Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-10-04
The Dairy Cow of the Future.
by GEORGE JACKSON

from the dairy interests OF the country
in the future must be derived from an
improved condition of the dairy stock,
and by the adoption of improved meth
DDS in feeding. The coming COW for
the dairy must average 80 gallons OF
milk per day for at least 300 days In
the year, and this milk must yield
not less than five pounds of butter
per 100 pounds Of milk. This stand
ard Is none TOO high for good dairy
COW, and the relative cost Of keeping
such cow Is no greater than that re-
CURED for one producing only half rs
much, or less. The milk farmer owes
it TO the success OF his business 10
ascertain beyond a doubt that his
cows are making paying returns and
that he Is not keeping them at loss.
Ten cows yielding but all average Of
five pounds Of butter per week, or It's
equivalent-there are thousands that
do worse-for period OF ten months
will produce an incOme-butter at %
cents a pound-of about $50, which Is
but little In excess Of actual expenses
of keep and care, while the same mum
Der of cows capable of yield Of nine
pounds per week, during the same
time, under like conditions, will return
all income of $50 each, All increase IN
favor Of the ten butter COWS OF $l0O
per year. The cost of feed aud care
in each case is the same, provided The
herd he managed and cared for intelli-
gently, and upon proper business prin-
ciples. The Key TO the difference is in
the quality of the cows and their
adaplability for the work for which
they are employed. The results are
attainable to any one who will make
an earnest effort to reach them. Many
successful dairy men far exceed the
highest estimate here given; with
herds more than double in number
and II is from such sources that the
report Of the bright side Of dairying
come.
Dairy COWS must be bred for dairy
work, and constant watch kept look
ing 10 the improvement of each sue
ceeding generation. Care in the Sc
lection of the sire of dairy stock is i'm.
portant, and it is absolutely essential
that his blood be pure-of the breed
preferred-that he may be depended
upon more certainly 10 transmit the
high dairy properties that he should
inherit from his dam and other ances-
tors. Heifer calves from all good
dairy cows should be raised, for in
proportion to the improved condition
resulting from judicious selection and
breeding of dairy cattle, will the stand
ard of dairy income and dairy excel
lence develop. First in Importance is The
met hodical and skillful selection of the
breeding stock with milking qualities,
perfect dedevelopment of the mammil-
larry organs and their correct formation,
robust constitution, vigorous digestive
and assimilating power prominently
present, then an in;elligently applied
system of feeding from calfhOOd on
ward. Growth and thrift should
never receive check, and suitable food
must be provided with an eye to the
special production Of milk and butter.
Accumulation of fat is not desirable,
nor should the other extreme ever
exist. A healthy, growing condition
continuously, is the point to be aimed
at, and this can be secured by prOvid-
ing food strong in muscle and bone
forming properties.
Regular feeding and comfortable
quarters are strong factors in raising
the calf designed for the successful
dairy cow of the future. Oats, whole
or ground, is the best grain feed for
growing calves. This during winter
with ali the good hay they will cat,
plenty of exercise and pure water, will
insure thrift and growth, and at all
times satisfactory condition that
will not fail to bring profitable returns.
No truer index to stock raiser's ca
pacity, or adaptability to his calling
need be desired than an inspection OF
his growing stock. Poor, scrubby,
half-starved calves, wandering about
bare fields in search OF sufficient food
to sustain life, or shivering in the
fence corners, SHELTERED only by the
straw stack from the storms of winter
indicate very accurately the measure
of profit he derives from his business.
Cattle reared in this manner will
never fully recover from the neglect,
and their usefulness aud profit will
be shortened, no matter how worthy
or valuable their blood elements may
be.
Good calves, well cared for make
good cows, and good cows form the
basis of prosperity and success OF fu.
ture dairying and upon this point
hinges the outcome of the business.
No dairyman in all the broad land
need employ his time or means at a
loss. nor will he if his methods are
correct, and be uses proper system
in managing the affairs of his dairy