Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-12-04
The Profitable Cow.

Farmers institute Professor. a. hoo-
inson gave his idea of the COW that
should be kept If profit is desired.
He said she should have three pow
ers: The power to breathe well nrst'
because by her breathing she purifies
her blood, and takes in oxygen from
the air to keep herself warm. She
should have strong heart action, SO as
To circulate her blood we'll; and should
have vigorous stomach power for
good digestion. This she must have
to have a good constitution. You
look for evidence of this in the COW
having a deep chest. In getting
good lung power you look for deep
chest. not a broad chest; if you have
broad chest you have lung room In
breath, and then q mountain OF beef
and bone on top Of that. That means
YOU have a PolledAngus. 1t is
good breed, but do not want Poll
ed-Angus for my dairying, want a
cow with broad nose, and oblong
nostrils; l want a cow that is very
full behind the fore legs.
She wants heart room and heart
power, and the best indication OF
heart power will be found in the skin
of the animal. The better the heart
pumps, the more effectually it Will
circulate the blood to the very eX-
tremities of the cows body The skin
of the beast is one of the best evil
dences of its heart power. The best ev-
idence of stomach power will also be
found in the skin of the animal. If
there is vigorous circulation, then
YOU have skin that is hard and tight,
and bristly hair, because the diges-
tive action or heart are interfered
with and are not regular.
Many men contend that the milk
veins should be very large. l cOnsld-
err that to be ilnmaterial, but the milk
veins should he prominent.
A cows nose should be dewey and
moist; when it is dry it is an indica-
ton of ill-health. 1t means bad di
gestion, waste of feed and waste O.
profits. She should have fiat ribs,
and wide apart.
You want beyond these three pow
ers the peculiar powerin an animal OF
directing her energy to do what she
is kept for. You want the directive
power toward beef il you keep the
animal for beef; you want the direct
i've power toward milk if you keep her
for milk. The directive in ananimal is
the valuable power VIII areby you find
herdirecting her energies to where you
are to findthe biggest profits. a scrub
has good lungs as rule. a scrub
hog will often outrun dog. You Will
have heart power in a scrub; some
times you have very powerful diges-
ton, but she lacks the directive pow
err that will concentrate those three
powers to service, and not to waste.
In the milking COW you will find
first evidence of the directive power
in the kind OF face she hasa rather
long lean face, with no superiiuous
skin; no indication of flabbiness;
large, lustrous eyes, standing very
wide apart and very prominent, with
a forehead dished downward; ing
and broad forehead; large muzzie;
a wide mouth, indicating large eating
powers-the only coarse part OF u
cows head that is justifiable. 1t iLdi-
Gates the power to keep on grinding
her food, and indicates a strong con-
stitution She should have Il long,
thin, tapering neck; as bulky, beefy
neck indicates d short milking season.
Her shoulder bones should be right
above the leg and wide apart, and
the Joints loose, the wider these are
apart the better Indication you have
Of large flow of milk when the COW
is doing her best. | do not think it
indicates anything of the length of
the season.
Thick, becfy hips mean beef, not
milk
The cows udder should be long and
shapely, with long line of attach
ment between the udder and the cow 5
body. You never find coarse COW a
good mixer. like a COW to have all
the angles possible, but the bones
themselves and skin ought to be fine
in quality.
Having a COW Of this kind, it is pos
sible to make her serve you well, but
she never could do so without getting
care. right feed and proper handling