The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-02-29
From the Vermont Farmer.
Best Breed of Cattle.

What breed of cattle shall the dairy
ing of Vermont consist Of Is q question
of some magnitude; and l think ex-
perience must answer. In our cold and
hard winters we want cattle that are
hardy and will do well for dairy pro-
duce. The breed of cows that would
suit one might not suit others. 1t Is
plain that Mr.. HOLSTER thinks the
Jersey the best, and advises his brother
farmers to get them but he has not
told us what his cows have produced.
And now Mr. Bailey has written
some things. He thought the Jersey
was the COW for Vermont, and they
were great to raise for beef; and said
half-blood little over three years old
was dressed, and the meat and hide,
without the tallow, weighed between
nine and ten hundred.
Now, 1 want to know If the tail of
the nine was not wrong side up. The
Durham men had better look rather
sharp, or the Jersey will top the load
for beef. And now friend Bailey comes
on to figures, and says, Figures won't
lie," and then goes on to suppose and
gives us nothing but supposition. 1
differ with both OF them. L think the
Ayrshires, the Devons, or the Dur
hams, superior cattle. prefer the
Ayrshires to any other cows that ever
saw, as they are very tough and hardy,
and large mixers of good milk. They
are larger than the Jerseys. although
there are none that will dress nine
hundred at three years old.
will give you something of what
the Ayrsbires hive done,-mine and
others. "Old Creamer," a COW owned
by Mr.. Hungerford, gave one hundred
and three pounds per day, and made
twenty-eight pounds of butter per
week. A COW owned by James Dow,
of Lachine, Maggie" No 1924, herd
book, gave seventy pounds of milk per
day, and made twenty-three pounds OF
butter per week. Curtis Wheeler OF
this town (Fairfax) has an Ayrshire
cow that gave forty-six and one-halt
pounds of milk per day, and made six
teen and one-half pounds Of butter q
week. E. Bellows of this village has
an Ayrshire COW from which he made
and sold one hundred and thilty-seven
pounds, and laid down forty pounds for
winter use, besides what milk, cream
and butter he used in his family. My
cow Beauty" No. 227, made In Sep.
TENDER, 1874, the third week after she
calved (she calved OH the eighth, four.
teen pounds, or two pounds per day.
have found another cow. No, 3263. thai
gave forty-four pounds of milk per day
and made sixteen pounds of butter a
week on grass. l have three-year ole
that gave, last June, forty pounds O.
milk day, and made five pounds and
twelve ounces in three days (her frs
calf. l had fifteen cows and nint
heifers. eight of which were with theil
first calves, and the other one farrow
I made and sold one hundred and sixty
one and one-half pounds of butter from
each COW besides what we used of milk
cream and butter and the hired mar
had all the putter he used, and a quar-
of milk each day.
| could give more about Ayrshires, i
needed. l am not going to advise
brothers to get Ayrshires, will only say
do as you like but believe 1t is given
in by all writers that Ayrshires ant
Devons are the hardest cattle of thu
) country.
Mr.. Bailey said he rubbed some mea
on his cattle's noses, which made m,
: think of an Irishman that hired out t,
take care of mans cattle, and the maj
told him to feed the cows some corn II
the ear, and he went to do 1t and tn
COWS would not take 1t in their ears
and he camo back and said, You
honor, did you tell me to feed the COW
some corn in the carp" Yes; hav
you done it 2" Now, your honor
don't We name in the mouth ?" / fee,
no grain, except little in the spring
ISAAC II. PARIS.
= Fairfax, December G.