Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-10-27
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sylvania, at Philadelphia; the New
Jersey, at Waverly; the New York, at |
Utica, and the Massachusetts, at Bos-
ton; in addition TO these have attend |
the Orange county fair and have visit |
ed some of the best stock farms in this
country. My principal object in VISIT
ing these places was to look into the
merits of the different breeds of cattle
for the purpose of obtaining some of
the best to ship to the farm [ recently
bought near Medicine Lodge. 1 find
that the breeders of the Iolstein Ere
sian cattle appreciate them very highly.
Taking them for all purposes for which
farmers are raising cattle, namely: for
milk. butter. cheese and beef they seem
to take the lead. The Short Horns for
beef alone are probably fully as good if
not superior to the Holsteins, but they
are not so valuable for milk and butter
and some of the COWS of this breed will
hardly give milk enough to raise their
calves. The Jerseys. Guernseys, and
Ay ershires are excellent for milk and
butter. The Jerseys give quality of
milk that is very rich in butter, but
neither the Jerseys, Guernseys or Aver
shires are of much value for beef. The
Herefords are good breed for beef but
not very good mixers the Holstein
tresians seem to possess all these de-
sirable qualities better than any other
breed. They are undoubtedly far SUI
periOr to all other breeds of cattle for
milk if not for butter and beef.
The following records made by COWS
of this breed, are unsurpassed by those
of any other breed in the world. Jamai-
ca, a cow owned by Gerritt Miller, gave
III pounds of milk in day. Eteka.
lOl pounds; Empress made record in
Holland of 100 pounds in a day and of
1885 pounds for twelve successive
days, and of 81 pounds day since she
has been i'll this country although great
ly injured on the trip over. Echo,
Aejus, Johanna Ondine and many 9TH
er cows, have given from so to 80 1-2
pounds in day. Clothilda, Holstein
COW owned by Smith, Powell & Lamb,
has recently completed years record
in which she gave 2602l pounds of milk,
the largest record ever made by any
, COW in the world. Clothilda ID, a four
year-old gave 23602 in one year. Abb
no a two-year-old i'll the same herd gave
! 1851 pounds and one OF. Hundreds of
COWS of this breed have records of TO-
900 pounds &; many of 5000 pounds :;
/ others 1900, $4,000, and scores have
. given above 1900 pounds year, while
day records of from 60 to so pounds are
= found in almost every Holstein herd.
) There are many of the Holstein cows
/ that never cease giving milk, having
e been MIXED continually for years while
2 breeding calves it seems almost impos-
2 Slble to stop the flow of m TX. The
= breeders of Jerseys, Ayershires and
: Guernseys claim that the milk of the
IIolsteins is not rs rich i'll butter and
4 cheese as that of other breeds of cattle
g but tests have been made lii which
. lIoistein COWS seem to have taken the
. lead. The publishers of the Breeder
q Gazette for the year 1882, offered a
t special prize for the largest yield OF
butter from any COW in any consecutive
thirty days from July 3lst 1882, to July
3lSt 1883. y close contest took place
place between Thos. g. Wales IIolsteil
COW. Mercedes, and L. V. Fuller's Jer-
I sey COW, Mary Ann, of ST. Lamberts.
> The llolStein COW gave 80 pounds and
= g q of unsalted butter in thirty days
: the Jersay cow gave 81 pounds s 1-2 oz
: during the same period, the Holsteir
I cow beating the Jeisay by pound anC
: Is oZs. Smith. Powell Il Lamb have q
two-ye lr- Old IIolstein heifer that make
II Is pounds uZs Of butter per week
i they have thirty-seven two-year- I'D,
o that average ii pounds per week
YeOmans u Sons, breeders of lIolsteiI
cattle have q COW. Lady WalWortf
f taat made 10 pounds in seven days and
n 81 pounds and OZs. in II days. Aagie
. Second made 26 pounds ozs in sever
= days and 3Oi pounds ID oZS. in ninety
Il days. They have in their herd nine
S two-year old heifers that average l:
n pounds and Is oZs. per week foul
n tIfree-year-olds that average II pound:
" 6 IA oZs per week fifteen fOur-year-Old.
L that average 20 pounds 1913 per week
Five of their best cows average .:
= pounds OZS. each per week. 1t j:
= doubtful if any breed of cows hav,
ever excelled these records for butter
u making.
n The HOlstein cattle are also likely t,
+ prove one of the very best breeds O.
= cattle for beef, but thus far owing t
u their great value for breeding purposes
o but few tests have been made in thi!
V country of their beef qualities, although
o Holland where Holstelns originated
supplies from this point some of til,
e choicest quality of beef sent to til,
" London market. There is no breed O
+ cattle that lays on flesh more rapid,
- than the Holsteins. Mr.. s. Akin re
y ports in the Western Rural that he haC
calf Lad that gained in on,
e day, four pounds and another Chief.
= that gained 40 pounds. The weigh
; of Lad June 10th. was 1l6 pounds
while OF Dec. lst. go pounds.
ID Mr.. Stevens, president of the Hol
+ stein Breeders Association, in thi
r country, says:
. The conclusion of every breeder an,
- owner of IIolstein cattle is that the
). possess. in greater degree, the tire
|, qualities nece ssary in a perfect dair
n animal, viz: milk, butter and beef thai
:, any other breed. The Jersey is won
u derful butter producer. but aside froI
: that one point is worthless, not givin
: mix enough for the cheese makers
r and so small as TO be of 10 use when
;. through accident or otherwise, it be
IL comes necessary to dispose of them
le \ graded Holstein COW. heifer or Stee
r will bring almost double the price q
,r common cattle of the same age and j
costs no more to keep them.
At the Pennsylvania state fair
IS found different specimens of IIolstein
Il from four different herds. and anon
= them some very fine cattle. / foun
= five different herds at the New Yorl
II state fair the finest of which were from
s. the herd of Jas. Nelson. of New Bruins
n. wick. subsequently visited his farm
:, and found he had from 35 to 40 head o
u IIolstein cows in dairy, from whicl
10 he supplies milk to the CITY of Ne,
.e Brunswick. His farmer told me tina
g the tests they have made with IIol
stein milk as compared with JERSEY