The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1886-11-04
rAs ss.s stock.

From 40 interesting article under the
above heading 10 the Mirror and Farmer.
BY T. D. Curtis. 70 take the following.
Every msn must be bis own Judge Of
which il The best breed for him. he must
also be the judge Of the individuals OF that
breed. In forming bis Judgment. he
must take into consideration not only the
individual charactsristios Of the several
breeds and the purpose be has 10 view or
the me- he u TO make Of them. but also
1.-THE character Of bis surroundings. bis
ability to care for bis animals and bis
facilities Tor accomplishing the end in
view. II would b. mAniiekly sbsurd
and wonld court failure II hs should 60
| into ths production Of milk for market
without having : market accessible. or
some means Of reaching one wbiie his
milk vas yet 10 condition 70 b marketed.
Yet this would b. no more short-sightsd
than things that OCCUR every day. Only
rsosasly. The writer saw IN account Of .
butter factory lifted up at great expense.
but which hes not made pound Of but
teS, foF ths reason that II coaId GET north
u milk nor cream. II. 10 this y 10 other
sases. milk bed been obtsioed. the supply
might have bssn inadequate and failure
followed for this reason. Yet Il would
b no argument sssinst butter factories,
but against building them 10 the wrong
plaes. II 10 proper 10 see whether there
u shanos for success before engaging
IL sny business. 80, in selecting ami
malls for dairy or ether purposes, The hrst
thing V b looked after 10 the feasibility
Of The obiscs In visv.
II bssf-ssisiue h The end aimed u the
Ghosthorss probably stand u the hssd Of
~ liss 70 sslses from. The Hereford
eonss next With sons Of The pollsd ami
lnais following. For batter. the JERSEY,
~ Dsvos. ~ Ayrshire. The Holstsia.
1Fissiaa. ~ Swiss. some families Of The
9bssthera ed NE pollsd breeds. oil put
u thslf clains. and not without some
show Of reason. Bot great caro- must BE-
sxseeissd msting selections. evsn from
~ popular Jsrssys. among which ere
many vssy peor batter cows TIE 0usr o.
~, shosld " sddsd = standing next 70.
Il nol sqsAliog sbs Jersey. None Of ID .
hsssds pesssss al the merits. In recsos
bulisr tssts- -as u The last Minnesota state
III --tha Helslsin- Friesians lsA The Jss.
ssys - Issg Odds. Tho milk wss net 20
rich. but there ~ much more Of IL.
Glill. Il y probable that selection Of
Jssssys might hsss bssn make that would
hsvs sqsAjsd sad psrhsps ssoslIsd The
Holsseia- 1ianiass, - ~ Jerseys l. con-
pstitibn vsrv nose 81 them srsst buttsr
nsksrs. ssoosdisg 10 The tssh- The Dew
ons give rieh milk and more In quantity
bot ~ Qsiis 70 sich - that Of tbs Jsr.
ssya n Dsvoss are probably tbs most
uniform 10 Ill respects Of my Of the bresds'
Ros. ailk. lcs market and Tor chesss max
il ~ Holsteis. Fnssssa comes 6rst.
closely followed BY the little AynAirs.
The quality 81 Tie milk 10 mueh The sane
bat ths ~ globulss Ia tbs HoIstsin ris.
sisss milk appear 70 b more uniformly
small. Pros. L. b. Arnold says that milk
With The snsliesa III eIobuls u The most
digsssibis II this II 90. Il may b. that
Ne large siss u The fl sIobuls and not
shs excessive richSess 81 Jsrsey milk 4
vhss nahs u dinsuIt Tor The infant ston-
- b dieasl