The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-11-18
A FINE CALF.

| A 1ne Dull call from the Guernsey
herd of DR.. J. p. Welsh at Orangeville,
was shipped last week, to Youngstown,
Ohio, via Adams Express. This calf
is only about Al mos. old, but in ap-
pearance was more like one six or
seven months old. He is very finely
bred. His dam is a young COW
"Queen Of Orange" No. 1888, but
one of most remarkable qualities.
This is her second calf and at the end
of her fourth month in profit she had
to her credit 2Io pounds of butter.
When only heifer, after her first calf
she produced $50 lbs. OF butter during
her milking term. There are number
Of other remarkable COWS in this herd
The milk is weighed from each COW
separately every night and morning,
and frequently tested by the Babcock
test, so that every COW in the herd is
made to give an account of herself.
This Guernsey herd is under the
management of Mr.. Mahlon Sager,
the well known poultry-man. During
1896 and 81 five bull calves were
sold. Every one of them went out of
Columbia county. They sold for from
$50 to $40 each, which seems like a
high price for a calf few months old,
but they must be worth the price or
1t could not be gotten and if they
are worth that much to dairymen in
N. Y, N. J., Conn, and Ohio, why
not to farmers here in Columbia
county.
They were bought, we are told, by
men who wish to breed up their COM
mon stock to better milk and butter
production, which can be done only
by the use of dairy bull. The follow
ing article on this subject, written by
Mr.. +. Bollert, a Canadian daryman,
for the Farmers Ad00fahe, will be of
general interest:
"To produce superior and profit
able dairy COW, 1t is of the utmost
Importance that we select a sire bred
On dairy lines for generations, and the
further back we can trace him de.
scending from superior dairy sires and
dams, the better. A few extra dollars
spent in this direction are well spent,
and will return high per cent. of in
terest on the invested capital.
Take, for instance, that you raise
four heifers in a year from sire of
the right type and breeding, raise
them properly, and when they come
in milk and will only produce three or
four pounds more, daily, than their
dams very often they produce 10
pounds more), take only four pounds
for 500 milking days, and you have
1900, which, at IS cents per cwt.,
will give you an increase of So, or
$50 per year for the four improved
COWS from only one years produce of
a good dairy bull.
Supposng that you milk these
COWS ten years, you have a grand
profit of $500 on the investment of
$40 to $50. How dairyman can
say he cannot afford to use a good
bull is beyond my comprehension.
1t is a fact that dairying has be-
come the foremost and most profitable
industry for the farmer. No other
branch of his business has, for num-
Der of years, given him so good re-
turns, and yet in no other branch
does the average farmer show so
much neglect as in the breeding and
raising of his dairy stock.
Little or no thought is given as to
the proper selection of dairy bull.
In many instances any bull at all is
used, no matter how ill-bred or
scrubby he is, or how inferior individ.
ually, as long as he can be had for
little or no service fee. Others use
sires of true beef type and breeding.
Would breeder of trotting horses
ever think of using a draft sire to pro-
duce trotters, or breeder of draft
horses use trottlng-bred sire to pro-
duce heavy horses1 l think not
they breed for their special purpose.
How, then, can the dairyman ever
think of obtaining the best results
under the manner IN which he fire.
quently pursues his calling? When
dairying can be made to pay under
such circumstances, what would the
possibilities be if intelligent use were
made Of the material within the reach
of allp"
Well Pleased.