The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1885-01-17
WHITE PINE NEWS
Fancy CATTLE.
what Nevada Ranehsaen are Doani
Wiah Rias stock.

with ktas SeOcks
During the past few years, says the
Carson Appeal. Nevada farmers have
taken good deal Of interest in the
hes. breeds OF cattle and sending their
old scrub stock to the rear. The
leading importers OF good stock IN
Nevada now are Cleveland. of White
Pine, Vail, of Churchill, and Marsh,
of Douglas.
Vail has Just imported herd ofthe
Galloway cattle which are hornless.
The herd cost him $4,000 Cleveland
IL experiment ng with all sorts OF
stocA ami g.1IIng the very best that
money can buy.
Marsh after considerable experience
has settled doAn upon the Durham
A. The most profitable stock He be-
gan with row that cost him 500 and
his neIghbors thought il was big
Drice To pav, hut that row ha Slreaby
returned him "a, 900 and has $1,000
worth OF her de~cen iants lett. Ooina
back y little over The records We lind
that the row is a descendant of u FAM
GUS English thoroughbred that sold for
Ss6. 900, and gave 40 quarts OF milk
day.
In 20 years the descendants OF this
English thoroughbred SOLD in all for
93OJ. 900. Marsh sells calves from
tbi. bloO,ied stock In SUMS varying
from 500 10 $500 according 10 the age.
tn. bull az the Orpaan's Home Ii
FROM Msrsh's ranch anu i. valued ~
S25O. al of his STOCK is recordaDle
and entered upon the English Breed
Book. As IL costs no more TO keep
good stock than scrub stock the good
sense In getting he best is apparent.
The Durham is valuable for TWO quail
ities. milk aud heel, growing vert
large and taxing on ilesh IN a short
time.
Senator Haines has some good stock.
He attein pted tn raise some jersey
cattle, but says they are a failure.
They are almost worthless tor beef,
being not much bigger than ordinary
calves and give tut little milk. Fur
quarts OF their milk, hOwes er, yields
about a. much cream ~ another co \ =
ten quarts would. A good Durham
COW, however, that gives ten quart,
will yield ~ much cream as a Jersey
and you have six quarts OF milk.
Then when you desire To Mil The Dur
ham you have about four times as
much bef.
The difference between Jersey and
Alderney cows is that the former are
kept pure on Jersey Island, one OF a
group In the English Channel. aud The
latter on Alderney Island, where he
stock j. more or less mixed with the
Jerseys and GnerDseys. The Channel
Islands compri-e Jersey, Guernsey,
Attorney, S+rk and Herin. These
are the popular English COWS which
are being introduced into this country
as mixers, and, like everything else
new, will have their day.
Halnes hasa three-fourths Holstein
bull and a full blooded Jersey The
Jersey has y head not much larger
than dog. and big black eyes which
seem as tender as woman's. They
are not, however, for the treacherous
beast wages war upon everything in
sight, and chases the hands all over
the ranch. When IL sees a man on
the other side of a fence. that u wants
to exterminate. IL lowers its head, fills
the air with rails and posts and go+s
through. While the Jersey COWS are
family pets, the bulls are the most
treacherous animals alive and more
dangerous than a lion. They are
quick as tightening and GINNING ~
cats. Mr.. Bliss mas . thoroughbred
Jersey COW aud Mr.. Fox three-quar-
ter.
The Holstein rs fancy stock now
has the call above ell others. They
come at about three aud four thousand
dollars head and are credited with
giving fiffy quarts of milk day, and
have to be milked morning, noon and
night.
Stanford has imported few to his
California ranch, and the calves sell
for an enormous price.
AL cattle dealers agree that Nevada
10 . splendid State for stock raising.
The beef Is far superior to California
beef. and brings better prices in the
San Francisco market. The climate
IL particularly adapted to the growth
Of th0roughbreds and when epidemics
come they can be driven 10 the noun.
tains for safety.