" the yield Of butter is only two pound
Is, per week, for twenty-five weeks in eac
I'd year, we have the amount of five hui
Oh bred pounds as the difference in the yiel
lie for the ten years, enough usually 70 pa
he for all the beef both will make when ia
or tened. The difference in the profit
pit the two does not consist in this alon
er The cost of keeping the larger COW
tn more, though it is often contcndcd tn
it. the larger mixers will consume more
ife proportion to their size than those givil
DIS less milk, which if we admit to be
ed while giving milk, is not the case duril
er. the period of growth before coming
as milk, or while dry each year, or VIII
so being fattened.
lat A depression will here be made to C,
IRE attention to one point, calculated to affe
Tor the value Of different COWS, or differe
breeds, for the dairy. Good cows fro
of breeds that furnish exceptional 60
lue mixers are more likely to prove defect
me in their milk vesses,an be troubled vi
Try gargct and its kindred evils, than tho
The from breed that have been bred
Der mixers, and by long continued develc
vas ment Of the milk vessels have render
vas them more perfect.
'ws Large cows are not usually the b
we mixers nor do they give the richest mi
7ed Prof. Voelcker, of England, in an arti
The on "What Constitutes Good Milk" sa
it -"Gcnerally spkeaking, small races,
Of small individuals of the larger races, g
cen the richest milk from the same kind
of food"
len The farmers of Vermont can har,
the afford to keep cattle for fancy alo