Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-02-25

only be SET aslG5 60 determine Dy tApSfiuioAb
the field of greatest certainty for the farm.
Sir Isaac Newton by simple experiment
discovered the laws of gravitation or attrac-
ton by which the worlds are held
in their places in space. DIR. Watt
discovered practical use for steam and
complete revolution in the motive power OF
almost every industry on the earth is the re-
suit. DIR. Franklin proved the existence and
power of electricity and the means of control,
and from it another revolution of motive pow
ers is the result. The field for discovery and
improvement in the cultivation of the soil
ana ia the improvement of known products
and in the finding and bringing to light new
products Of the soil, is one of the widest and
most promising presented to mankind to day,
and yet how many are really occupying this
field with plan of experiments
The Choice Of Horned Stockton the
Dairy or General Farm
If one practically unacauairted with the
advantages and disadvantages of The differ
ent kinds or breeds of horned stock wero to
undertake to inform himself by inquiry
from those engaged in the business of stock
raising in this State, he would probably come
to the conclusion either that there are IS
many different opinions as there are breeders
Of special breeds, or that mems judgments are
SO biased by their individual interests that
for instance he goes to breeder of the short
horns for information and advice, he will
generally be told that the shorthorns are by
all odds the best breed for the general farmer.
the dairymsn or the beef-raiser. He will be
impressed with the idea that they, the short
horns, are the result of cross of the best
breeds found in the British Isles century
and more ago, and of careful breeding and
feeding with view to improvement for the
dairy, the shambles and the farm ever since
all of which in certain and general sense IS
true, II he were to go to a breeder OF the
Jersey cattle, he will be told that the Jerseys
are the native stock of one of the Channel
islands, situate in the British Channel be-
tween England and France; that these cat
tie have been raised ON this island so long
that the memory of man cannot reach back
to the time when they were not there, and
that it has been one of the greatest aims of
the people Of this island to keep their cattle
pure and unmixed with other breeds, because
they knew them to be superior for the
dairy and TIE general farmer to all other
breeds-superior because they will pro-
duce more butter and of better quality
than any other breed, and that there is
more money in the Jersey cow for all pur-
poses than can be got out of any other breed.
1t is true the advocates of the Jerseys will
admit that their favorites do not make large
quantity of beef to the animal, but they will
assure you that their beef is of better quality,
partaking of the character of venison, than
the beef of larger animals, and for the same
amount of food coGsu ned the Jerseys are not
behind any other breed. But the Jersey
man will exultingly ash, What if the Jersey
does produce but small carcass when at an
old age she is turned into beef, has she not
already made her owner enough more butter
than he could have obtained from q short
horn or an Ayrshire or Devon to enable him
to buy all the beef he wants II he goes to
the breeder of Ayrshires and seeks iaforma-
ton as TO the best stock for general farmer
to invest in, the Ayrshire man will point to
the supposed crossing of the old native stock
of the North of England and Scotland with
the valusbl Dutch or Holstein stock of the
continent, and intimate that the best milk
blood of the shtr horns is also mixed In to
form the best animal for the farmer the world
has vet produced and advises him by all
means to invest in the Ay rshire as the best
breed for all purposes. Now, the real truth
is, that the shorthorns, the Jerseys and the
Ayrshire cattle are very distinct breeds of
cattle, each breed possessing characteristics
and valuable qualities peculiar to its breed,
and the person who is going to invest in
horned stock must consult these characters
tics and his circumstances and locality TO de-
termine which will prove the better stock for
him. The shoTthorns are the larger ami
mails, and beyond dispute the best beet stock,
and if beef and butter combined be the aim
of the purchaser, he can secure this by an in
vestment in the shorthorns more surely than
by investing in either of the other breeds
named. The calves of the Shorthorn cows
are larger, and make more veal to turn
off to the butcher than the calves
of the other breeds; two calves at four
weeks old will bring as much fOr veal as
three of the Jerseys or Ayrshires. The
shorthorn COWS, if they have been bred for
the dairy and not for the show ring, are fair
mixers, but they will give large amount of
milk for comparatively short term of each
year and will then show disposition TO go
dry. The milk OF the shorthorn is as rule
rich and will make fair amount of butter,
but not SO much as the milk of the Jersey I;
more, however, than that of the Ayrshire.
Whether a coed shorthorn COW will
make as much butter as good
jersey COW, year after year, taking
the year through, is not positively and def
nitely settled but it is generally conceded,
or at least il is generally claimed, that the
Jersey will make more butter from given
amount of food than the shorthorn COW. For
strictly butter making business there is no
reasonable question that the Jersey, Attorney
or Guernsey-all of the same general charac-
teristics-surpass all other breeds. For city
dairy, where the object is to produce the
largest quantity Of milk to supply daily GUS
TONERS, there is but little doubt that the Ayr
shire COW will prove more profitable than
either of the other named breeds But this
is because the Ayrshire sacrifices quality or
richness of milk to quantity. the Ayrshire
secretes more water naturally in her milk.
and less cream, and hence is more profitable
co her owner who sells her milk by the quart
or gallon. With these general facts before
him, the person desiring to invest in stock for
profit must consult his own circumstances and
che particular branch of the dairy business he
proposes TO engage in. All three breeds are
superior in their particular line of character
istics. and are to-day the three leading breeds
of cattle in California. If the surface of the
country to be occupied is to be considered, it
must be remembered that either of the two
small breeds is preferable to the large breed
for rough. billy country, and on the con-
trary, the shorthorns are peculiarly adapted
to rich, level country, with luxuriant forage.