Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-04-17

two are going to be something superior TO
anything we have now.
We might perhaps with propriety rest
the subject here, though properly IN dls,
cussion ike this something should be SAID
about other classes of animals, more partl-
culiarly what is called Native stock. We
often hear the product OF these animals
quoted, usually ID Boosting manner a.
com pared with pure breeds, and with the
conf ]rtable assurance that nothing better
can be found. But what, we might inquire,
u meant bv Native cows, and what depend
ence can be placed upon them for dairy
( purposes Coming as they did originally
from England, and mixed with other lmpor-
! cations from Denmark, Holland, ana Scot
/ land, it Is not strange that occasionally a
good mixer Is thrown to the surface. But
who depends up n their progeny or feels
ANY assurance tnst as far IS tic dam - con-
ccrned, like VIII produce like? Ga tins
pJiut, Nj Goo man Of Mass, tys, a. The
great fii;uity about our native stock -
/ Cnat there Is no confidence 10 be placed IN
their offspring. You can have no certainty
that {. G clI.dren o. these dams VIII be equal
in any rosp-rt to the dam herself. And
therefore IN a few years. If tits system IL
pursued, we stouid run out of good animals.
We cannot coutiuue TO have good amin a 5
IN the country unless we replace them by
imported stock g Every one VINO ever reared
/ A cal knows tlis To tie true, and that the
fl ue Of our common sock to IrOdu'e
hat We desire is a const mt source OF DIS
appointment OF tie lmpOrtan OF breed
NJ TO stock that can be depended upon,
all VINO are acquainted with the SUBJECT are
/ fully agreed q" Inc great cardinal prime pie
OF lddiciJus hre,dt <. We are 5old, Is ex-
pressed in tie theory that Ike hegets ike
4 or the likeness OF some ancestor. - I'm
prJvcmcnt a9d progressive xctlien"e, say~
another, ire only 10 be obtained by tue
constant persistence 10 the use OF the est
cure blood, cit .tr in grade animals or
thorough bred. And Bgan one Of tie
most intelligent breeders Q, blood stock %
oar cauntrs says, ''St4rt with poor animals
and YOU never get RID OF the taint start
With good ones and they breed good to 81
certainly, and with care improve u ith
these vel settIei principles Of breeding 10
mind we can easily understand why our 81
called native stock is 20 unreliable and pro-
ftless Aud Is il not true, Us DR.. Loriug
20 ", s' that more food is wasted in improper
! ttedtng VI cows than there Is used prJhtdbly
and sy-temati ally, because they are not
adapted 10 the purpose for which they are
d.
once knew Il farmer who for years kept
. these dr0ncs ot the barnyard, vigorously tug
tIug away at their slpies- te ts because
t.ey always brought him such neat red
calves. The little Jerseys which he " uld
lot have % hi8 farm wolli t2rn Oh from
3ue to two hundred pounds u butter PEI
I tnnum with the same keeping, while The
-rsate-t product of these high natives wac
1 the annual rel coated pets. 10 IS certainly
uOt bv such a course that we are u attain a
i nigh lcgree " excellence and profit ia the
rearing Of dairy stocS.
There is One other point % which / wish
briedy 10 allude. We often hear when speak
. ing Of Jerseys the same cry VII ca Patrick
. Henry SAYS rung through the camp Of our
famished soldlers during The war Of tie
revolution. when q renegade lOyalist We1t
Z shouting a. Beef beef :" Continually we
I are told, =. they are good for nothing lol
] beef Let IA LOOK at that question for q
moment A good COW is seldom turned into
ttel tiu ten or twelve years % age, and Ter
. 5. cra.4 value it then from 50 t. 500, no.
/ j. much rs the product og Auulr, d- oi COWS
. ID % -InzIe year. Aud yet i5r the Ike u q
I cg ,x-ra pounds 0f meat which lie obtains
. .t 1ae end 0i her elrtI.Y ptiLr.mls', mtn
sc,f- an an NAL clsht or ten years whose
annual product Is uot half yae value 'l ore
s.iea Is we'll selecte. and Ye.l bred, though
much less weight. D.JAny one eyer estimate
me eo-l " tIa- extra reef winch ae has
.-tltcd -p long and ~ PATIENTLY 10 obtain
lc js possible that q lIrI!u calculation would
III .diiy BIZ opinion as % the value OF those
tnImIls which at tine end 20 long e arr
worth something tor beet and are Of lIttlc
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