Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-08-17
DAIRY DEPARTMENT
sHORTH0RNs FOB MILK.


tome good hard blows dealt them by the
why they should pay a large price for a
cows grandfather's reputation, but we have
not seen a more sensible thrust at the fan
cy - for a long time than the following by
j, S. Latimer, in a late number of the Ma
utmaJ Live Stock Journal:
The very sensible inquiry of John Cook,
with your remarks thereon, in the last num-
Der of the Journal, and his and your g
Hons in regard to what the farmers want in
the way OF cattle, brings to my mind the
many letters and inquiries I have received:
-. e., "Have you any Shorthorn cows that
are good for milk r. "Have you any cow
16r sale that a farmer could buy at a fair
price, that will give milk enough to raise her
cult, and furnish some for family use %
"Have you any cows that will raise their
own calves?' Dozens of such inquiries as
the above are made, especially at the fairs
(as any one knows who has attended them
and shown attle). | was not a little amused
at a veteran pair Of well-to-do persons, that
had raised a large family, and accumulated
agoodly share Of this worlds goods, at a
mir in Henry county, Ills, where q grand
display of several leading herds Of this part
Of the State were on exhibition. After look
Ing with much interest over the many very
fine animals, and asking many questions as
to their merits, they seated themselves near,
IN the shade, the old lady remarking Ito her
better halt), with a significant look and gest-
ure, "Them cattle are purity to look at, but
they're no count for miM-Won't raise their
W calyes-have to nave some old scrubs to
suckle tlacir calves. They'd be purity COWS
for a young pair, like we was forty years
ago, to start with. How would we have
raised all the boys and girls that we have,
without milk? You've got to have milk to
raise calves and pigs, and children, too, old
man RI That's so. There is no use Of dodg-
ing the question, and the true answer.
What do we want cattle for? Rich men
and lords can afford to have them for pedi-
grees and playthings, but the toiling masses
Of farmers will not and dare not, overlook
the useful, practical and essential qualities
of the ShOrthOrn cow. And If the breeders
ofAmerica would comprehend the real wants
and wishes Of the American farmer, and
quit breeding for pedigree alone, and breed
for the true merits of cattle-beet and milk
instead, as is now the disposition, of bleed
ing for pedigree, without any Of the above
qualifications, then, and not until then, shall
We see the farmers enlisting en- masse in the
enterprise. | will say, tor the benefit of Mr..
Cook and others, that / have always
found the Shorthorn COW equal, if not
superior, to any other for milk and butter
and | believe that amongst the old and relia-
BILE families of cattle, where they have been
bred tor the useful qualities Gas they should
be), you may yet find cows that have no SUI
periors at the pail. ! have at least three
families in my herd, and all the fault / find
with them is, they give too much milk. l
have had no other than thoroughbred cows
on the farm for three years past, and have
only MIXED what I had to-that is, what
the calves would not take--and, at this time
from eight cows -four of them heifers), rails
ing nine calves, we are getting four pailfuls
per day !; and I have never sat down to my
table without having an abundance Of nice
butter, and plenty Of milk and rich cream,
which ! think a good thing tor children as
well as caiues and pigs, all three of which are
strictly essential on q well-regulated farm.
SUBSTITUTE FOL Observation-Disclosures says
that the solid milk of the Laplanders is pre-
pared by pouring it warm and fresh from