The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-06-12


BY Z. p. p. FOWLER.
The general preference which has been
shown of late years for the COWS OF Al
derney and Gernsey as producing higher
quality Of milk for dairy purposes than
other species, has induced the author, as
well from his own conviction of its neces-
sity as from the suggestions Of friends
and customers who have felt the want of
such treatise, to place the following
epitome of his knowledge and experience
before the public.
Until very recently an impression has
much prevailed that the COW of the
Channel islands was untitled, by its APP
parently delicate appearance and blood
like breeding, for the use OF such persons
as were unable to bestow on it the most
assiduous attention and care but expert
ence and a more intimate acquaintance
with the animal have shown that this
impression is entirely without foundation,
and we now constantly see the Attorney
COW thriving under circumstances that
would be fitting for any other COW kept
for the same purpOse-yiz., milking and
breeding
The Channel Island COW will be found
invaluable tor private family use, from
its docility, easy pasturage and small
consumption, in comparison with the pc
culiar richness of its milk, the average
in dairy Of forty cows, under such
management as is hereafter set forth,
having been ten pounds of butter from
each COW per week; whereas in other
diaries not more than from six to seven
pounds is producable from the ordinary
mich cow-where alone quantity of milk
has been desired--which Is not the main
object in private family.
We have, therefore, in the animal
under consideration the triple advantage
as before stated, of a symmetry Of form
which renders it an ornament to the gen
gentleman's lawn and paddock; docili
ty which makes it quiet under the tethel
and in the hands Of the mixer, whether
male or female; and richness of pro
duction which not only fills the dairy
with butter, but that Of a firmness which
it retains in the heat of the summer ana
a richness through the. cold of winter
when the butter of the ordinary COW Ii
barely marketable,
The prejudice against the Alderney
which has existed among dairy farmers
whose-object is only profit, by whatever
legitimate means obtainable, is also nov
fast wearing away, there being scarcely
one such in England who does not hav,
a certain proportion of these cattl,
among his stock experience havin;
proved that the introduction of the Al
derney or Guernsey Especially the lat
ter, in the proportion Of one to six othe
cows, has so improved the character o
the dairy, that from one penny to two
pence per pound in advance is obtained
in any market, besides the prestig
which the best commodity will Away
command.
The pre-eminent utility of the Alder
ney COW as cross in breeding with thu
long-horn is universally allowed wher
the dairy is the object. For this pur
pose the Attorney is superior to tn
Guernsey although the milk of tn
Guernsey Is preferable to the Alderne,
for mixing in the dairy. The reason
which Indicate the cross above mentioned
are, on the part of the long-horn, it
large quantity of milk, strength of con
stitution, longevity and disposition to fat
ten in a breeding state and on the par
the Attorney, its rich quality of milk
fine breeding and kind, quiet disposition
The COW needed for the dairy canno
under any circumstances, be selected fol
those qualities which will produce fat
the two natures are Incompatible t.
have the best meat, we must get rid o
every tendency to milk and to have tn,
best butter, we must obviate every dis
position to fatten. We cannot have
both qualities in the same animal, ant
the attempt will only end in disappoint
ment.
The results, then, of the above re
marks are these that in the first plac
the Attorney COW is, above all others
especially the COW for the gentleman
lawn and paddock, and the only mean
by which the dairy farmer may revert t,
the peculiar and important principle, s.
long lost sight of, which places breed be
yOnd bulk, and was contemplated in tn
old adage that says
''The COW to breed
The OK to feed"