Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1886-09-15

A young farmer, DESTROYS Of going into
the dairying now that the bogus buffers are
to take their proper level, asks why, from
the common cattle of the country dairy
herd cannot be made up, that will be the
equal Of any imported breed. We will com.
mence the answer by saying that it is pretty
late in the day to commence the
building up, on the inquirer's idea, from our
common cattle, with any idea OF getting up
"a boom" for the improvised breed, because
the improved dairy breeds, under the stimu.
lus of manifest utility and great enterprise,
have taken possession Of the states, have en-.
trenched themselves, and like we'll trained
army under competent officers, have advanc-
ed too far into the country, and are too nu.
merous TO be driven out of the trenches by
an unorganized mob of scrub cattle without
leaders that anybody knows OF. These are
plain, unvarnished facts, and if the inquirer
desires to try his courage and purse in but
ting against this array, instead OF accepting
the situation, then there is no law against
his making the effort. But, seriously, had
he not better buy up lot Of good cows, as
the phrase has it, muster these under the
service Of q male Of one Of the well.estab-
lished dairy breeds, and content himself TO
settle down and watch the results1 Prizes
have been offered at fairs for the best dairy
cows OF the common cattle Of the country,
but the wisdom OF doing this is question
able, because an animal winning prize in
pens to be good, not that she can be depend
ed on with any degree Of reliance 10 duPli.
cate herself. Perhaps within thousand
miles it would not b. possible to find bull,
from the common stock Of the country, her
equal in promise in the direction Of build
ing up a stock worth the while TO cultivate
with reasonable hope Of getting rewarded
for the intricate and unsatisfactory effort it
would be found to be. The New Englanders
long ago canvassed this whole question, not
few making what they thought to be a
systematic effort to build up dairy herds.
The only effort so made ever found worth
recording was that made by Col. Jacques on
his farm near Boston, where during several
years Of close attention, he made up small
herd OF what he called the cream pot breed.
This was started up by using short horn
bull selected especially with that view, and
while the herd attained considerable local
popularity, it failed because the business
life Of one man is hardly long enough to &C.
complish this, unaided by the cooperation
of others, from whom changes Of blood may
be procured, thus making it possible to
build up herd for the purpose named that
will have lasting qualities. So we say in
answer, as we would say regarding fatten.
ing breed, that if you commence your jour.
ney up by starting on one OF the upper
rounds of the Misunderstanding from the
we'll established dairy breeds already before
the public-then why begin on the bottom
round, especially as with many men life il
too short to enable them to witness the
full realization OF their hopes, particularly
in SO intricate an undertaking as building uE
a new breed Of domestic animals from ma
teral rough and unhewn1
You will beyond question find it more
profitable and more satisfactory in every way
to make up a herd as we have indicated, pro
fitting by the Improvements that have beer
made by the skill of Others in perfecting the
desirable qualities of cattle intended fol
dairy purposes.-LiVr- Stock Journal