The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-07-01
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the very ro8i vLfn IL comes to being put
on tha butcher block. 50 maeh Ii this
lhoashi TO the issi by men whoss main
business il raining Choice beef ortls that
they regard the general introduction Of
jersey blood as serious bios to The beet
for their Industry. Thus when Jtrsy
cattle hrst began TO be brought TO Ken
tuoky st u extensively ibis vas the .lti
iade, and they stro much opposed s5d
sneered 81, but ia spite Of that they hsve
become established snd rspresen tatively
q v crest place 10 our agricultural and
best food economy, II hns cream and bat
ter meet the want then TO the little Jersey
we musi 80 as the basis OF operations bsst
osleulsted to secure our gensrsLpRrpose
COW, making up Tor the loss on beef &C
count st the end Of il all by gains other
wise made on the way 10 that end
o. many farms, on most farms. indeed.
the milk and butter stand relsted 10 direct
home supplies emily, and when that is tie
case then the trend should clearly be 10
the direction Of beef. This ia mostly as
We hnd IT and mostly 10 the common inter
est rs it should be-
Beyond any doubt the nearest approach
to the ideal 10 this respect is the Short
horn and Durham breed OF cattle more
gentle aud kindly than they. Ths beef
they make ranks with the best, as eyi
dence by show-ting results secured un
der this crucial test. 10 like manner
have they earned rank with the beat
when il comes to the production OF first
class milk and butter. Today 10 England
there are dsirynsn who. though osmpsll
ed to make every edge cut to make their
business pay, will have nothing but Short
horns, And II has long been 50 there.
Cattle come to their best and begin to
decline as mixers some time before they
are reolly what should bs regarded as old;
and when they do so, they ara in good
form for fattening and masking into excel
lent beef II OF the beef breeds. II is far
different II they are other than the baei
breeds Then the males OF the beef
breed, when net wanted for purposes OF
ncresss. are made into steers, that yield
he choicest beef OF the markets OF ths
world. Millions Of dollars worth OF Just
uch beef leave the bluegrass pastures OF
Kentucky annually, going to the great osa
ers OF OWL cation and not little OF II in
he live state across the ses. Ia imsRins
ion -- let Us compare 3 herd OF suoh
teers with a like herd male from the best
i the strictly cream and butter breeds, 7
There is, OF course, room for ell and
face tr all only it is important TO 10
render, 10 dealing With our general pur
ose COW, that il We would get there all
ight, adapting the means to the ends,
nd not putting cresm-and.bu COW
here beef one will pay far better, or
ice versa,
Circumstances should also be taken into
ceount IL considering this matter thor
ushly. The heavier aud beef breeds Of
atte need fare and pasturage that is 4
enerous according to their tize. Whilst
le case for the cream and butter breed
not TO be stated in Terms the opposite
this the rule that something never
1mss from nothing always obtsiDing il
the fact that the smaller kinds often
rospsr an greatly strengthen family re
,urces where e larger would inevitably
arve