The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-06-06
FARMER AND PLANTER.
A JERSEY HERD.
Some Hints In Regard to Its Manage
ment by Mississippi Farmer.

Some Hints In Regard to Its Manage
| ment by a Mississippi Farmer.
| The following is an extract from .
| paper read before the Mississippi
Stock Breeders association by j. W.
Wright, of Meridian, Misss
Starting with the only sure founda-
ton, of good blood, good individuals.
the intelligent breeder should steadily
elevate the character Of his stock.
Good management must include wise
| selection of the herd; and IN this busi-
ness it is alwaya rise to see the sires
and dams OF the animals with which
you propose to found your herd. or
else rely upon breeder of reputation.
| Too much care can not be used Ia the
selection of the bull to head your
herd. His majesty appears Ia the
pedigree of your younger herd as often
as all Your cows togethar. Look
closely to the qualities Of his dam
great sons have strong mothers
in the lower animals as in man. l;
would rather use bull, son Ok a
real dairy queen, be she as old-fash-
toned as crinoline, than to use son
of weedy COW with the most fashion
| able pedigree, and no 6ae values the
| great excellence of pedigree more
than l. l simply mean the COW must
be a great individual. T., far as prae-
tica6lc this same care should be used
In the selection of the females. Look
at colors last. All colCrs are good in
good cows. AS tae witty editor of the
Jersey Bulletin has said: white hairs
do not harm so long al they are kept
out of the butter.h Breed for type
Fix in your mind what you want
Then select and mate fof those re-
| suits.
AS to mating, AVOID like unfavorable
characteristics in the pair. If your COW
is ir fcrior in any particular mate her
with a bull whose dam was full in that
particular, and so avoid intensifying
the weakness but hope to breed it out.
nreed only when both are in thrifty
condition. The age matters less. At
ter one year old, size, thriftiness and
vigor should determine. And In these
words lies half the secret OF successful
breeding. Keep your animals thrifty:
From the day they are born feed them
enough to keep them growing, not fat,
but strong and hearty. As to what
shall be fed let each breeder deter
mine for himself, as circumstances may
effect him. OF course it is desirable
to use the most economical food that
will produce the desired results, but
the results must be attained at any
cost. | suppose it is needless to sug-
gest to this body the necessity of good
shelter from wind and rain. Howev-
err, there are stockowners outside this
body who never think of providing
shelter for their stock At calving
time provide the COW a separate box
stall. There is nothing better for bed
ding for cows about to calve than vel.
low pine shavings or sawdust. The
turpentine in the wood furnishes,
believe, disinfectant, SO that the
chances of loss by absorption of poi-
sonous matter through the navil is re-
duced TO minimum. At any rate,
since l began using it my losses Of
calves have been few. Except in bare
cases the COW will take care of herself
and her calf. 1t is well tc have a
nursing bottle handy. 1t sometimes
happens that good calf is weak at
birth. If in such cases the calf does
not rise in reasonable length of time
half pint of milk drawn from its
mother into the nursing bottle and fed
to the youngster will work wonders,
In cases of retention OF afterbirth, dc
not attempt removal unless qualified
veterinarian be present. Content your.
self with the injection of solution OF
bi-chloride of mercury in the proper
: ton of one part of bi-cliloride tC
1000 of warm water. The placenta
will be discharged in day
or two, and no bad results like blood
} poisoning will follow. After the first
day or two the calf should DO taken
away from its mother. 1t seems need
less to say that calf should not be al.
lowed to suck a dairy cow. Test your
cows either with the Babcock or the
churn. Find out which are the paying
ones, and make records for them.
And, finally. know that they are prop
erly MIXED. A poor mixer can de-
stroy the usefulness of good cow in
short time, whilst he can never de-
velop her to her full capacity. There
is no feature of the entire business OF
running herd more necessary to sue
cess than skillful milking.
When it comes to placing them on
the market, sell them for what tLey
are. If You have an inferior animal
and dssire to sell it rather than butch.
er it, sell it as Gull and take COR
responding price. 1t is net only hon.
esty but good policy to do SO. Values
represented in Jersey cattle are As
staple to-day as in any class of prop.
erty, and it promises to SO continue.
And why should it not be so? The re
nowned representatives of these beau.
tiful animals of our affectionate admi
ration won every point except beef
weight at the Columbian Exposition in
a series of contests, the like of which
the world never saw before, extending
over several months. The Jersey COW
is the dairy breed par excellence. The
Jersey cow is the practical money
maker, the ornament of the lawn, the
friend of man.
The Cow Pea.
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