The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1872-08-08
for the farmer.
BY p. n. aIxxAx.

The following article was written by the late
d. b. Human, Esq, Of Chester County, and
originally printed in the Germantown Telegraph.
As the views expressed are 10 correct We have
piled with, with the greatest pleasure.
do not think thzt very large proportion Of
our cows are weii-adapted to the butter-dairy.
What we want from = COW is quantity and quail
ity Of butter; we should not be governed by
quantity Of milk.
have some fine looking cows with the dis
tinguishing marks of good milken, which were
selected by one of the bust judges in the County,
but which arc worth nothing for butter; while
for the conscientious milkman they would be
very superior. believe that all distinguished
writers and breeders both in this country and
Europe admit that for the butter-dairy the AID
erneys stand at the head. For early maturity,
quantity and quality Of butter, they certainly
excel
Prof. Flint, in his work on Dairy Farming, says
that one or two good Alderney cows in herd Of
fifteen or twenty, will make great difference in
the quantity of milk and butter Of the whole es-
tsblishment. Again, he says, no breed can excel
them in the richness of their milk, aud the butter
breed, worthy of attention at farms where the
making Of butter is an object Of pursuit and
profit. An infusion Of Alderney blood will DO
likely to secure richness of milk and high-da-
vored, delicious butter. Again he tells us Of the
AIderney COW "Flora" which produced five hum
was a remarkable yield even for an Alderney.
Dr. Twaddell, Of Philadelphia, writes to me
that he has been breeding Alderney cattle for
about ten years, and says: "My experience has
for the butter dairy; no other race Of cattle ap-
preaching them in quantity and quality Of but
ter"
The rich, golden color, the waxy grain and
nutty flavor Of the Alderney butter, arc its mark
ed characteristics and distinguish it from that
mr. hva MI her breed
The Alderney cows are steady milkers, con-
tinung mp to the time of cslving They are
very gentle; indeed, never saw one that was .
kicker or in my way vicious They also come
into profit Mt an early age.
John T. Norton, ESQ.,, Of Pennington, Ct, who
has been engaged in the dairy business with
Aklerney cows for more than ten years, says:
" Their average product per annum is above all
other breeds" If have been correctly infor-
med. the State Agricultural Society of New York
in 1859, offered premium of fifty dollars for the
herd of cows of not less than twelve, that made
the largest amount of butter in one year. The
premium awarded to herd of thirteen cows
that averaged one hundred and eighty eight
pounds per COW. The butter was sold at 25c.
In the same year, Mr.. NortOn's Attorneys, four
teen in number, averaged two hundred and TWEEN
ty-five pounds each, and the butter was sold at
Soc. per pound. had an imported AlderDey
quarts of milk. see by a recent writer on the
subject, that fourteen quarts of milk is the aver
age for pound of butter in this neighborhood.
This COW has made 800 pounds Of butter in one
year.
As to early maturity, will only state what
has come under my own observation. have
two Thoroughbred hefers of my own raising (;
one had calf mt thirteen months and five days
old; the other had twins at thirteen months and
twenty days old. These heifers and their calves
well developed, and would be considered a
fair size for any breed. The calves have showed
a fair disposition to follow the example of their
danes.
From observation and experience. am fully
persuaded that farmers wOuld find it much to
their interest to cross their best cows with the
Attorney, and by raising few heifers every year
they would soon have herd Of cows that wonld
he exceedingly valuable, and to which they wonld
become much attached. They very dOcils
and usually the pets of the banyard. A few
years attention to this matter would give us the
best dairy cattle in the world. There is no rea-
son why Chester County should not be come as
celebrated for her fine dairy stock as she is for
some other things.-Ger. Tel.