The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-25
cow CULTURE.
Dairy Wisdom From Leading Amer
lean Authorities.

Colwin of Topeka Kansas issues one of
the most comprehensive treatises upon
up-to-date dairying that has been pub
lished in years. The work covers 255
pages, and comDrehends every phase of
the subject. That the readers of The
Herald may get the benefit of some of its
most salient points, we make few lib
eral extracts from the answers given by
the best dairymen in the country.
The object of publishing the informa-
ton presented in this report" says the
compiler, is not the Inauguration of
any creamery or cheese factory boom.
1T is not to lead anyone, even for
moment, into the belief that dairying in
any line presents an easy or short road
to wealth, however high the prices that
prevail at a given time.
ION the other hand it is insisted that
most of the work connected with dairying
is hard and diSagreeable; that It must be
performed every day, Sundays as well as
week days. and can never be put off I'M
til tomorrow; that it requires the
strength of a man with the patience of
a woman. along with skill, cleanliness
and brains"
The secretary then describes the condi-
tons prevailing in Kansas which are not
unlike those of all the western states
relative to the business of dairying unless
it is that they are more favorable in the
latter | must give little of Mr.. Co
burns plea for a dairy department:
"A properly equipned dairy department
at our agricultural college adapted to our
present requirements would probably cost
not to exceed $4,000. This sum would be
returned to the state hundred, yes:
thousand-fold; in the course of a few
years through a resulting increased pros
perity."
Under the heading. "Views of the Lead
ers.'' his first question is, Given a sec
ton of country such as Kansas, with
abundance of forage and grains. where
the cows are mainly of Shorthorn blood
or a common or scrub foundation,
i ,,.ilx rot har than
milk production. what breeds or types of
sireS would you advise using with view
to butter or cheese dairying without
wholly or largely ignoring or abandoning
beef Droduction?
Governor Hoard laconicallY answers:
"Holstein and Guernseys. 1t may be wei
to say in this connection that dalrylng
with beef-bred cattle is not a success
anywhere else and I do not see how It
can he in Kansas" the scattering an
swers of the other leaders makes II
evident that no one can tell now 10 make
money out of a mixture of milk and beef
The next question IS, "for dalrylng
alone in such section: without special
regard TO beef or final disposition of the
cows, what breed or 0rades ana WHAT
sires would you give preference?
Now. we are getting down to business.
and the leaders give the following breeds
as their first choice nc Hoard, Jers Iyi1
son. Jersey-Dean, Jersey-Gregg. Jersey
Wing Jersey-Goodrich, dairy breeds
Alvord. Jersey-Gurier. Jersey-Gould'
dairy breeds Curtiss' SerseyI 1arSage
Roardman Jersey-Brandt. Jersey-Mor-
gan. Holstein-Nissley. Jersey-Jones. Jer-
sev-Fyth. Jersey. Two of them are non
commital and others ] suppose dld not
answer. one Mr. Morgan prefers Hol-
stems. the other IS out of the ~ who mad
opinions preferred Jerseys.
To the more specifis question Please
name in the order of preference the
breeds YOU regard as best for-butter and
cheese making. or for either. separately.
they make answers as follows: Hoard.
cheese. Avrshires and Observation-Disclosures
or JERSEYS Guernseys and Holstelns-
Wallace. Jerseys and Holsteinsm.,,Dean;
butter Jerseys and Guernseys: mix and
cheese. Aryshires and Holstc ms; for
cheese Holsteins. Aryshires. Guernseys-
Goodrich Jerseys Guernseys. Holsteins,
MISUNDERSTANDING. Jerseys. Guernseys'
etc.-Gurler. for butter; Jerseys; Gu t,rI
sevs and Holsteins; cheese. Holsteins,
JERSEYS and GuernseYs-Dodge, Jerseys
etc-Darnley Jerseys. etc--Mathieson
Jersevs-Carlvle Jerseys-Adams. Jerseys
and C;l1ernseYS-BrandS. for both outtel
and cheese. shorthorns and Holsteins: for
butter. Jerseys; for cheese, HolStelns-
Morgan. Holsteins Guernseys and Jerseys
-Nissley, shorthorn and Jersey crossed
Jones. Jerseys and GuernSeys-Eyth Jer-
sevs for butter. Holsteins for cheese;
For home or creamery butter-maklng
what do YOU consider the most favorable
months to have COWS cave, Siiu d. ~.
age is it preferable that heifers should
bsya their first caIves?" Hoard. fall
! Hacker. fall; Wallace, fall: wilson, al
times of the year; Dean. al the yeai
round: Gregg fall: Wing. fall: Goodrlcn
fan: Alvord. fall: Gurler, fall; Gould, faiI
Curtis fall: Dredge. fall: Darnley, ran
Nathieson. fall; Adams. fall: BoardinnaIn1
conditional: Brandt. fall; Morgan ran
NissIev. fall: Jones' fail; Eyth. fall EX-
cent where summer dairying IS followed
ali agree upon having the COWS carve II
the fall and drop their hrst caves wien
between % and 80 months OF age. tos,
ssWhat quantity of butter or cheeSe
ougbt = COW to yield a year to be rightly
regarded as profitable for the dairy:
Hoard. not less than go pounds butter
or 200 mounds cheese: Haecker SVu poul'iS
bntter 500 pounds cheese: Wallace. a
ieast 200 pounds butter; Wilson.20O pounu:
butter is tolerable: Dean, 200 pounds 1ut
ter 600 pounds cheese. 5000 p99ndS d miI,6
Wing $50 pounds butter. 90 poun1:
cheese: Goodrich. go pounds butter, o.
mounds cheese; Alvord. $50 TO 5OO p0undI;
butter $50 to 600 pounds cheese Goulu
lie 300 pounds butter $50 to igO POUNDS
cheese: Dodge. $50 to 300 poundS putte5
Darnley. 300 pounds butter 2,uVV poE idi
milk. Mathieson, go pounds putIer' al
lie 950 mounds butter. 500 to 6OO Dounu'
! cheese: Adams, $50 pounds Dutter, ~ ~
1o1nds cheese Boardman. 30 pound!
/ butter. Brandt $50 pounds butter; MOT
Gan 1870 pounds will pay IN hanSsts. III III
4 n ink
OK hounds butter; Jones. 80 TO wv pouii ,l
h,,tter: F,yth. $50 pounds butter 10
pounds cheese ,,,ob +ba,
Here is a question about which theA
all differ: From your Observation, a.
J Factories conducted on the co-operatlV'
nIan more profitable and more satisIaV'
| tory to patrons than those under priVat'
/ or independent ownership, whlch elthel
| h1,-, milk or cream outright or nanuldc
! t,Ire II on the customers account!
| Hoard, no; Hacker, yes. in Mlnheso 't = =
! wallace YES when properly managed
Wr;Ison both succeed well. but If coop
/ erative some whole-souled man mus
| give much of his time for nothing "
| Dean prefers cooperative; Gregg, coop
| rati,-e: Goodrich. some of the most sdt
| isfactory and profitable are the cooper
| alive but where one is a success at leds
/ civ are failures (?); Alvord. yes, Whel
! under equally competent business man
| agernent: Gould. not here; proprletar!
/ concerns are on the increase; Dodge co
/ Anerative are best; Darnley. not usually
/ Matheison, with proper business manage
| ment cooperative; Adams, they are
! Rrandt. private ownership is paying tn
| farmers i to cents per pound more 10
| butter in Kansas: Morgan seems to faVo
! Individual management. Nissley, private
| management most profitable.
.sXVhat is the smallest number of cow
or average daily milk supply that will
justify the building and operation of ;
Hoard. 800 cows or 1000 to 5000 pounds
milk Hacker, probably 400 cows ant
! 5000 pounds milk; Wallace. not less thai
| 300 COWS: Harrington, 5000 pounds milk
Wilson. 10000 pounds milk; Dean. 800 cows
5000 pounds milk; ,.lng, 200 cows, 800
| pounds milk; Goodrich. 800 cows or 400
pounds milk; Alvord. $50 to 5000 COWS, o.