The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-04-09
THE RIGHT KIND OF A DAIRY
MAN
Iron, Hoard's Do;rumoa. ]

uUSud COuGty. we nave WaLcneQ nj
success for years and regretted yer,
much that he did no. feel more likt
communicating what he had learned Il
his brethren. We are glad, however, t.
lay before our readers the following
! communication from him. which W.
lately received:
Ed. HoARD'S DAIRYMAN To nimbly
drive the pen and pull the teats require:
the exercise Of entirely different sets o
muscles, and one so accustomed and
r practiced as am in the latter finds II
! cramping to the handsto adopt the for.
mer labor. / can more easily impari
! my knowledge to da rymen by my
: mouth. With this use the same mus
, cles and organs all the time. and dom,
cramp, tire or flag. find that even if
cannot labor as formerly in the field, /
can do an immense amount of work
with that organ. Some kind friend sug-
gests that shorthand writer be employ
ed to take down my experience for
HoARD's DA1RYMAN, as that is standard
authority in this section. Such taunts
as this, and Farmers Wife, calling
us oysters that require s lever to open
them, has goaded me on to say my say,
| for good or evil, as the case may be. IF
there is any light in me am perfectly
willing to shine. If any one can obtain
any information from my mistakes or
successes. There are sand bars and
sunken rocks in every mans path, and
If my speaking will help any one to
steer clear of the breakers and enable
Thorn RI Hno,, khn oh 81, m g. Il
more than repaid for the effort. / com-
menced farming by grain raising. and at
the end of six years / found my stock in
trade consisted principally in debts, bal
anced on the wrong side of the ledger to
please an ambitious man. / was dis
couraged. After spending $4,000, I of
fered to sell out for $500, but could not
find u purchaser at that price. Dor
rowed money, mortgaged my farm, and
invested in cows commenced on COM
mon grade COWS of the country. +
bought the best l could, and first tried
cheese making for six years / cid well
at that, but did not meet with the sue
cess | desired. Then I began to look
around Tor breed in order to improve
my herd. l was at first favorably i'm
pressed by the Holsteins imported by
Cheney of Boston, but after thorough in
vestlgation and advice from friends, con-
cluded to go into the butter business
and try the Jerseys for a cross on my
grade cows. purchased the best bull
| could find and started out and had
three crops Of calves. Then by good
fortune fell heir to the royal Jersey bull
Victor Hugo" No. 10Y, A. j G. G. B
He was sent to Wisconsin by friend to
my neighbor, because he was too cross
to practice on Canadian humanity, as
was said, and there seemed to be more
men to spare in this section. He had
been with my neighbor less than two
years when he became boss of the stable
and il was decided to butcher him in his
stall. Thus it was my good fortune to
become the owner of this grand old bull.
| was not long his owner before felt he
ought to be turned loose on some of my
neighbors. | however never had any
trouble handling him, and am general
ly called good-natured, meek sort of
man. But the jibes and jeers that were
thrown at me from almost every corner
OF the fen'e on account of my Jerseys.
| will here state that at the time I ac-
quired Victor Hugo" / knew nothing
about his antecedents, neither did any
one know ofhis value until he was dead,
after doing six years service with me.
He cost me the petty sum of$35. Only
think, Royal Victor Hugo, Stoke Pogis,
Mary Ann of st. Lambert, SO Tbs. of but
ter in seven days, being bought for $35.
Since Victor Hugos death his fame has
spread far and wide. BY the time his
heifers began to come in, began to
hold up my head and my neighbors
correspondingly to drop theirs. They
now began to want his calves, and the
tables were turned. His stock has been
well distributed over the northwest,
some as far west as Denver, From the
time / commenced the butter business
my prospects frightened. / have al
ways endeavored to manufacture butter
that would bring the highest market
price. Have reared my calves to sup
ply and keep good my milking dairy,
and have also had some surplus stock
to dispose OF. I have always found a
ready sale Tor both COWS and heifers al
remunerative prices, sometimes selling
them ia carload lots. have frequently
HAD more customers than desired. I
have kept on steadily with the Jerseys,
and when the Gnernseys were intro
duced in the west purchased bull of
that breed. That Gloss has proved
success with me. They are larger,
more quiet, free mixers, and give a
higher color to their produce, point
which am anxious to gain, as do not
like deception in any shape, even but
ter coloring which we cannot avoid
with our present breed of cattle, while
the demands are what they are at pres
ent. | have at present aJersey bull and
a Guernsey and use them both. I am
willing and would be pleased to show
my herd with any working herd in the
land. One thing more let me say before
leave you, and this would like to inn
press on all dairymen, and that is, be
particular about the bulls you use. I
have always bought the best, never
would touch an inferior one, and con-
slider tn my great stepping stone to
success. Since commenced breeding
4 | have not seen the time that cou d go
outside and improve my herd by pur-
chase. l have always raised my heifer
calves to fill in as one from age or any
cause should drop out, and have con-
tinued to improve my herd, and always
expect to. At least it shall not be my
fault if don't. l believe it to be the
only sure way to success. It pays me
to raise my heifer calves, not only for
fresh supply in my own herd, but also
to sell to others. If you have first
class cow or heifer there are always
men with money to purchase. It is
with COWS as with her produce, they
will sell. My aim is to send to the
shamble all that are not profitable for
mixers, but have had to turn off only
small per cent, not more than FIVE per
cent. Skim milk pays me better fed to
the calves than hogs. In former years
have met with much trouble with
calves securing. This winter / COM
menced new way of feeding, as fol-
low: mix one half of whole oats and
shorts scaId them hv TURNING on boiling