The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-01-21

no tlouble whatever In breaking them 10
milk. 9th. They have good constitutions,
and are very quiet in the pastures, aud
their longevity is equal to that Of any
other dairy breed. 7th. They have an ad-
vantage, for general dairy purpose, in
breeding or ancestry,over any other breed.
| want to emphasize the statement that
COW that is famous mixer, but is not
backed by deep-milking ancestry, is but
freak of nature, and her uninherited
characteristics, in all probability, would
not be perpetuated in her progeny When
considered in reference to this cardinal
principle Of breeding, the origin and his.
tory Of the Holstein- Friesian breed of cat
tie recommend 1t, beyond all others, to the
favorable consideration of the intelligent
American dairyman. For centuries the
Hollanders have been persislenlly, inteli-
gently, and most successfully breeding for
the purpose of developing model COW for
milk, for butter, and tor general dairy pur-
poses. Consequently, behind every well
bred H0lslein- Friesian COW there is long
line of deep-milking ancestors. The re-
suit Is that 1t is possible Tor a dairyman
who understands his business to select
twenty Holstein- Friesian heiiers without
obtaining a single poor mixer. Permit
me TO suggest to the intelligent dairyman
that success in his calling does not depend
solely upon the character Of his cows. This
is simply one important factor, and only
one. | would no, encourage the fantest
hope in the breast OF the lazy, shiitless
farmer that there is for him Royal road to
success through the purchasing Of Holstein
Friesian COWS for his dairy. Indeed, am
inclined to think that for dairyman who
will only. half feed and half care for his
COWS, who will be slack in all his methods,
the native animals, whose ancestors for
centuries have been raised around straw
stacks, are the best adapted to his purpose.
The Holstein breed Of cattle is the result
of centuries OF not only intelligent breed
ing, but of generous feeding, Of careful,
even tender and solicitOus care. The farm
barns Of Holland are as good as the farm
houses, and are, many times, part of the
houses, No sensible man has a right to
expect cows that have been thus bred to
thrive and give generous yields Of milk,
with insufficient food and neglect; nor
could we expect even these gentle. docile
Holland cows TO fulfill our expectations If
not carefully and regularly milked. be-
seech the i'll natured dairyman. who occa-
sionally loses his temper and uses his milk
stool as weapon, beseech the stingy
dairyman, who overstocks his pasture in
The summer. and who thinks that COW
should be able in the winter, when not Civ
Ing milk, 10 thrive ON straw, Gnd who pur-
poses to raise his calves on small iced of
SKINNED milk when young, and finally TO
turn them out 10 live on pasture alone when
only four or five months old, and who COM
pels bis COWS, during part of the year, to
drink from unwholesome and foul ponds;
| urge the shlflless man, who will not take
pains TO milk and feed his COWS at regular
hours, whose slack methods, irregular
milking, insufficient feeding, and dilapi-
dated barns retard the growth and destroy
the comfort Of his COWS; warn each and
all OF these mol TO invest their money in
Holsteln-Friesian cattle. These noble cat
tie deserYe better tate than TO fall into
such hands. In brief, il may as well be
plainly undeTstC cd that hereafter no great
success can be achieved In any branch OF
farming, particularly not in dairy farming,
except as the reward Of thorough, sy stem
otic methods, OF manly effort, Of persist
ent industry, Of the cOnsecration of mind
and body to the exacting duties Of the
farm. | recommend, without reservation,
to dairymen possessing these qualIfca-
tions. to dalrymen who can think and work
too, who are practical and at the same
time progressive, to purchase Holstein-
Frlesian cattle, at least for the foundation
stock OF their herds; but must accompa.
ny this recommendation with the follow.
ing caution: There are Holstens and Hol-
stems, and the members Of this noble
breed are not Of equal value. There are
some poor milkers among them; there are
inferior animals, even among Holsteins,
but 10 a less extent than is true of any
other breed. They are not all worthy of
being selected us the foundation stock Of
dairy herd. In making your purchases,
buy good animals, and good ones only;
those tina, show individual merit and that
have royal ancestors back of them.
] cannot close this paper without sug-
gesting that do not believe In mortgag-
ing farms In order to buy large number
of high priced animals. A farmer can
start with two or three females and In
eight years have nice herd raised from
them alone, and would prefer 10 own one
superb Holstein, or for tina, matter, Jersey
or Shorthorn, than three medium or six
poor ones. You should remember that no
man has moral right TO waste Gods
blessings or his own opportunities 1t Is q
moral crime to produce only FIVE dollars
worth OF milk to cleared acre OF
land, when II is duiie possible to produce
ten dollars worth. II is an outrage against
Intelligence to milk a COW year after year
that gives only thirty dollars worth Of
milk per year, when some can be lound