Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-04-23
AGRICULTURAL.
MATTER PREPARED SPECIALLY FOR
THE "REcoRD UNION"
.Holstein Cattle for the Dairy-A New
Forage Plant wanted-Barbed Wire
Fence Decision.


little town of Walworth, Wayne county, N.
Y, a catalogue of Holstein cattle lately I'M
ported and owned by I. G. 4eomans & Sons
of that place. We remember the senior Y co.
mans as one of the most successful merchants
in that part of the Empire State thlrty-hve
wears ago. He afterwards abandoned the
mercantile business and was equally success
full as a nurseryman, in which business he is
still engaged. He visited this State some
four or five years since, and returning, made
the tour Of Europe. On this tour he person
ally selected and pur chased some thirty odd
the herds Of North Holland and Friesland
The selection was made with especial refer
ence to obtaining the very best mixers to be
found among this breed of cattle, where they
originated and where the purity of their blood
hass been preserved for so many centuries
But we did not begin this article to give a
special history of any individual herd, but
rather 20 speak of some of the known facts
in reference to this breed of cattle as a
milching breed. The Holsteins are supposed
to be native breed, not having been made
I'D by crossing different classes, as the Short
horns have been, but having been found in
the country when the Dutch first took Hol-
land, and having been kept pure by breeding
in and in from that early day to the present
time. On this account they are sometimes
called the Dutch cattle. They are of al
most uniform color or colors-being black
and white-are of large size, full as large rs
the Shorthorns or Herefords. They have not
been preserved in their native purity, how
ever, by the Dutch on account of their beef,
making qualities, but for another or other
qualities, which the Dutch regard as of
greater value. They are great mixers and
excellent cheese makers, and they have been
bred for centuries with direct reference to
preserving and improving these qualities, by
a people among y HON the dairy Is one of the
leading industries of the farm. 1t is claimed
that the Holsteins will produce more milk
per COW, more milk and beef, more milk and
cheese, more milk and butter, for the
worth Of the feed. than any other breed
In substantiation of the above claims the fol-
lowing statements are given At the Ag-
ricultural Academy at Eldena many expert
ments were made in feeding and milking
COWS, etc. aud very precise accounts were
kept of the product of every COW, as well as
the expenses of keeping her, and it was found
that three Ayrshire COWS averaged /, 247
quarts of milk per cow, while twenty-five
Holland cows averaged 4, 437 quarts per Cow.
Highest yield by Ayrshire. 2Sl1 quarts :;
highest Weld by Holland, 561l quarts. The
Hollanders consumed about five pounds or
the equivalent Of hay for every quart of milk
yiel The Ayrshire, nine bounds of hay
for one quart of milk Another series of ex.
periments, conducted by Villeroy. resulted in
showing that 100 pounds Of hay produced in
Hollanders 1892 quarts of milk; in Devons
1918 quarts, and in Herefords Is 81 quarts
1t has been q mCoted question with dairymep
whether a large or small cow produced the
most milk in proportion to quantity Of food
consumed. As bearing upon this question we
give the following eA pertinent Of Baron o. kle
of Frankenhelde. He selected four Holland
or Holstein cows, the two heavier Of which
weighed 2. III pounds, ard the two lighter
ones ,537 pounds. He placed them in two
groups, the heavier ones forming one group
and the iEhter ones the other, and continued
the experiment during sixteen days. the food
being correctly weighed to each when fed
The result showed that heavy cows of
the same breed consume relatively less
GOOD than the lighter ones, and at the
same time yield greater return for it.
The 23olsteins are conceded to be great milk
eaIs. bat it is NOT generally believed that their
cailk IS so rich IN butter as that of some other
breeds, while 1t is admitted that it is even
-ieher in c1seine and albumen, or cheese
making properties. Some experiments lately
EDsd' in Illinois, however, go to establish a
4Torab!c opinion of Holstein milk for butter
gfarpose5. j. L. Grant, the owner of several
large butter factories, having noticed favor
able reports of his cream-testers when applied
TO the milk from herd of full blood Holstein
cows which Re was buying, concluded to in.
stitute careful comparison for his own in
formation. He communicates the result of
this comparison to the National Lire Stock
mt in ithaca 8. Al {
the Holstein COWS iabout fifty head) by itself,
and in precisely the same manner as the other
milk, had the cream churned separately and
the cheese also made by itself, and all ia the
same day. From 100 pounds of Holstein
milk averaged 1 1-16 pounds of butter and
al pounds of cheese. The butter was very
fine and Ne. in all respects. and the cheese Of
very superior quality. From my other milk
l averaged pounds Of butter and pounds
Of cheese for 100 pounds Of milk The Hol-
stein milk averaged Ii per cent, aud
the other from II to y per cent. OF
cream. The Holstein milk was drawn
three miles, and the other from one half 20
four miles. Ia both cases the night and
morning milk was mixed and reset and Of
course we could not gain as favorable results
from either as We could have done had we
had the milk fresh from the COWS; ard l
think that treatment operated more against
the A4Atll 5Llt OAlltf, lOI
the reason that the Holstein milk is more
dense than tie other, and hence the cream
would not separate again so readily, but this
popularity in the Holstein is offset by
another which l have noticed particularly.
til that it is the Bookkeeping milk have
ever hanJled therefore it can be held longer
a fact that ought to operate in It's favor in
maIketiagH In all the above stated com.
parsons and experiments it will be noticed
that the Holstein milk has not been com.
pared with the milk Of the jersey and Gurn-
seys as to richness in butter making qualities
We believe that one pretends to claim
that the milk of any other breed Of cows is
richer IL this respect than that from the Jer-
sey, although it is claimed that a large
Holstein COW will make more butter in a
year than a small jersey cow. While this
msy be true. it is not so certain that the
Holstein viii make more butter than the
jersey from the same amount of food. One
of the advantages Of the Holstein cow Is that
when CID, or when from any accident she Is
no longer useful in the dairy, her carcass will
brias a sood price for beef, oa account Of its
heavy weight