Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-02-02

as he claimed in regard to Douglas and
Woods cows The production Of Doug
las and Woods cows were measured in our
estimation not by quarts of milk (as in
these expcriments), but by pounds of butter,
and If our contemporary is 1T 10 argue the
question at all, he knows that one COW, or
one herd, may yield twice the measure of
milk Of another COW or herd, and yet make
much less butter We have no doubt that
Mr. Douglas herd are much the heaviest
mixers but Mr.. Woods herd produce fifty
per cent more butter per head. We arc con.
scious that we are wasting the time and
space used in discussing this or any ques-
ton with such an antagonist, and proceed at
once to the record Of experiments referred to
FEFp ASD PRODUCTION or LARgE AND SMALL
COWS COMPARED.
Geuiit 5 Miller, n reterboro', New York, who
kent native and ll0lsten cows--the former
weighed from one thousand to one thousand one
hundred pounds, Of which there were eleven
Holsteins weighed over twelve hundred pounds
per head-for an experiment the food Tor the best
Holsten and the best native was weighed for one
week and II was found that the native consumed
OF milk produced. The average Weld Of his ma
tive cows was four hundred and fifty pounds Of
cheese per annum average Weld Of Holstein cows,
nine hundred and fity.nino and seven-tenths
pounds Of cheese per annum, per head, both cases
At the Agricultural Academy at Eldena, In
Prussia many experiments were made in feeding
mch cows, and exact records were made Of the
product Of every COW, and theexpense Of keeping
and il was found that three Ayrshire cows aver
aged two thousand two hundred and forty-seyen
quarts " milk per COW, while twenty-five Holland
COWS fllolstein cows here averaged four thousand
four hundred and thirty-seven quarts per COW per
annum highest yield BY Ayrshire, two thousand
eight hundred and eleven quarts, highest Of llol-
land five thousand six hundred and seyonty-seyen
quarts Tho Ilollanders consumed five pounds Of
the equivalents Of hay for every quart Of milk
yielded; the Ayrshires nine pounds Of hay for
every quart Of milk.
Another series Of experiments conducted by
Nilleroy, resulted in showing that one hundred
pounds Of hay produced IN llullanders twenty
eight and ninety-two one-hundredths quarts Of
milk; in Devons, nineteen and thirteen one-hun-
dredths quarts, and in Herefords, fifteen and
ninety-seyen one-hundredths quarts.
Baron Ockel, in Frankenfelde, made q compara-
tive experiment with Ayrshres and Ilollanders.
" the average weight Of the Ayrshires being eight
hundred and six pounds folanders, ten hundred
and sixteen pounds. The experiment showed that
the Ayrshres consumed three and three-tenths
pounds Of hay for every one hundred pounds Of
live weight and the Ilollanders two and eight
tcnths. OF the amount Of food consumed one
sixtieth Of their live weight was required to keep
Hollanders in their Normal condition. while II re-
qured one-ifticth Of the live weight 10 keep Ayr
shires in their normal condition"
Prof Rhode being asked II Holland COWS did
not eat much more feed than smaller ones, Ton
derns, 2. q. "lhere are nine Holland cows on the
right and ten Of the smaller on the left" said
he d" The same weight of the feed is put into every
trough or manger, aud before the smaller cows 1t
is first consumed. The results were as follows
The Hoander eats five pounds Of hay for every
quart Of milk; the Breitenburger, six and one
fourth pounds the Tondern, seven pounds and
the Ayrshire nine pounds Of hay for every quart
Of milk