The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-06-02

better mixers, aud there will be quicker
profit, also, Ia having her come to be COW as
young as possible. = .ltt VI fttt ~
These heifsrs are quiet flexible in the hands
OF the breeder, and may be developed into
good young cows Of great value If properly
cared for. The effort OF the breeder should be
To produce vigorous growth that the heifer
two and a half yesTs oIder II mine fail ro he
bringing calf at three years old, the bu cher
gets them sure.
DEVELOPMENT.
am thoroughly satisfied, from my expert.
eDce with Short Horns, that / can take one
that Is an ordinary mixer and, by feeding her
milk ration and giving her the best care to
increase her milk, can make out OF her fine
mixer
The dairymen 10 my County (Putnam) say
the cows they buy through the County, with
their feeding and handling, increase the flow
of milk from one-third TO one half. Now, add
this TO what our Short Horns give on an aver
age, as we treat them, and you see we have
In the part of the County where I live Short
Horns and their grades are all that are used
satisfaction and would not be exchanged for
any other known breed. know one tenant
farmer who is the owner OF a pedigreed Short
Horn COW that furnishes milk and butter for
his family and some to sell.
Milk contains all the elements of the living
animal body in solution, and the COW is the
machine that manufactures food into this
fluid. She Is a chemical laboratory to work
up food into milk, and she must, there
fore, have ,. complex variety out outs, OF
and as you intelligently and literally mete out
food to her, so will she pour ont her milk for
your benefit. II must be entirely reciprocal;
you can not draw upon her bank without first
making "a deposit, and then she will pay you
back with liberal interest. You may carry her
sloD at night, and in the morning get your pay
in milk by drawing IL. You never could, and
Idoubt IL you ever will, get something for
nothing. and just as you iced intelligently just
sure will you be literally rewarded. While
this is true of ali cows, 1t Is almost doubly true
of Short Horn COWS.
There are but few cows so constituted that
their milk may not be largely improved, both
in quantity aud quality, by careful attention
to the wants of the COW; and IL is my opinion
that you may seek quality Of milk in food
rather than in breed. This Is a point should
like to hear discussed by the Conventional
AS tar back as the history OF the cow reaches
the belief seems to be, both of the learned aud
unlearned, that the quality If milk may be
improved and the flow OF milk increased by
special feeding to that end. Virgil, in his
"GeOrgics," makes special mention OF articles
of food peculiarly adapted TO cause FLOW of
rich milk" while selections and breeding
afterward perpetuate the variations that we
now have in milk cows. Food must first de-
velop the improvement in milk then breed
ing and feeding must continue 1t.
No one would expect to produce a large flow
of milk from straw feed, nor to make a Tue
quality of yellow butter by feeding cotton
ssed, no matter what might be the strain OF
flavor, quality and quantity upon the food
consumed by the COW. but the food must be
adapted 10 the wants OF the animal 10 secure
the best quality in either beef or milk. The
effect of special feeding upon the quantity and
quality of milk has be=n so often proven to a
demonstration In large and small experiments
that 1t is unnecessary TO say more upon this
point.
l can not close without giving few figures
in comparing the different breeds with the
Short Horns for beef, though 1 am sorry 1
can't lay my hand on later figures, but these
illustrate the point as well:
We have 100000 or l2,0OO,0O0 cows IN the
United States, and somewhere near 81, OOJ,OOO
head OF cattle, all told, according to the best
guess 1 can set. The statistics for the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1878, shows that we eX-
ported 5000 head of cattle Ut certainly is
much more this year9 About 10000 head
to England at about Sg7 per head. Here are
the wild grass fed Texans to Cuba, and the
Short Horns and their grades 10 England, the
latter selling for $40 ltimes the price OF the
former. This is q most remarkable contrast
to occur In our different grades OF stock
Horn grades was about twice that of the
Texans, bur the value nearly six times as
much.
Now. suppose our cattle were all Texans, or
of some small or Informed breed like unto
there would be in the amount
of money they would bring the
grazier, besides only large and well-formeG
breeds can be exported to England and find a
market; or suppose all the cattle OF the United
states were of the Short Horn breed how much
more money the 40 coo would bring to the
United States at s97 per head instead of SIT per
head.
Really. gentlemen, j feel like we could spare
all other breeds few pints of milk and a
pound of butter and then be q long ways
ahead with their broad level backs, fine
quarters and excellent grazing quality. These
are worth few pints of milk, at least.