The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-08-20
TIE BEST BREED OF CATTLE.

TIE BEST BREED OF CATTLE.
At the August meeting ut The lIncds
Ter Counfy Agricultural Society Johnson
Miller answered the question:
What is the best breed Of cattle for
farmers?
1t is question of great Importance
add one which every farmer i'll this county
ought to study and answer for himself.
! for one am moi able to fully consider
the things which would belong to fail
answer to the question. and therefore
think the member who has referred it to
me would himself he better qualified
than an 10 answer it. However, my
opinion will be given. and which viii only
open the question for discussion. and |
hope it may bring ont some facts: they
will he beneficial if not interesting 10 our
farmers. IN the first place when look
at the question in the form il is worried
| infer that it means not only the best
looking, but that it means also what
would he the best paving stock in have,
and in this form and FROM this Standpoint
| shall consider it. There are 50 many
things which We ouTnt and which we
must consider when We make :; selection
frr our herd nt cattle and each one must
consider FOR What particular purpose tG
Ia s. / =. ',
~ for dairy purposes then he Shoull Sc
. !ect such rs will give t'ln most low OF
milk; il worked for butter making then
he should select such as give most butter
the Al'lerney would then fiji the bill.
as would also The jersey and several
others: but then again, when You want
/ to raise stock you certainly want some
thing that makes more flesh than either
of the above named. Attorneys. Jerseys.
etc. Then you loo. for something like
the Durham and Devon<. where yea have
frame and when iGrl raise a calfy have
some weight to sell when three wears old:
80 We see there are ;" MAN. points in the
different herds ana 81 much depends up
on the manner a farmer is situated and
what he intends to follow aitr he has
selected his herd. that it is hard mat
ter To answer the question as it is pre-
ScnteI to Us, and we Will answer it from
several stIndpoints and = little to suit
the circumstances surrounding it, In the
first place. We take our general Lancas-
ter county farmers herd. such As want
10 raise stock. even if it doesn't pay. and
which will prove hereafter that it will
not. He shonld select the best Durham.
have the full breed and after he has them
keep them pure and feed them well and
he Will get a good supply OF butter and
will have some weight when he wants to
sell the raisin@S to the butchers.
This is now the stock our Lancaster
county farmers would consider the best
herd, but Mr.. Chairman. here is Just
where ! differ with some of our oldest
and best farmers. have So often de
c!ared. and will to-day again say to this
>''i'tH anu thC Soot idliiiciS 81 iNlS
county, that stockrai>ing doesn't pay
where land is worth 5000 an acre. OF even
more. / have tried the experiment my
self, and know. therefore. whereof |
speak. 1t costs more to raise II three
year-old steer than he is worth-don't
care what kind Of stock You get-and,
II, =, H. Il.
the DevomS are the best herd for Lam
caster county farmers. because thev make
50 much more beef. is no argument and
III my estimation not the answer to the
question before u~. Blu, let us for mo-
mcnt tn!n our attention I" the little Al
derry and look al hey and see what al
Nant3ges size presents IL induce onr farm
ers to fill up their herds with her oft
spring. The only true road to successful
farming at present for the Lancaster
county farmer to follow is to keep less
stock in summer and let more Of the
grass rot ON the field to pillow under
since the good farmers need all their
.kttit- "'li't ~ 't' tHI> 'fi NiHt Ntllt
thing that viii give the best return for
the least feed, something that will pro-
duce the most butter from 4 small herd
of cows: something that will thrive on
least feed. and in looking around You
have all these in the pretty little Alder
ney COW. You farmers, when Won have
four or five Attorney COWS during the
the summer, they make as much as nine
or ten Of your common stock. AM plenty
nf milk for your own use, and still some
butter f. sell aud enough to buy all the
necessary groceries for the huu,r, and
.i.ot more d. lo@ want. Keep q few
cows IN Summer and don't raise ANY
stock, since TUu ciauut compete with the
West where land is cheap and corn plenty
but buy your stock and feed all the corn
that You can raise and more yet. and I'M
prove YOUR farm and make money: and
to do this | think the Alderney is the
best herd a tIrmer can get. | have now
given what is my opinion and where |
am wrong am open to correction. and
ask pardon for deyiatiug from the subject
when showing how think We can I'M
prove our farms: hut it is Just what we
are loukiu, for, how to get the most rev
rnue for the lest expense. and | think We
Il q !,