The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-02-15
American Dalryemen.

In Harper's Magazine for January q
writer says Of American dairyine and it's
possibilities that the $1,000, 600 mich
COWS in this country should and may be
easily made to give 81 100000 tons of
milk per year. 10 reach this desirable
result ensilage might be made to perform
All important part. The total annual
yield Of corn stover in it's various form il
not less than l2O,0OO0O0 tons; II this
entire product were converted, into
milk, under, proper conditions of feed.
per year, or 2. 100 pounds for each man.
woman, and child in this country. Facts
and figures given show that even with q
yearly milk yield Of less than 5000
pounds per cow the average product of
butter Ebay be 200 pounds. Experience
has shown that twocoWsta an DO kept oman
acre. under full feed throughout the wear.
With milk yield of 5000 to 5000
pounds per COW this would make the
product 1O, 600 or 1890 pounds of milk
per acre. That such results have been
obtained encourages the hope that the
general product of the farms will be
greatly increased.
Regarding the merits of the severa
breeds of cattle as milk and az butter
makers, the article says the Holsteins
clearly outrank all others in milk, and
the Jerseys are no less supreme in re-
gard to butter. 1t mentions nine Hol-
stein cows which gave a total yearly
yield of III, 3l7 pounds or an average Of
1918 pounds per year. The quantity
given by each ranged from ii ,l6l TO 49,
ON pounds. Comparing this with the
milk yield of Short Horns, Devons, AYR.
shires, natives, and Jerseys, it il found
that five exceptionally good cows. one
of each of the breeds named, produced
Of, 9G6 pounds, or an average yearly pro.
duct of IL 400 pounds ranging from l2,-
$40 for the Short-Rorn, to 9,52S pounds
for the Jersey.
When similar comparison is made Of
| the butter yield of the Jerseys, the fol-
| lowing figures appear:
778 pounds per year is the record for
DarliDg's Enrotas.
746 pounds for Kennerson's Jersey
Queen.
704 pounds for Jersey Bell, Of Scitu.
ale, G. q. Elms.
600 pounds, reported in Country GEN.
tlemal', for Jersey COW Ellie.
574 pounds for Sutlif's Pansy, Bris-
tol, Conn.
l OfO pOuIUb 10Y COW VI 1FOboS9Of Al
word.
Oil pounds for Motley's Flora, Jamaica
Plains, Mass.
500 pounds for best COW of Goodman's
herd.
| sos pounds for grade Jersey ofWilliam
! Dupee, Ontario County, New York.
! 500 pounds reported from Delhi Fair,
| by Edward Edgertop.
Here we have an aggregate of $685.
! pounds of butter for ten Jerseys, max.
| ing an average of 500 pounds per COW.
In comparison with fi.ures, let us now
take the following butter yields for other
breeds:
For Short Horns, 5l3 pounds, reported
for Maid of Athol in American Agricul-
turist.
For Holsteins. 500 pounds, for Col
onel Hoffman's Jufrou, Chemnng County,
New York.
For natives. 4s5 pounds for the Cakes
cow, of Massachusetts.
For Devons, $50 pounds, for COW Of
W. Wilton, New Hampshire.
For Ayrshires. $50 pounds, for Holton'f
Daisy, Western New York.
This shows an aggregate of 1880
pounds OF butter for five cows of differ.
ent breeds, making All average of 473
pounds per COW, being l20 pounds less
than the average Of ten Jerseys and SOC
pounds less than the product of the