Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-01-27

+r breeds. like the Short horns, would Civ
:, larger product of milk for the feed givel'
them. than would be obtained from tn
small er brels like the Devons. the Ayr
shires II the Jerseys; from which he wa
lei to prefer the anger kinds OF stock.
The COW, the dairyman's factor is, so t
speak II machine for converting forag |
into milk. veal. beef, and butter an
,heese made of milk. Call the first cos
of the machine for making milk 800; |
must be kept running day and mig It, sum
mel AMI winter. Sundays as well as other
days. suppose it takes Is lbs. of hay
lay to run this machine. 90 lbs. if she wa,
not conf rtably and well housed in cole
weather. say - to ) l2 tons of hay
year this will barely keep the machine
III n;nr. If not thus furnished the ma
chine stops. If 20 lbs. Of hay,or its equiv
Il N be required to keep the COW alive
ther the owner of the machine gets moth
in-. tive her 70 lbs, and she gives hin.
! i HIS of milk equal to one-half pound o
rhrr>,- a day; give her 80 lbs. and he get
one pound of cheese Il dty or 365 lbs Il
Year. or its equivalent. In tn calculation
80 lbs. of hay per day. produ es IS 2-3 lbs.
Of cheese for each ton of hay; 40 lbs. of
of hay per day, would YELL 100 lbs of
b
hypothesis. Il to- of hay in excess of the
amount necessary to keep up the ANNA
heat and sustain vitality, gives POO lbs. OF
cheese. Thus it is desirable to get COWS
that will yield most over cost Of keeping.
or of running the machine. If a COW eats
3 lbs. a day. or its equiv lenl of gr,ss, ii
VIII require fou acres, 1T II tons per
acre. t. keep tho COW L year, which. nc
b,, r-0rol
produce 4ol II lbs o. cheese Il year. A
,rm of 50 acres would support 20 cows
yielding 5 OOo pounds of cheese; increa e
the pro luctvc ,es> of the farm one-half
and will keep - COWS that will eat one
alf much again, and we should en-
ret u 600 ib> OF cheese If thu cheese b..
worth - cents Il pound, Il farm of 80
acres. at | II ton per acre. with 20 COWS.
would give II return of 81, -0l 81; increase
his by Improvement to Ia tons per
lc e. the - cows eating and digcstiny it
IN vou have Il gross return of 1920
Thus it * shown that :: cow eating tons
of hay, or lis cquiva IT, avear. W. d pro-
due " pounds OF cheese per mum,
worth 500; while Il COW .,ting and diyrs :
NJ > tons, would produce | .O9O pOun Is OF
cheese. worth Sl63. 50 But. it is said. it
wouiI be impossible to ret . tons of hay
INTO COW stomach during the wear; then
he Would advise farmers to breed up 10 that
point To do it he would select Il thor
oughbrcd Shorl-horn BULL OF the Princess
NJ Duchess family Of b ties ana use him
on his best COWS. an thus breed \ good
herd Of mich cows. No breed of cattle
; cqlrl jheSr families of Short-h horns unless
t hr the llulsttin. in converting food into
LroWth and milk crossed on our n ttivt
stock. aud YOU oct som" m king 600 lbs
of cheese III a Sra>"n-S'" per COW year,
and 4 calf worth 80 OF upwards.
Mr.. Wrthrrcll then gave the record OF
Mr. Henry Nat"n~tall> >th> Jersey cow
Sihy), which slo* that she had pro
lac Il is oij lbs of milk in 30 days. or
i Iittl' Over q - tons of milk, = an aver
.'..r of - > : li~ per day. Her feed dur
III. 'Iir year was Old uplnnh pastur" in
summer. with cut corn fodder in August
II night. about a h|>hr OF grain in all be
" en- @ra>S and root time. AMI in winter
: what hay she would eat clear and Il peek
II roots Il day. In .Iniv, she nude > Il
is. of hu ter per week. >ibvl > was
N Il hN Thomas Mot'"v."t jamaica III in
Mas probtbiy one of the best breeders
r. II Jersey stock II The country.
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