Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-12-23
FANCY CATTLE.
What Nevada Ranchmen are Do
ing With Fine stock.

Ing With Fine stock.
During the past few years Ne
vada farmers have taken good
deal of interest in the best breeds
of cattle, and sending their, old
scrub stock to the rear. The lead
ing importers of good stock in Ne
vada now are Cleveland, Of White
Pine, Vail, of Churchill, and
Marsh Of Douglas.
Vail has just imported herd OF
the Galloway cattle, which are
hornless. The herd cost him s40,-
600. Cleveland is experimenting
with all sorts Of stock and getting
the very best that money can buy.
Marsh after considerable expert
menting has settled down upon the
Durham as the most profitable
stock. He began with a COW that
cost him $500, and his neighbors
thought that it was a big price to
pay, but that cow has already re-
turned him $4,000, and he has
$4,000 worth of her descendants
left. Going back a little over the
records we find that the COW is a
descendant Of famous English
thoroughbred that sold for $36, 900,
and gave 40 quarts of milk day.
In 20 years the descendants of
this English thogrouhbred sold in
all for 100000. Marsh sells calves
from this blooded stock in sums
varying from 800 to $500, accord
ing to the age. The bull at the
Orphans Home is from Marsh's
ranch and valued at $3.50. All Of
his stock is recordable and entered
upon the English Breed Book. As
it costs no more to keep good stock
than scub stock, the good sense in
getting the best is apparent. The
Durham is valuable for two quail
ties; milk and beef, growing very
large and taking on flesh in short
time.
Senator Haines has some good
stock. He attempted to raise some
Jersey cattle but says they are
failure. They are almost worthless
for beef, being not much bigger
than ordinary calves and give but
little milk. Four quarts of their
milk, however, yields about as
much cream as another cows ten
quarts would. A good Durham
COW, however, that gives ten quarts
will yield as much cream as a
Jersey and you have six quarts
more of milk. Then when you de-
sire to kill the Durham you have
about four times as much beef.
The difference between Jersey
and Attorney cows is that the for
mer are kept pure on Jersey Island,
one of a group in the English Chan
mel, and the latter on Attorney Is
land, where the stock is more or
less mixed with the Jerseys and
Guernseys. The Channel Islands
comprise Jersey, Guernsey, Alder
nay, Serk and Herm. These
are the popular English cows which
are being introduced into this
country as mixers, and, like evey-
thing else new will have their day.
Haines has a three fourths Hol-
tein bull and full blooded Jer-
sey. The Jersey has a head not
much larger than dog, and big
black eyes which seem as tender
as a woman's. They are not, how
ever for the treacherous beast
wages war upon everything in
sight, and chases the hands all
over the ranch.@ When it sees a
man on the other side side Of a
fence, that it wants to exterminate
it lowers its head, fills the air With
rails and posts and goes through.
While the Jersey COWS are family
pets, the bulls are the most treach-
erous animals alive and more
dangerous than a lion. They are
quick as lightning and cum
ming as cats. Mr.. Bliss has a
thoroughbred Jersey COW and Mr..
Fox three-quarter.
The Holstein as fancy stock
now has the call above all others.
They come at about three and four
thousand dollars a head and are
credited with giving fifty quarts of
mill, q dow op1 have 70 h. ,,,;1LoJ