The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-09-18
The BE-, Rreets for the Dairv.

er the following report Of a meeting oi
the Cherry Greek Farmer Club. ia
which th- question. which j. the b~-t
breed Of cow Tor the dairy was dis
cu--eI. " =. Blai-de!i remarked a.
follow.
..The question Of breed of cattle Tor
the dairy Iia- Of late been agitating 1he
minds or the American dair-meu. and
/ may say special in Chataugua forrhe
last few year Thi- l. - ii should De-.
surely. wI-il We com-idrr;l..- i.w aver
aye Of the milk and butter standard Ia
this country. Thanks 10 au .utpellin-
power farmers are beginning ~ DO 5Lrir
own thinking We hop and trust tllar
the farmer Of today j. not letting Ia,
thinking out to De- dom by the job a.
much ~ formerly. and when dairymeH
think for themselves they viii newt
ably breed COWS for thaIu-cIye-. Yc-.
and that too from cDw- gu tL-ir own
farms scientific men. oriho-r that claim
to De-. to tie contrary notwithstanding.
Scientist. would have IL bclirve that
breeding stock, just such "O"- a. would
give " :. 900 lbs Of milk IN "a season.
MAKE 300 and 800 H. Of butter there
from. j. all -lIrouded in mystery; must
not touch IL: must buy special breeds Of
scientific breeders. bccaI;~- Il we do not
we begin back 200 or 300 years. and then
start with "a scrub cOw. \ scrub. they
say. Let rue ask any Of you farmers
here to-day who have five, siS. or more
COWS. If that is the scrub Of your herd
that viii make you 200 Or:iO0 lbs. of but
ter in season! venture 10 say that
yen viii all have one or more In each
herd. If it i, then say start with your
scrub and raise your average MP to that.
You can do it, just a. sure as you couple
tiIat COW with It bull Of tine best milk
and butter strain that you can get. even
if it i her own son. think that per
haps going back few hundred years
would be- Il benefit to IT. a. breeders Of
dairy stock, and start a. did Jhat oldest
breeder IS" have any account Of, and 1
may say the most scientific because hc
bred to special qualities or clIaracteri--
tics. such as colorand size. lie succeed
ed most admirably, and that, too, with
the scrub, for he he'd to throw out all the
bcsi or largest and strike for an entirely
different color. We see that this was
all accomplished in a very short time
Shall we follow this noble example of
the worthy patriarch and breed directly
toward tn" special qualities we desire,
such as milk. butter, and size, 1t has
been stated, and justly, too, that the
dairy COW should have at least three
special characteristics but | would add
one other, and that j. butter. because a
a large iiow of milk is not a sure indica-
ton of a butter dairy COW. 4 good dairy
COW would stand thus: First. great
milking capacity; second, great butter
third, great digestive capacity;
fourth, quiet disposition. Now, we claim
Just this, that we have all these special
qualities in large number of our Cha
tauqua scrub herd. Especially do tie
characteristics Of digestiveness and
quietness predominant in our scrubs, and
the other two qualities mentioned above |
largely excel in numbers Of our native |
cows. Nothing uncommon TO find-in- |
dividual COWS making 200 To 300 pounds |
of butter IN ii season, besides milk used |
in the family Now, if such is not the |
COW 10 breed from, and las not the Spe-
;iiic quaIitics we all want and need. and |
must have 10 raise our average To a high |
ar standard. then must say that my ef-
'ortS to get better class Of COWS have all |
Deen in vain, and am just where was
,ight or ten years ago BGi / do not be-
ieVe such is thefact We can have good |
COWS, or mt least a etter grade of COWS.
if we will. We must 20 at it now. /
have been breeding for the six or eight
years directly toward the special quail
les of milk and butter, and | have sue
,eeded 10 nay entire satisfaction, and that
90 from an average stock Of cows. But
armerS need not do this: they need not
AXE the average; they can start from
,etter than the average by taking the
,est to raise calves from. True. il takes
bout four years to get Il COW in this
vay, but we iave the advantage OF ac-
and also of knowing just what
80 have in every particular. Our aver
&c in this country of such good grass
much too Iow-far below what il
hould be; $50 pound of butter 10 the
ow is at least 100 pound too low Ny
i'm has been to induce farmers 10 try
nd raise the average to a higher figure,
nd that with what they had in hand to
o it with, thereby doing away entirely
he need of buying from ti.e droyors-
IL impoverisling practice. In regard
D best breeds for the dairy, we will
upposc. for instance. that the Ayrshire
r the jersey re the best milk and but
ar breeds of cows, is it practical for
'hatauqua or even Cherry Creek dairy
zen TO change their present herds 10
hose distinct breeds: Can it be done
'ithout great loss. say nothing about
he extra expense to us. We think not,
{ least looking at it from our stand
oint, with our present herds accliInated
4 our farms and yards. Again, in the
inc that il would take To change, we
ould bring cur own herds up to 4 higher
verage. if not as high an average as
nv thoroughbred here; because we
ave not as Vet seen any large herds of
hose breeds thoroughly tested to see
What their average would be. We should
onfidentIy expect to see it below, rather
han above, what ii has been supposed
" some it would be, when large herds
rere tested. When the average milk
nd butter quality is taken into account
iany improvements would be necessary
With thoroughbred COWS. What shall
rc say, ;hcn. Ayrshire, jersey, Hereford
hort Horn. Alderney; or shall We say,
old fill pail. " which all of Us have, with
er large udder and her Tremendous
foulach that eight feet Will not SPAN"
Vi. :. BlaisdelI- adapted TO tax
a.s on flesh are not so good for milk, and
re should be capacitatcd to taking on
,.I ,,Isp ,ve desire IT. TL;s !. We /