Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-06-05
Common Sense Dalrying.


ewes and a ram known to come from breed
which are noted for having weight aud
quality 10 both articles and if dairyman
wants a 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 a bull he is certain came from race Of
good mixers, which also have the character.
stc Of fattening fast when not giving milk.
There is a good example given to dairy farm.
ers by horse breeders Of the present day
See how they are discussing the subject Of
how to obtain the great desidcratum, speed in
trotting, and most Of them agree that every
animal must be descended by sire and dam
from the very best animals 10 direct lines
frsm one fountain head Dairy farmers can
not do this with mch cattle, for, strange as
it may seem, there is not any breed of cattle
which have been bred from, through sires aud
dams, with a single eye to the pail; although
the chief aim 10 milking stock ought to be
the quantity aud richness Of the milk, yet
fanciful points, and particular style Of beauty
which is prominent only when heavily laden
with flesh, will win premiums from the best
mixer 10 the world, and farmers whose lv-
ing and future fortune depend upon their
having milch cattle Of the best descent, will
not know whether the bull they used had
deep" milking g. d., much less how his 9.
z. g. d. MIXED. Yet a successful butter or
cheese.making farmer must, for the future,
breed every calf be raises for his dairy herd
from his best mixers, and be more especiall y
particular about his bull and the sire Of his
bull for the dam Of the grandsre will have
an influence on the shape Of the udders and
the disposition to give a great deal Of milk,
as much as the grandsires 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 as an essential 10 his
income, will be guilty of great folly to use a
bull because he has long pedigree, aud know
nothing about the milking qualities of the
cows he sprang from indeed many are more
foolish than this. for they know very we'll
that there is no milk worthy Of the name in
any Of the favorte and most fashionable blood
Of the present day, and even the Attorneys
are having their former propensity for giving
great quantity bred out Of them by those
who find it to their interest to have show cat
tie all the year round and it will come to be
as bad as it was formerly with the 6ne-wooled,
greasy coated sheep, the breeders Of which
bought an equal number Of grade ewes, which
they contrived should yeau about the same
time as the high-prced ones then the COM
mon lambs were knocked on the head, and
the high-bred lambs raised by sucking the
grades thus the whole focks Of pure. bred-
were always fat.
have had charge of genuine good milk.
ers, and as | was allowed to buy and sell
when and where | pleased, for fourteen years
after the starting there was never bad milk
err in the herd. | always saw the cows MIXED
| from which my bulls we're descended, and |
raised every heifer calf and when they came
in turn to be MIXED, every one not coming up
to the standard was fattened 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.
try--it is only to use the same precaution
necessary to gain particular objects Of other
kinds, and to treat the offspring right, bring
ing them to caIve with full flush of milk
and feeding so as to back up the disposition
for producing abundance.
Bulls should be of pure breed, and it
would cause deal of extra trouble to search
out the milking properties of the family, but
il would pay TO do it, for it is easier to breed
out and spoil good milking qualities than to
promote and gain them. There is no greater
in America than that, though butter of the
best quality sells as high as it does in Eng
land-in fact higher when retailed the ten.
ant dairy farmers Of that country pay from
ten to fifteen dollars per acre rent and taxes
more than are paid here, aud then get good
living, and something besides.
have known large herds in Western New
York and some in New England which have
not made three pounds Of butter per COW per
week, aud half the cows sucking calves, for
great many farmers in the United States
don't know how to raise them otherwise
There are hundreds of farmers who might
round to pay the labor, to pay the grocer
BILL and all the tradesmen's accounts black
smith, wheelwright, &c.--and make as much
in other produce as they do now, and yet
the present moment and all the winter max,
none at ALL and during the summer barrel
sufficient for putting on the table twice day
This is no exaggeration, for have had length
ened experience in first class dairying in sew
eral counties in England having had seven
teen near relatives all dairy farmers som
cheese-makers but most of them and tn
most successful ones, butter-makers only, an
! myself made cheese for fourteen years-bu,
ter all the winters, and sent milk into Lon
don too afterwards; since which have ha
a longer and more varied practical acquaint
ance with dairying and breeding Of pur
breds-in fact all that could possibly b
0 known in this country from New Hampshr
b to North Carolina, excepting the factor
q cheese making. Some farms of course al
very much better adapted for dairying tina
others, some not suitable at all, and other
would do better to keep other stock, shee
: and horses, and carry on kind of nike
husbandry. 10 England, on the light hi
, farms, sheep are kept in the greatest proper
ton; where there is lowland and upland tn
: animals will be pretty nearly equalized, az
. cording to what is known to be fair con
!, parison; and on farms of deep vale lant
a where there can be but little under the plo
, las tho rich grass in the valleys of the oil
country is held sacred there,) dairying an
y the raising Of cattle will be the chief objec
1 though even on the very best land some shee
;. are kept. 1t is so managed that the sheep Q
horses or any swine shall not Craze at tn
same time in fields with dairy cows or wit
iattening cattle as sheep, &c, will pick OF
g the finest fbred grasses, which Eng ishme
5 know contain the elements OF cream aud ricl
ness in milk, and the flesh producing powt
and fattening properties.-G. G. in Countr
Gentleman.