Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1884-12-27
FANCY CATTLE
What Nevada Ranchmen are Do
ing with Fine stock.

ing with Fine stock.
During the past few years Nevada
farmers have taken good deal of in
terest in the best breeds Of cattle, and
have been sending their old scrub stock
to the rear. The leading importers Of
fine stock in Nevada now are Cleveland,
of White Pine county; Vail, OF Lyon
county and Marsh, of Douglass county.
Vail has just imported herd of the
Galloway cattle, which are hornless.
The herd cost him $780, 900. Cleveland
is experimenting with all kinds of stock
and getting the very best that money
can buy. Marsh after considerable ex
perimenting has settled down upon the
Durham as ike most profitable stock.
He began with COW that cost him
$500, and his neighbors thought it was
big price to pay, but the cow has al
ready returned him 81, 900, and he has
$40, 900 worth Of her antecedants left.
Going back little over the records,
it is found that this COW is a descend.
ant Of famous English thoroughbred
that sold for 100000 and gave forty
quarts Of milk per day. In twenty
years the descendants of this English
thoroughbred sold in all for 5000, 900.
Marsh sells calves from this stock for
from 500 to $500, according to the
age. He has sold quite a number to
ranchers in Mason Valley and they are
we'll pleased with the stock. All Of
MIR. Marsh's stock is recordable and
entered upon the English Breed Book.
As it costs no more to keep good stock
than scrub stock, the good sense in
getting the best is apparent. The Dur
ham is valuable for two qualities; milk
and beef, growing very large and taking
on flesh in a short time.
Senator Haines has some good stock.
He attempted TO raise some Jersey cat
tie but says they are a failure. They
are almost worthless for beef, being mol
much larger than ordinary calves, and
give but little milk. -Four quarts of
their milk, however, yields about as
much cream as any other cows ten
quarts would. A good Durham COW,
however, that gives ten quarts will yield
as much cream as Jersey and you have
six quarts more milk. Then when you
decide to kill the Durham you have
twice as much beef.
The difference between the Jersey
and the Alderney cows is that the for.
mer are kept pure on Jersey Island, one
OF group in the English Channel. and
the latter on Attorney Island where the
stock is more or less mixed with the
Jerseys and Guernseys. The Channel
Islands comprise Jersey, Guernsey, AL
derney, Serk and Herm. These are the
popular English cows which are being
introduced into this country as mixers.
Senator Haines has three fourths Hol-
stein bull and a full blooded Jersey.
Spragg, Downey, and several other
Mason Valley ranchers have thorough
bred Durham bulls which were Pur-
chased from Mr.. Marsh.
The Holstein as fancy stock now
has the lead over all others. They
come at about three or four thousand
dollars head, and are credited with
giving fifty quarts of milk a day, and
have TO be MIXED morning, neon and
night Stanford has imported few to
his California ranch and the calves sell |
for enormous prices.
The Galloway cattle recently import
ed by the Vail Bros, of Fort Churchill, I
are something new in this part of the
country. 1t is claimed that they are
excellent mixers and make as fine beef
as any Of the other fancy stock.
All cattle dealers agree that Nevada
is a splendid State for stock raising
The beef is far superior TO California
beef and brings better prices in the ]