Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-25
ssTba EottIe cf the Breeds.n

One often hears this expression nova
days in its reference to the cattle in
terests, but il really carries no correct
meaning. There is no 'battle of the
breeds IF there is going on battle at
all it is simply battle of the breeders,
due to wholesome competition, which is
all right One breeder makes specially
of q certain breed of fine cattle, and it is
entirely right and proper for him to
make the most possible out of his
business. With this end in view he
represents his as the best breed, and
doubtless his representations are correct,
so far as relates to the purposes to which
a man desires to apply his stock. There
are many men of many miuds-and
many purposes-sud therefore we have
need of many breeds of cattle to I'LL the
general demand. In our opinion Texas
Cor any other cattle region, for that
NATTER has not one breed of good cat
tie too many. There is no battle of the
breeds-we have room enough for all of
them.
The man who buys the stock for his
own use, is the man who must decide the
battle of the breeders, and he must
do it through careful consid-
Grafton of what he wants the
stock for. And to work this consd-
Grafton up to his own advantage there
are lots of things he should look to that
do not always appear on the surface to
the most casual observer. He must not
depend upon past reports for his guild
ance, for the world is In an age of such
rapid progress that the things of only
half decade back may have been en-
tirely superseded by the things of to-
day. The vices of yesterday, so to
speak, may, through the aid OF science
and machinery, be figuring as the lead
ing virtue of to-day. For instance,
says the editor of The New Dairy, writ
ing on this same subject, one breed of
cattle may yield tremendous quantity
Of milk, but heretofore that milk has
been considered so poor in butter fat
that the breed was not regarded with
favor as butter breed; but now here
pops to the surface the newly invented
"extractor, - which whirls all the butter
out of 1900 pounds of milk in less than
an hour. Upon this builds the question:
Does that 1900 pounds of milk yield as
much butter as would 800 pounds that
might be had from the same number of
so-called butter cows, as it took
in some other breed TO give the 1900
pounds? II the 1900 pounds of milk
yields as much butter Us the 800 pounds,
then there is nothing left to argue over,
for the extractor has made it as easy
q thing to get the butter from one guam
tity as from the other. OF course the
milking process has called for some more
labor in case of the larger quantity, but
then the breed yielding the larger guam
tity was q large breed, and therefore O
beef breed as we'll rs q milk breed, and
this fact can no doubt be made to cover
all outlay involved in the extra milking.
Then that extra quantity of milk left
after an extraction of the butter is not a
thing of no value. It feeds the calves
and it feeds hogs. and these eollaterals
are just the same as SO much cash in
hand.
II the purpose of man is to produce
cream or butter only, then the smaller
butter breeds are perhaps the cattle that
he should choose, but should he wish to
produce beef also, then sound reasoning
will direct him to the larger breeds. He
will then, in either case, proceed TO
weigh the comparative cost of keeping in
its relation to results. Which breed eats
the most in its production of given re-
suits, and which will live the longest
and do the most work in lifetime under
average treatment? II the big COW eats
more than the little cow, does she not
live longer and do more proportion ate
work? Is IL not cheaper to carry three
tons OF COW in four skins than in six2 Is
not the cost and the risk in running
these extra milk and butter machines
greater in proportion than would be that