Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-02-27
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The presence Of two or three infer;o.
COWS in herd affects the average prof.
Of the whole. If dairying is to be con-
Quoted as paying business the most i'm
portant requisite is good COW in place
of an inferior one.
As result of a very large number of
analyses made by the Danish Dairy Sup
ply Company, it is reported that evening
milk contains more fat and more total
solids than the morning milk. In Octo-
Der and November the milk is richer in
fat and total solids than in other par1
of the year.
There is much in the breed, there ID
much in the feed, and there is more in
the feeder than in either. A good feeder
will do fairly well with good breed and
poor feed, or with good feed and poor
breed. But a good feeder putting good
feed into good breed is the acme Of per-
lection in dairying.
1t is more expensive to make full
cream cheese, but it is always readily
salable and brings good prices, while the
poorer article is not in demand at all It
does not pay to attempt to economic
the cost of cheese by skimming portion
of the milk, nor can any substitute for
cream be used that cannot be detected
by experts
H. NJ Vail, of Pomfret, VT, says that
fifteen years ago the average yield Of
butter per COW was in that town 100
pounds, while now it has increased to
200 pounds, and the price has CORE
spondingly increased. He thinks that
this has been obtained by high feeding,
more care in selecting cattle, and better
care of them generally.
As between the two methods of dry
sailing and brine sailing of butter, it
cannot be said that the new is SO much
superior to the old that it ought in all
cases to be substituted for it Each has
its advocates, and under each good but
tel is made, SO that the choice may very
well be the one that is considered the
most convenient and less troublesome.
How can l get % cents pound for
my butter the year round? asks CORE
spondent. The only suggestion that
would be practical for us to make is that
the first thing to do is to make butter
that is worth % cents. Then if you can
find some one to pay that price the thing
will be done. But you alone will have
to find your market. 1t must be a pri-
vate market that pays the same price
for butter at all seasons Of the year.
Cross Poultry for the Market.
The most successful market poultry is
obtained by proper crossing. And what
branch of the business pays SO we'll as
that which supplies the tables of the rich
and poor? There is profit in breeding
fancy fowls after a reputation has been
acieved, but that costs money and time.
Market poultry needs no reputation. All
1t requires is good common sense, and
enough experience to run the business.
The average farmer has these.
The writer has been severely criticised
by some fancy breeders for his stand on
crosses, but, as his aim is to benefit the
market. he feels justified in his position
Besides, there is plenty of room for both
fancy and market poultry. We need the
fancier by all means. We cannot pro-
duce crosses without pure-breds. There
are two great points desired in the breed
ing of poultry-an increased production
of eggs, and improvement for the table.
These are the legitimate grounds which
justify cross-breeding. In crosses We
combine quality with size, as, for ex-
ample, Houdan on Cochin or Brahma,
or Cochin on Dorking. This latter cross
is after the English fashion. They take
good two-year-old Cochin cock and
mate with six good Dorking hens of q
year old. The pullets of the cross are
next season mated with game, and
their produce is them marketed. Thus
they gain size from the Cochin, and
quality from the Dorking. By the game
| cross very little in size is sacrificed,
while another first rate cross, in point Of
quality is added. An Englishman, refer
ring to this cross, once said: "The flesh is
as white as snow, and as savory as any
aldermanic gourmand could desire" 1t
| must be understood, however, that moth
ing is gained by mating the progeny.
Cross-bred birds should never be mated
together. When we make the cross
We have the ideal of oursxperiment; be-
yond that there is a downward tendency.
We do not believe any great success
can be obtained in mating for egg-pr0-
duction. That is no cross can be secured
that will give higher egg record than
that which some of our noted strains
now have. 1t is principally for an inn
provement of table quality that we re-
commend interviewing.