The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-05

HOW TO TELL A COOP COW.
Valuable Advice From an Expert
Who knows.

Spokane. Wash, Jan. B.
To the Editor: During the recent SEES
sion of the State Dairymen's Associa ton
M your city not a few questions were
asked regarding the relative merits of the
different breeds of cattle for dairy pur-
poses. ia account OF the crowded condi-
ton OF the Programme il was impossible
To take up this question except in the
most general manner. short discussion
of it cannot fail 10 interest many or your
readers, both in the city aud In the coun-
Try, for most people whose homes are in
the city like "a keep a good COW. The
average citizen possesses little knowledge
Of how 70 Judge of the ability VI dairy
Cow without a long continued personal
acquaintance with the cow in question.
and | lind a great many who think that.
because "A cow has some Jersey or Iiol-
stein or Shorthorn blood ia her, she must
therefore he a yalua BILE animal. This is
a atEi4us error.
Every breed OF cattle is made ZIP of poor.
medium and good cows. Some breeds
have "a larger percentage OF good dairy
cows than others, and each breed has
some characteristic which distinguishes
most OF the animals of that breed. For
Instance. lioistein cows, as rule. give a
IA xp quantity Of milk but not all of them
do this. So the Jerseys usually give rich
milk bat some of them do not. In buy
Il COW UucH utIkhfidS on "tidt II ht-
sired and unless one Is judge of cows.
IA is necessary 10 know the individual
characteristics Of the cow in order to get
What Is wanted The profitable dairy cow
>s tat belong 10 any breed and yet she
Is found In all The breed does not make
she cow hut wherever she is found. he
she Jersey Guernsey Holstcin, Short
hors or what not. she possesses certain
external marks by which Judge OF dairy
COWS knows her
The ugst requisite Is that she shall he
large eater The food Of COW serves
tvn purposes FIRST II furnishes the heat
-.f4a energy demanded hy her bodily func-
.iots and the cow that eats only enough
}3 supply these is worth nothing as A
DAIRY COW. second. il furnishes material
far nla king milk or meat or both. and the
mote II her food she can turn IL account
fot thsse purposes the greater her value
a. 4 dairy 0r a beef COW as the case may
l1 She may be a big eater. but If she
CONVERTS her food into hone muscle and
saiIaN she IS a beef cow and not a dairy
low
Bui can We Judge Of the eating cap1c-
tfv IF euw Nith1r,t seeing her eat? Most
certainly. The cGw that IS y good feeder
always has plenty az room in which 10
store aer faod snd sh" also has "a broad
barge mHzzie ard strong Jaws. Hence the
}e4-r ana wl7cr COW Is through ihe
u Idle ne better She is.
n requires no Judge ~ COWS 70 tell
wa ashrr she makes mat or milk ~ her
-nrp3az food The great mixer is nearly
always an angular look ne animal, with
nrons~eut hips ana backbone usht
shoulders aHd small ucck bat with3l an
active. healthy animal SIZE ~ however.
often a nervous animal ard 81 always
easily @eted by changes In her sur
raHn.t
Perhaps The most Important poin; "a
earx3sl.v ~ estimating the dairy quaiii}ca-
tfto~ af a cow IS che Development ~ the
-, ctsi organs faT milk secretion namely.
$50 u#.ar and the olood vessels leading -
so3 frntn Il The rddcr ~h0Nl8 be large
aasl -sfega circular in outline. An udder
hanEioE ve+y tow ARA SHAPED Ike meal
sack s. u f'o0r o1e, because TIRE gtarluisr
ss@~ur necessary for uliik-n3akjnK r. nor
y3rntfrttf 81 the blood vessels That can
Ne rxanYlne3 the large veins running for
waf3 fran1 she utder. knows as milk
wins 4na which s1rry ths blood - Il To-
turas frem tho uEder 20 tNe heart sra
~ great Importance The S5ge 0f these
veins Is an excellent indication % t2la
a~'aune IF h'ooi flowing through 'ta ua-
Jsr eU6 h-0ro = the amount ~ milk as
eref.8 Thafa zge 80 good dairy cows on
wete1 ta.>ze veins are ms prominent An
c.aef 7e,tnf ~ ersst saap" - the veins 81
she u-3-7.r lfesif Wrsa me vRFe~ - q
c1e6 5z.ry -n~ IS SsstsnfiaH vffh milk
,ae Ve5e~ of }:S surface are easily Ss't
From the above & Is seen that dairy
shs~e-s.rs SIRE not breed characters MANY
soof COWS NsNe ra Mood 90 aov improved
&yee.3 81 sh*,n V8t the breeders ~ some
hrs-e=z ave - 1sN~e or ie>S Intelligent
usr 80 me hatcher kn,fe partially eIt-ai1-
afs,} 5nfeFte~ cattie from ih.ssn hr,e.4S 81
tNst p m@rA EarFtr per cent 81 their ras-
lie possess some cre ~ more cAsra ,tvr-