Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-07-01
CALVES AND COWS


CALVES AND COWS.
The following question. AMI answer
vcrr given st the Las, Wisconsin InsiI
tute:
which do YOU pr,fcr to raise. sprinl
or fall cal,e.f-fsll calves can bc rsi.e'
With les. trouble than spring calves
III butter ~. the same price the ycai
found, would you encourage having
calves dropIssi In the spring ar fsllt-
rher- would b. very little difference nov
,h,t have q .lio. think thst N . COW
comes In In fchrisrv, aud YOU have dr,
feel through the sinter. you can gr'
mor out ~ her during th. year thar
you can Ia have her come Ia In the fall
hui With cnsllcgc am pretty well .s,i.
ilc,i You can g-t lus' as much out ~ I
COW coming In In September or oviob-l
a. out ot on. coming In at sny oths'
time. isn't II mor- trouble to feed her
No: II l. lee. work taking the whole
wear through tn have 'hem come In the
fall.--po Vou warm the water for ths
covss-I do.-Dont you think u u tst'
ter io turn ihem out twice day a.
drinkf-t .houldnt ohie,t to having
the water In the baru.-Do YOU get sun.
.hln. In your .tsblcf-fher- arr plcniy y
~ window. tia, admit .uiiiricn, light ou
sunny day..--lIov soon do yuu take the
calf away from u. mother WHEN " u
three or four DAYS old How much ~ an
OUTLAY In cash would have to make a.
de- .n'crs.ful dsir,ing With few cows
IL you wanted Ia do u az ch.aplv a.
you could. u wouldnt D. a large outlay.
Nou need a tank sni hVr or .ly cans.
think YOU could hx up for seiilng your
milk ata very smsll outlay, hft~rn az
twenty dollar.-I would know what
Temperature YOU mrsn by wsrm anil
cold water for dairy stock. N spring
water came oui ~ the ground smoking
Ia winter time. would Il ~ ncCc-sary to
warm such spring waisrf-f l had
water at T. degrees or above the temper
a,ur- II the Earth, ani COWS would drink
u AZ that temperature, ] wouldnt 10 io
th. trouble ~ warming that waier.-
woaldnt you N the COW. had to go
eighty rpi. io the springf-l wouldn't
have them go eighty ro1s 10 the spring
Where water I. pumped Into a tank, un-
lcs. YOU have heater. the COWS Will
have tee water all winter, which isn't
bc-i.
wouldnt " h. morr profitable for the
average farmer Ia have q good, falr-slfci
cow that would give fair amount of
milk than io keep jcr.~y cow
That come. Into the general purpose
COW question. don't believe any lndl-
,idual ever triei harder than ! dlh to gr,
that COW. couldn't D. rrconCiled to
the Jersey. Mr.. Curil. herr knows u.
thought had got her once. ! Will dc.
.cri,c tho COW bought . two-y.ar-"ld
h.lf.f of the old stylc rpsn Durham ~
ti," wonderful milk family of that br-e'i.
NJ least ihought her .o AZ that time.
She had large Hue uddef, anl When
.h- gut to D. four year. OLD she us"i to
give sixty pounds 81 milk q day when
.he Nas fr,ssh. Sometime. she gave
more and ihsi was fairly good milk that
would iest four pound. "a the hundred,
90 that .li~ made nearly two ani q half
pound. ~ buitrr per day. When ] sold
her .hc brought si5. She was .. cool =
general purpose COW a. YOU can g-i. she
started out With a gooi quantity ~ milk,
bat sh- didn't hold out With thi. qu,nti-
IL ~ milk, but kept running down, aud
Va seven month. she va. practically dry.
1 uss,i to strip her for month longer.
Well. h, occasionally Weighing the milk
anl testing II, fgurri that .hc pro-
duc~i 2iS pouni. of butter Ia year.
You see that !. pretty good COW.
Tint I. Just the COW you arr asking Tor.
hat never made Que cent ~ profit on her
except when I took Ia the s'5. Her
weight ran from 80 Ia Loo; when la
gooi condition, toward Leo pounds.
She Va. two cows In Que slfc. and took
nearly the feel ~ two small COWS, 80
you -. when YOU take that Into con.id-
sr,tiou, II Nas small dolng.. Now, ]
will compar. her with another COW. ]
had . COW that weighed just >O0 pounds,
half her slge. aud took Just half the feel,
I,efhap. little NOR. She had the dairy
form. aud that COW produced 20 pounds,
~ near AZ could figurr, III. same a. the
big COW. The biz COW took So worth
~ fc,Si more than the little COW, so ]
made So worth ~ profit on th" little
COW and mllkci her twelve years aud
.old her for SIS, though ! got Jli from
her, and all ever got from the other
was SIS. The little COW was worth $40
more to me than the blg COW. You -..
want to give the general purpose COW all
the advantage | can. ! have an -Hl
pound COW that makes ls0 pound. motr
than thI. one She will make J75 pounds
NJ least In year. That COW With the
same way of hguring would make ms
800 morr than could make out Of the
hiy COW.
How do vou think the two cows com
pared Ia regard to number of pound. oi
milk, Where live a man would grt a.
much from 100 pound. from one as from
the othrr. The big COW gave some NOR,
milk hut Il Ms just about average milk.
The other COW wa. not a rich mllkcr;
think II took some tweut y-thre. or tweD-
ty-four pounds of her milk To- make I
pound 81 butter. Hut the little cow
gave milk eleven months In the year and
the big COW only seven. do COWS thai
are frrsh In the fall give q. much milk 10
the year ss those fresh In the spring.
can get q. much out of them with ensl
legc when they come Ia In the fall ~
when they come In In the spring. do
you consider II any more trouble Ia keel
a beef COW with full flow of milk With
plenty ~ feed than dairy cow wher
YOU undariak. to feed her to keep II up
.he turn. the feed Into beef instead ol
milk. ] cannot make = beef COW give N
much milk as can dairy cow.-West
ern Rural.