Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-07-17
A TALK ABOUT COWS.


sasss rssssss " hish ssmse. saa psirs.
as. wsii 49, Welt - s,ads o,er
DO me-, design IN this arttclr Ia pass
upon hr'eds although shall refer Ia
suanr ~ them, bat shall call attention 10
several points. which In NV Judgment.
the farmers ros ought Ia possess. sho
should he ~ g,,od siye tina, she may
pFodaeo q eslt that will be profitable TO
raise iaf lseef II a male, and also that
she herself met he profitable turned
leta hesi as aunn ~ by ages her milk.
Ing power. show signs ~ failing. aud
her. | wish 10 make ,h,. point 4 ma
Iority ~ iafmers Keep their cuws too
long | believe that except ~ the ease
~ shose whhh prove extraordinary
isoli,ahle fuf milk ~ butter. az possess
sana qualities which render them ~.
perioF, " viii i,p more profitable to fat
ten COWS ~ from ilso Ia eight years old
than ~ milA th-n loag.r II you will
ipok 81 the market relsrts IN any 81
uat papers son fad th. puure-, grade
~ cattle guo,s'i n from ~ "a a. - -
nef hundred. and In the same papers
you will see gooi ~, oows quoted Mt
from - a. - per hundred In
visiting the stock ward. have
sren t,ans ~ oil hnnk COWS,
With wrlnh led horns and prnir,niing
hips. and have ceased Ia wonder ~ thc-.
lew quoiatioas Asld. ir,nn the differ
eaee ~ iva cents per pound or more In
price q, selling tlmu. these COWS have
often levn kept teF some wears at
ln@s. and u sold tv" 81 more year.
saonef thls dnubl, luss might have b.rn
avoided II a esw milL. hart ar does
aos tfuse "a hs gentle. ! never milk her
utufs Than une ssasnn n she Is a fair,
ordinary euN. ! turn her fuf hcof when
ih her pfiut.. bat occasionally iiud u
cuw that pos.ysses sueh comb nation
~ valuable qualities that Keep her To
obi nge. AMI have kept such COWS at
pn,ilt tlli NEARLY ,wentt years old
Another point will make H.. tina, for
the farmer u l. more desirable that the
ezra give q large amount ~ milk than
that Il M trft rich know TIL. IL con.
lgafs to the general opinion. and that
the fae, that small quantity 81 milk
will mske a pound ~ butter u or,linn.
fiis e"nsidefrd decisive II good COW
| affirm that Tot the farmer IN. COW
which gives fuuf gallons ~ milk day.
ffssn which tea pounds of butter n
week u maize. u worth mufe than the
ane which produces the sanir amount II
butter from iva gallons IT milk per
day. The average prize IT butter 10 So
low that whsn 49, TAKE into eonsidera.
llun The Labor io produces aud prepared
fsf market. there II often a great net
profit irom the sAim mlk fed Ia stock
Than from tas butter II have dA
seFlhssi The oaW mnst prulitabl- 80 tho
farmrf. shu certainly Is mol Jersey.
fuf musi ~ this breed au undrrsiyed
AMI give bat mmitraiu quantity ~
tetv sieh mia ~ addition 10 this.
her milk. though Fsh 10 butter suuiie
ITsis.t afirF u has lu*n ksnmrd "a that
u J. worth muvh isss for Feeding than
that ~ ssnis other htts,ds hat.
found u irrid,i advantage 80 81,
qmaliif ~ the piu,luel ~ haze un, der
So eas 80 each tao 80 Three others ~
thn hefu. a. their uiilb gis,. butter oi a
ssl,sF uftlnf aad hrntt t,Niurr than
tfnin musl other hrpqls
After oAUful experiment I conclude
lhat, a. fule. murV pruilt can be- had
tfs'hi euw thai rnme. ~ ffrsh 10 the
TAT lhan W lhe spruR There ar sew
'fai t'aauHs tUt thi. l. The COW j.
Usually be better eund,llun IN fall than
~ The spring Aiier a COW has run
dFt un pasture or two months or
nnr" "a the summer. sha u usually Ia
better tiesh and condition for calv.
leg aud gislag mia than II che comes
In 10 early spring after months Of dry
fred. AGAIN. lhs COW that calves In