Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-08-04
The Dairy.

w ile the dairy interest is attracting
attention, and will continue 10 do so in this
country because it is source of l,rg.
export tr de, as we'll rs supplying grows
| ing demand for cheese ard butter of high
quality ut home-the development OF deep
milking cows ought to command the serious
attention of dairymen and farmers gene
rally The question as to the best breed for
the dairy has been 8 prolific theme of dis
cussion, each of the prominent breeds hav-
ing no lack of friends to champion their
claims to superiority. While di.cla;minga
decided preference for any particular
breed, we have steadily ad coated and ad
prove the COWS they have, by breeding the
best of tbem-those tn. give the best re-
turns In the dairy-to pur e bred males that
come of well-es abli-hed milk strains or
families of some of the improved breeds.
Neither in the dairy. nor on the farm, as a
rule, does the improvement of the milking
qualities of the cow receive the attention it
deserves.
While the dairyman must study his ins
terests In the selection of sto k adapted to
his particular line of business or bis
specially the general farmer will find it to
| III advantage to raise stock combining in
the same animal the production of both
beef and milk, for it will hardly be ques-
| lione that it is only on large firms that
different breeds of cattle, for different OBJ
jects, can be kept with the most profit.
| The cow for the farmer is one that cons
bInes the two qualities OF beet and milk,
and high grades may be. and are pro
duced with the Sh0rthorn cross that pos
| sess these two qualities in marked de-
gree The evidence is conclusive on this
point. The milking quality of this re-
nowned race is we'll authentic ated the
records are replete with evidence of the
aptness Of The breed to produce deep
mixers. The absence of this quality in
animals of this br. ed is due to bre+ ding to
points o,her than milk but with ju iciou
breeding in the direction Of dairy quail
| ties, these Qualities are rs has been dem
onstratet. easily rest red Prof. Arno d
-a,s 10 his work on : Dairyipg that "it
IS doubtful whether there has ever been
any better milk stock than the original
Snorthorns aud they still have a most
| persistent tendency to transmit that quality
| 10 their desceL dants, and wh+re de .
milki quail y has not been counte acted
or whore 1t has been the least restrained
as in the Princess family. il h 8 remained
nearly in its or git4al state and is ira, s.
mitted with m 'st remarkable Certainty"
| In breeding to obtain what is want. d
| several impo tant questions are to be con-
sdered. ami on- vi The first is the age at
which he fers should be bred to develop
the cow. 1t has been aptly said that the
heiter is t g making of the COW; for how
yer fine y bred she m4y be her subse-
quenL use illness and value n ay be serious
I, impaired by neglect. Judicious treat
ment during calfhoOd-which means plen-
| ty # itab g food aud exercise-Rive fine
muscular development, vIgor, strength and
natural size, Instead of dwarfed body,
impaired constitution in conseq ence Of
want of food and care. Good treatment
ENSURES thrifty growth without fattening
| for IT the tendency to faLten is DEVELOPED
by oVer>feeding, it will be at the expense
of the la teal functions.
In reg 1rd to the age at which we'll. grown
heifers should be bred, we believe ,ha
noting is gained by coupling with tn.
male until they are verging on maturity
then they have reached point when lht
requirements of a toetus will not int fftrt
with their OWL growth; but they shou b,
bred rs soon AS they have reached thi
point, in order to bring into action tn,
tactical functions which are more easily
stimulated when young, than if neglected
and allowed to remain quiescent until
later period: Some of tn best breeders W
! knew, breed their virgin s. ck at from fif
! teen to eighteen months from birth Ant
experience goes to prove that when thu
bred they make more docile cows as wei
rs better mixers than if allowed to go un
= served until twenty-four or thirty month
old. Besides this, the earlier profit the,
bring is an important consideration. Whsl
such COWS have survived their usefulness il
the dsiry or on the farm in the production
of milk and butter, or cheese, they cal
easily be made ready for the block, an,
their broad backs, fine quality and cas-,
fattening habit which Snorthorns and theI
grades possess. come IN to add an extra an,
accept bic amount to the sum total of thei
usefulness and pre- it, Prairie Farmer.