Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-11-26
Our Cows and Their Value.

cultural Society the following paper IN "Our
Cows ard Their Fslus" was read by Chslkley
Gillinghan, esq.
"At the late convention of the American
Butter aod Cbees, Association, the President
of the Northwestern Dari m ems Association,
| resd paper 10 which be- esLims ted the num-
! Der OF milk CONS in the United States o. 3D.
600 600, requiring the annual product OF 81.
| QUO, 600 acres Of land for feed, giving employ
| meut to $50 600 mep. EAina!ing the coW5 at
| with $50 100000 for agricultural and dairy
| implements, snd thu totaI amount invested in
| the Industry is over $1,000 G00000 II it Is
estimated that 900 600 COWS sre fed With grain
tor winter darYirg trey will consume Is 0C0 600
tons of hay. SO. QUO 600 bushels of corn mea,
besides bran and other thipgs Of q total value
CT over $50 100000. To this should b. added
the Ia Dor OF 600 QUO msn at $50 per month.
sl2O 900 900. makicg the annual valus of over
$500, 900 900, or az average Of S3S per COW.
| Acc. ptiog II cents per gallon ss basis for
,uputng the V.lue of the milk product, s9d
446 gallons The average yied' per aDpuu this
| b, ing the average 10 16 States 10 1860 he
13 0000 900 cows produce annually 5 1913 OOO.-
900 gallons Of milk, worth $685. 760 900. Aualy
sls show that 81 lbs. of mix contain The same
| kind and amount of nutrition as ID. of bJne-
| less beef. The total Weight of The mix nrnduot
is SO 1872, GOO, 900 lbs equal to l4,495 900 600
| lbs. Of buneless beef. About so per cent. # g
fat steer is bopegss meat. so that it will req 1ire
| 20 $50 coo steers of | 400 lbs. weight to pro-
| ducs the same amount OF uurition as The an'
nua milk prod1cs. Such fat sers wouli sell
a. 81 so per cWt. or S63 eecl-a total Of
81 300 $50 000; dcGuc ing for hide and tslInT
| $3.50 100. 900. leaves the meat value at 81 Gao.
| 760, QUO. This gives the food value OF the mix
product 10 the U. 8. annually.
"Wlliard, 10 his 'Prsctical Dairy Husbrana
dry, says that at "a cts. per gallon milks equiv.
alent in value to bcneless beef ct 9 c,uts per h.
It is false economy, therefore. that substituted
meat for mix IS an article of food. The same
authority states that so per cent. of The milk is
used 10 nakioR c1ecse and butter. AID Al per
cent. is used 10 liquid state.
THE Depsrtment Of Agriculture, 1878, es.
Inmates there are 900 600 900 lbs. OF butter
and 800 COZ 600 lbs. of cheese made annually
in the u. 8. At 81 lbs. of milk fer ID. OF
butter and 81 for l ID. of cheese. The total
amount OF milk used would DO 29,950 600, 600
los.. add Al per cent, of the product for coo.
sumption, the totcl PIC ductlon ia 0,752. 325.-
0J0 It's The clseiae in the milk used in max
ing butter, if usl zsd for cheese, would produce
annually 1900 600 600 lis , aud, besides, there
is annually run off 10 the skim med milk, tut
Ter nj ard whey, zoo OC0 900 Ibs. Of milk
sugar. which, if saved, Would have market
vsl1e greater than The entire annual sugar crop
Of Cub. "-.Scientifc american,
Some further remarks on The same sutl ct
hy former New Yorker, now residing 10 Mary
aud {:
Il found the most marked prospetity 10 tie
dairy districts in Central New York, when
II to 20 years since, large msj lrity Of tie
farms were heavily m1rtgaged. Now very few
of them are suferlug from til; very UNPLEASANT
iLcaubra1c., and the fertility and productive
ntsi of The land greatly improved. L vas
pleased to 6od in several districts hat the *
stipg rosd Law prohibited live stock Of oil kinds
from running 90 tho highways. The hedge
rows are generally removed. and the road sides
ere moIn for hay, and in many p|ao:s there
are 70 rosd ferc:s. CcWs-Tho average p.lce
of COWS ID the dairy districts is about $50
examined large pumber of thsm apd f0u5d
th IN ve,y low ID the soalc CT test BY Dir. Gus
DOL system of aaoartainipg the lao:esI quail
ties, and | am satisfied that the Value OF the
same number Of COWS might havo more than
doubled in the past or 10 years had the calves
of both sexes been carefully AID inteliigentlg
sslec.ed by the marks DESIGNATED BY GusnoD.
rhe dairy animals arc mainly OF the native
breeds. with few grade Shor.hoin5. DsVoos,
Attorneys and Ayershires. Neither thorough
breds nCr grade Alderueys are highly esteemed
by dairy mep. saw Dunbsr of large dairy
stables, but not one that considered properly
copstruc,ed or vel! kept. Ther, is not thu,
degree Of nealuess ard cleanliness that hoped
to sec. The stables are generally too open a1d
cold. There is vastly more profit realized from
the Sane area 10 the dairy districts than in sny
other With which | am familiar. Excepting
the best fruit regions near market, dairy farm.
ing and wool groHicg are the only systems
which ensure not only maintaining, but iaersas
Jog pcrpeiualIy ard rapidly the fertility erd
produciivcress of the soil. D6lry exports ere
rapidly Oh the inorossa, aud American butter
and cbtes, arc now tq1sl, if not Superior, to
those of any other country. and yet the tX,el-
leucs and prtssrvati0e quality of both may cast
ly be greatly improved By greater care and skill
10 their manipulation, O,e of The strious diff
6cultits Of the dairy business is to get and keep
good mixers and cheese makers. Milk aud all
its produces are sensitive 10 impurities, hercs
the greatest possible degree Of neatress aid
cleanliness is requisite. Should the d'irS bust
ness ever be oveld1ne the land will be 10 c)n
ditioD favorable to almost auy other produo-
tions."
A THANKSGIVING SERMON -Pfcsideu! elect
Garfield attended church at the Christian
Church, on Vermont Avenue. 10 Washington,
yesterday. Rev. Mr.. Power. the pastor,
preached Thapksgiyirg sermon brosd enough