The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-05-31

Every breeder has, or should have.
some definite object in view in breeding,
and not be content merely with coupling
animals of the same breed, and trusting
to good fortune rather than to his own
judgment for results. As my taste has
led me in the line of breeding jersey
cattle, / have tried to illustrate what
judgment / possess in developing to the
fullest profitable capacity the quality
that characterlzes this breed. The ac-
knowledged merit of the Jersey is her
remarkable faculty in condensing in the
same quantity of milk more butter than
any other race of cattle is capable of.
One of my objects has been to intensity
this capacity rather than to develop an
excessive increase in the flow of milk.
| hold that it is required of a Jersey
that she make a pound of butter from
eight qnarts of milk, to claim recogni-
ton as good butter COW; but, at the
same time, it has been far from my am
bition to breed for yield Of twenty
quarts and upward, since my observa-
ton and experience have shown that the
increase beyond limit of sixteen quarts
has rarely produced a corresponding in
crease in yield of butter, and butter ''is
the subject of my story"
A jersey yielding daily p quarts of
milk, which make Is pounds of butter in
week, is a good COW, especially good
milch COW, but the butter product does
not Indicate such superior merit for the
butter dairy as would seem at the first
impression. There is too much water in
the milk to be handled to obtain the re-
suits which could be reached bv a shorter
process. In my experiments in feeding
in winter, | have increased the flow of
milk, in a short time, fully One-third by
the Use of what is known in our neigh
borhood as "brewerS' grains" but so eff
fectually at the expense of quality as to
dissipate almost all vestiges of cream
This notion may be further illustrated
by the well-known fact that for milk
dairy a winter regimen must be adopted
different to that of butter dairy. Be-
sides, it is generally found that those ex-
abundant flow for any length of time.
and most breeders will admit that their
best cows for yearly results are not their
heaviest mixers. Mr.. Sutlin' informed
me that his celebrated COW Daisy, with
her record of 572 pounds of butter in the
year gave but IL to II quarts of milk
daily, at her best; but her well-sustained
yield of butter during the year was I'M
precedented. My ideal of good Jersey
butter COW demands daily yield, when
fresh, of Is quarts of milk that make 2
pounds of butter, with the ability to con-
tinue good yield months in succession.
To attain this ideal have my efforts been
directed, and, as evidence that | have not
wholly failed, let me cite case or two in
point.
My neighbor' Jersey COW Topsey, that
he bought of me as a yearling, and for
which predicted Il career" yielded Is to
Is quarts daily when fresh, and makes
IA pounds of butter per week. | have
recently tested two of my Jerseys, and l
give the result: Kate Nickleby, six
weeks after calving, and four years old,
gave a daily average of 10! quarts of
milk, and made 13l pounds of butter in
the week. Ida, six years old, and A.
months after calving, gave a daily
average of 10. quarts, and made 10
pounds A. ounces of butter. These COWS
will give, | think, on grass, in full flush
OF milk, ID to IL quarts, and | could
possibly force yield of II to Is quarts,
as their mirrors indicate it and their
udders show the capacity, but / doubt
that | could get a corresponding increase
i'm butter The daily ration for each,
COW has been one quart of oatmeal and
two quarts of bran, on one bushel of cut
corn stalks night and morning; II quarts
Of turnips after milking, in the morn
mo and abOut five pounds of h9y at
noon. Discovering that they were grow
ing a little thin, l gradually increased
the meal to two quarts at each mess, and
they had been thus fed for week when
the experiment was made. l trust that
my friends, the breeders, who especially
admire the parti-colored jersey, will not
consider it a sting on the taiT' of my
communication when / mention that
these three cows happen to be solid
colored.-G. W. Far!ee, IN Country Cen
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