Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-06-05
ON THE PACIFIC COAST

since early uayS, says NOl. refer sake.
"1his State leads the coast in this as in all
other matters. Nine-tenths of the cattle in
this State have more or less thorough
bred blood in them. 1t is safe to say
that all our grade cattle are thorough
breds, such as Shorthorns, Ayrshres,
Devons. Holsteins and IIerefords. The
sheep and hogs have also improved
equally as well. California has an es-
tablished market for this product in
every republic in South America, in Mex
leo. in British Columbia. in the coast
territory and in Hawaii, Japan and Chi
ma.
1.-The japanese government has four
large agricultural training farms, con-
trolled by four graduates of a college in
Massachusetts. who are each paid $4,000
Il year and living expenses for teaching
the students farming and the veterinary
profession America has supplied these
farms with thoroughbred cattle for the
past nineteen years, and California has
contributed a fair portion of the stock.
"China buys only the commonest kind
of milch cows from this State, and twen-
ty to thirty at time. A company in
Hong Kong has a dairy and sells milk
at 81 a bottle. The price of feed is very
high there.
"What are the best kinds of cattle for
California: The Shorthorns take the
lead. We have a good many Hosteins,
and their milk is good for making cheese.
The Jerseys have been popular, but the
is away down. In fact. the prices of all
fancy breeds of cattle have gone down
one-half on account of the increase of
herds. Col. Younger, who died about
Shor:horns in this State at his farm near
san Jose. He captured all the big prizes
at the fairs. HIS son manages the bust
ness now.
tine Jewett Brothers, Kern county
have raised nearly 10000 sheep since
they started thirty years ago. Haggin
has band of $4,000 now. Miller &
Lux have 100000, and they could easily
have as many more, for they have $780,
600 acres of land, and all under fence
just think of it.
"Haggn imported sheep from Austria
liza twice to experiment on raising wool
here equal to the Australian article. He
experimental in vain. He had the stock
and the feed all right, but he couldn't
get right climate. California has the
best climate in the United States for
wool growing, but it is not the proper
sort to produce tine fine, silky wool
which is raised in Australia. The Aus
tralians import our sheep to cross with
theirs for the purpose of increasing the
weight of the wool. They have made
the enterprise "A success.
Long ago, when Consul Jarvis of
Vermont was American minister to
Spain. he brought home the first Spanish
Merino sheep, about POO, | think.
Then my uncle, solomon W. Jewett,
went twice to Spain and four times to
France in the thirties and brought out
many hundred sheep. He gave a few to
President Van Buren, and Daniel Web.
ster. The Jewett boys in Kern county
are sons of Solomon w. Jewett.
"There ought to be an increasing in
terest in hog raising in California. We
don't raise one half of what we use, and
no State in the Union is as good as ours
for hog raising. We have plenty of
'shak' feed here, that is laurel nuts and
acorns. Thousands of hogs are raised on
it in Tulare and Kern counties. 1t makes
oily pork, but the raisers feed corn be-
fore marketing that the pork may be
hardened.
"The Berkshire is the leading hog
here. 1t has four white feet, a white
stripe on the face, Il white tassel on the
tail, and has no brstles, only hair. The
Berkshires are black and their skin i:
formed to stand hot climates. Now the
white hogs don't do well here if left il
the sun. Their skin becomes NANCY.
That's why you see so few white hogs il
California. We have as good hogs her,
as there are in the world. The Poland
China is another good breed. An ole
Quaker in Ohio named Luke Poland rails
ed them thirty years ago by crossing tw,
white hogs and black Berkshire twice
That is why they are called Poland
China"