Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-03-21
COMMUNICATED.
Report on Neat Cattle.

gard 10 The tcl Neat Cattle but presume IL
is coniin d TO the COW kind, including Steers
and other Bel Cattle" but this report will!
be confined to the herd Of Dairy Cattle, .
from the TACT that dairyng is, in the opinion
Of the writer, OF paramount importance to the
members Of this Club, over any other branch
| Of husbandry.
First Because it is very profitable in Itself.
| If properly carried on, and that it Is not proper.
| y douc, is a fac. patent to every Que that will
lo1k into the subject, and which is also too
MITCH the case with every other subject con-
nccted with one branch Of luslry-agrlcul-
cure in this Young America country, VIZ ::
! 10" many COWS, 100 mu,h land, too much work
aud too little profit, hence it is 10 marvel that
Some Of US say that dairying don't pay. If the
doctrine be true that person cannot lose
what he never had, we cannot therefore say
that we are losing 50 per ct. every year fruul
with proper care, vigilance and persevcrug ct
tori. W. might all double, aud may be treble
The profits TT the dairy, over its present status.
| In order IL effect this there must be more
science aid intelligence brought to bear OH
the hjcc,; we must understand the premises
upOu which We intend to tread. lu order 70
properly improve our stock OF COWS, We must
learn their history. We are told that there are
eight families or classes Ut cows-thls Includes
| the whole race. the word over But, says L
certain writer, 'of all the people in the world
Americans are the most difficult to be prevailed
upon to bc patient. and quietly tax: systematic
observations To arrive certain facts, Or distant
ii4crs. 'llr yncyerare but always tn be hlcst. y
But TO proceed with our history: These eight
tamilis< Of cows for the sake Of Convenience
and r.ssi ication, have beeu namcI 10 the fol-
lowing order, viz lst class is the Flanders COW;
ri class, Sewage COW; 81, Curvclinc; 4;h. BIZ
con; 9TH Dcmijohn 9TH, Square Scu,ch.u;
1th. Simoasinc; Sth, Horizontal Cur.
The author Ct this Classification says 'By
Means Of the following description Of the sever
al CLASSES and Orle:s. each class brlag divli-
rd into eight pr!cr>. aided by the engraved
po!uIs attached to the work, every person can
as. "a any CIV examined By him 70 her appro-
PIRATE llac in the classification, and cons qucut-
| ~ form an ac,.uratr Judgment in regard To the
maximum quantity Of milk winch she can yield
! daily and uisy to The tmc during which thi>
| yieli viii remain at its maximum. Or course
the i,,Yi and care will vary these results. But
he continues TO say. that there is one thing
which never Varies, which always holds good al
ali tlulcs, and in all places; in every one Of the
hit classes, or tauIcs, the cows OF the high
CT orders are always the best. The two high
cs: orders are AWAY, the most productive, the
| third and fJurth orders are tolcrably good. and
the four others 90 Ou diminishing to the last,
which may BIZ locked upon as uulilties, 80 tar as
| RI cards milk.
these highest classes AMI orders in the class
will give flow Of milk sufficient to make trOr:
fifteen TO twenty pounds Of butter per week
while in iheir best fl w. his has no reference
to the locality Of the race but applies to all
races, whether Durham or Devon, short horns,
or long horuS, foreign or native.
However, some localities have better cnws
| than others, as Tor instance, some ot the I1o.-
stciu COWS, the l>le Of Jersey also in the local.
ties Of some of the British nobcneu, who have
time and money To expcnd or the Improvement
nf their herds, as the .AyrshirrS, Devons and
Dun hams, but oue of the best COWS | ever knew
Of, was /; native OF this State; but DO not
know 10 what class she belonged. Us never ex-
anlncd her On that point.
\ first class COW viii yield during the year.
with proper care, $50 lbs of butter, which, at
40 CTS per h., land some Of our members get
over that price, would amount to ouc hundred
and forty tli0l dollars, while the average Of
any OF our dalrleS Is not one halt that amount.
| Now SUPPOSE Que Of our members had u
dairy OF ID 10 ~ tr. as cow at he tUreg DING
estimates the gross rccai ITS from them wouhl
be from >, 100 u $500 dollars per annum NV
what is the actual ca e with uS? Have any Of the
members If ibis club Il dairy oi' Is to - cows,
! that yield half Or more than onc-thirl Of tina!
value, say from l5 COWS l,Ojn, or 100 d ,liar>:
and we have dairles Of this size an png Us. and
well taken care OF to-. Now the difference
between the first class dairy and the actual Que
| that We are maintaining, Is from 900 to 100
| Al .,rtna laS inI
what he never had, and these estimates are
made, based upon the fact Of turning the pro
duce Of the dairy into butter thus having to
cGme IN contact and tIcOmpcte with the uatur-
| ally frrillc lands o! the lime stone Vailry aud
also tho rich virgin lands OF the Wcs!. But if
sent to the cities within our reach, in its orlgl-
| nql state aS milk, the gross receipts would be
nearly double OF the estimates here made, and
instead OF the receipts being , 600 dollars Irom
the II COWS they would be over 1900, or 5000
| To show What may bc dure by persistent effort
towards the improvement OF diaries, We have
member Of this club. whose dairy has averaged
| t. pounds of butter for each COW per week.
| Every COW therefore should be made to pro-
| duc4 to its owner one huldred dollars and up.
wards per atnuu, and may be made to do 50
with proper scientific knowledge, aud practical
and pcrscvcrIng eti,rt TO that end.
l. DIl CDllIIlltlcc NDull IlcIc dFp'iu q
few extracts FROM those who have tried Gree.
nou theory for judging Of the quality of milk
COWS R,w.lI i. Colt, Of Patterson, n j.,
says to the editor of the Farmer Library
Il have read with great satisfaction NJ
Gu2nou's work on miIch COWS, by which one
can Judge by certain niallible sign. the milking
qualities OF the animal have compared the
marks he gives for first grade Flsndcrs COW, and
find they correspond with my t;lvorlte Devon
COW, Ellen, that has taken the first premiums
at the two cattle shows Of the American lu-
stitu'e. Ny farmer says these >lgns shall govern
| him i'll his future purchases. return you my
sincere thanks Tor giving 10 our farmers this
valuable treatise u VI. Grecnou. | shall here
after ulake ny selection of the calves will
raise from my choice stocks from tile-marks
given by this author. | think every farmer
should own this work"
RustlcuS says, In the same connection: Il
wish to remark, that the accumulated evidence
in favor Of the truth Of NJ Greenou's theory