The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-01-09
Our Dairy Cows.

While we have some excellenbrmate-
rial for the formation, of good dairy
herds, we nevertheless make a poor
of average cows. The So
called native stock, bred without care
and by accident, has become fair ba-
els upon which to found starting
point for estimates of yield. A herd
of IL native cows, selected for the
writer's dairy from the best that could
be procured in locality extending 20
miles about New York, and including
the markets of that city, yielded, FROM
Feb. 8 to Sept. 80, or 293 days, precise
ly sc, 91S pounds of milk, or daily av-
erage of 1853 1.2 pounds, or - Ia
pounds per COW, which Is exactly six
quarts and as the cows are dry but
about 40 days, IL am UNITS to a yearly
production of 1850 quarts, or 1920
pounds each. The profit or loss in the
business of producing milk at this rate
IS clear. AT three cents a quart, which
is much above the average price real
lied by dairymen, COW brings in $780,
20 yearly or Is cents a day. AT two
cents quart, which represents 10 cents
pound for cheese and 20 cents per
pound for butter, the income from such
cows would be but $50 yearly. While
there are better herds, there are thou
sands that are worse; so that 1t may be
concluded that no dairymen can profit
ably keep and feed the average native
cows. Yet a. 10 value they compare
not unfavorably with the more costly
pure bred stock. From register of a
herd of pure Ayrshire cows of good
reputation, | selected the recorded
Yields as follows; viz, 1902, 451S, 45SS,
1904, olot, ofVo' oioo, o,'o l,his Gov
vaiue Is SaI9)' anu 300 lya'ue @lool
po nn lne les' vi ,,ie ie,u III" T ,Lom,
oooo 10 over .oo1 pounus yeary. inolo
are other ne,os Vi pure Dteu oIHs
whlch nave "a nlSner recoIu 'hal LIS ,nis;
one pure Ayrsnire COW III hul 'i,ru
year, IN ,he wrl.er ouiil, ,ias s sua
passed. .hls recoru' even III nei n.sI
year Oh iniiki's, slow'ns an "o w.;
yieiu, weig cn, eaon 9"i anu M wv % ~
I,a'eo, vi WI Rounus i iao,l eD. 20 ~ %
Oc.. 81, zov uaa7h VI y ii..,o o'o. -
pouhus uali 70 nele Is ul.c ye. ~. Co. u
record vi 'oov pounus vi W., any iua
COW III ner 'n,lu year ,,'is - IA; aooae
tne average. one Is SUI, s,i'all III sinu,
uavine 1alVeu wien un.'ei zoo wv "a, :.
oiu' auu WEIGHS iess 'iian NV pou"us
sue mas .nus esNc,i on 'no azo ,, mei
own WeisnI Vi nii,N e''s ~, ' dt, :, anu
u. MS, every - ua.s. no . liz , LII
III pront III keePns cows vi t,is NM ni.n
over tha. vi such ,,eiu 40 .nI n' w. =
eviueI'. II ID unqucs'tIon S;. ''as
u,airying VIII pe poo, ousi nI,s,; %
lo"g as tne average yeaa,y p 10 ~ oNn
vi COW Is no ln1,o o; inan CIV u @oO
yos ~ Is s.apio ous, ,"s " rIo nus nus
srea.,y inolease III eA ,;,, nI al
su,p o,, VI omeo5o ; mm, a' sa ,
&c ,;,,s VIZ" n.nn5; ~" .oa
an. :na IL, Va MIN ''a,;nS ~;
i. :. '.lc ., se ,h Iuos.,on WIN u'.i
.ylnen w ii,, tney Ian P,oou.e cows
an sna. WI yieiu no,ii ~ W - quaI.s Vi
1 ~ " 80 pou,ius .. l 1n uutD' sieins d
.otS co plou"oI uon IA ~ ,i'' ,, VI le.l
vi oVuv " iooo p9u"us. na' ,nls Is
Poss,1, l,,, 10 os!1nu d uouo', WIN oaie
anu shiii ~ .t tno oaeeuins' a"u .no us i,s
oaroins ~ INC Iaces 'iat iach III NTH
lug qu ,ha. hodS h u"i h pui-
,i;p5 -; ,na ~; o'oeun nav oeen ~ nu,
s;no ,a ~ i;,is n SUM- uMtem
~. n0 ,S' at, III im'.a s ~ .no MAJ,
~, " ~; ."e oo"s a'e vi oc.on olisi"'
s aru lie g. "as f eo."i n:o;o vi
wnrIo 1 ,han Co.. I'LL. AN" ; ~ a,s a'
$1,000 So,no .i.a. ioi MIN. ~ 70 a'so ""-
hn,,u as liza, LA oows aase oeen; o,eu ~