Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-04-20
DAIRY DEPART NJ 7.
IMPORTED SWISS CATTLE.

The herd of Swiss cattle owned by Aid
ridl & Hall, comprises some forty head.
Tie stock raised from the original importa-
tim have increased in size. Bulls and helt-
es. when two years old, weigh 1000 20 T.
40 pounds. We learn from the statement
furnished the committee by the proprletors,
that every animal of this race has fourteen
distinct marks, found by experienced breed
els in all thoroughbred animals, showing
tie milk and batter qualities, purity OF race
ec. Every leifer that has been bred mas
proved to nave a good udder and teats, and
to be very gentle and kind, giving a good
quantity and a rich quality of milk.
A record of the cows Geneva and Chris
tina was furnished to the committee, as fol
lows:
Geneva. I'M seven successive days, gave l96
| quarts of milk that weighed 40 pounds.
Christina gave ia quaarts that weighed $40
pounds, in seven consecutive days, and 1t
took from seven to eight quarts of the milk
% make. one pound of butter on an average.
other COWS in the herd give larger quanti-
les when in milk, than reported above. The
cows are fed two quarts of Indian meal q
DAY, except in the months of June and July
when they nave no other feed than pas
lure.
The quality of butter made from the
cream of Swiss COWS of his breed, is not
second to that from Devon, Jersey or
Guernsey. Mrs. Aldrich sent us a specimen
of butter, in the early part of the season, by
a dealer in Bromfield street, Boston, who re-
ceived and sold the Guernsey butter, made
by Prof. Thos. Motley, of the "Bussey
Farm !" estate, from cow selected and im-
ported by him for the Massachusetts Society
for the Promotion of Agriculture, and the.
chairman Of your committee was informed
that the Swiss butter, received from Ms.
Aldrich, was hardly second to the Guernsey
butter, which was deemed superior to the
Jersey butter by MG. Motley, with whom
we fully agreed. So, much for the quality
of the Swiss butter.
By the Eastern New York Fair, Aldrich-
6 Hall were invited to exhibit their Swiss
herd, and did so, much to the qualification
ofell who were interested in the cattle de-
partment Of the show. Mrs. Aldrich also
sent specimens Of her Swiss butter, Compel
ing for the prizes for the best specimen of
thirty pounds of butter ($15 first price, and
on lump ($5 first price, and was awarded
both, as stated by the secretary Of the socie-
ty, G. /. Hayes-Jersey and Guernsey both
being in competition. This much as indicat-
ing the butter qualities of the Swiss cows,
or in other words, showing the practical
ualities of this late Importation OF cattle
for dairymen. AS butter cows, they rank
amongsthe very best, aye, among the first.
At the New York Fair, referred to above,
butter from Mrs. Aldrich's specimens for
prizes, was decided at the dining table OF
the committees, to be quite superior in quail
ity to any other en- exhibition and thus
tested.
Switzerland ranks. high among the coun-
tries of Europe for it's dairy products, as it
does in the quality of its races of cattle.
The best aree-the races of Saanen, Simmer
thai in Bern; Gruyeres in Friebme:
SchWyz, Tug, Entlebuch, Pralligan in the
Grisons aud Glarns.
The best cheese is made at Emmen, Saan-
en-, slmmenthal and Gruyeres, all famous in
this line. 1t is estimated that in summer
switzerland has upwards of a million of cat
tie, %one-fourth of which are milch cows
subslsting on the mountain pastures. along
the valleys and meadows, comprising two
nlths OF the surface of the country-feed
mat makes the milk of which butter and
cheese OF the first quality are made. The
Valley of Emmenthal alono IL. -