The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-22

in union to make their just de-
mands heard.
L. p. MARTIN,
Joe p. o,
Hooking County.
BREEDS OF CATTLE.
One of the wonders today of the
vilized world Is how so many dis
tinct types of cattle tnot to mention
horses, sheep and swine) were found
pt rpetuated in SO small country as
England, where climatic changes
and influences could have had so lit
tie effect. 'rhe clannishness of the
people at that early date helped no
doubt, to bring this about, as they
kept to themselves, and hence the
breeds were kept distinctly in-breed-
ing and keeping them in the same
line until the types became fixed.
But how out of family of one in the
beginning, (or rather since Noah's
time, as he was the first known i'm
porter,) they could have been so bred
and manipulated as to produce so
many different breeds of cattle is
the query. Out Of the twenty-four
breeds that are to-day recognized,
ten have their origin in England or
the adjacent islands. Why some of
these families of cattle were espec-
tally adapted for dairy purposes and
other for beef purposes and some for
both can only be accounted for from
the fact that the people cultivated
the tendencies which were develop
ed in individual animals; and by
mating those which bad the same
tendencies until distinct breed was
established.
Cattle may be divided into three
classes, viz:
Dairy cattle.
General purpose cattle.
Beef cattle.
. The breeds which 1 shall discuss
under the head of dairy cattle are
the -Friesians, Guernseys
Ayershires, Dutch Belted, American
Holderness, Brown Swiss, Brittanies
and Kerries.
The Holstein-Friessian originated
in North Holland and West Fries.
land. In outline. they present the
, typical milk wedgs with narrow
shoulder points and wide strong hips
color jet black and pure white, more
or less evenly variegated over the en-
. tire body; the brush of the tail mus
always be white no matter how
strongly black may predominant
! elsewhere. In size they are fully
, equal to the beef breeds-male:
| weighing from 1900 to 23OO pounds
+ and COWS from 1900 to 1900 pounds
They lack the square heavy build Of
the beef breed, but they suggest won
derful constitutions by their power.
full frames. This breed claims thu
championship for both butter ant
milk. Scores Of cows have given a.
e high as 10000 pounds of milk yea
S while three phenomial specimen
t have given $4,000, $4,000 and $500
= pounds respectively, being an aver
r age from seven, to nine gallons pc
, day. These COWS were May Overton
. Rhoda 3rd ,and Pauline Paul, champ
ionship butter cow.
The first importation to the United
;, States was made about 1877.
r The original home of the Jerse.
r cattle is the Isle Of Jersey in tn
d English Channel. They were frs
It imported in 1880. There are four diff
s ferent markings or styles of color t
F, be found among registered Jerseys
4 First, fawn and white, second, soli
fawn. third brown and white, fourth
+" solid brown. In all these styles G
70 color there is invariably peculia
t light, mealy colored ring of hair jus
II at the edge of fand encircling the nos
n trils-generally considered, the dis
n tinctive mark by which even lo'
n grade Jerseys may be recognized.
"a In size the Jerseys rank with tn
q small breeds. Males weighing frol
/ 1000 to 1900 pounds and females CT
" to $50 pounds. The all absordin
= trait Of the ersey COW is the uniforl
sc richness of her milk in butter cor
rs tents; the globules are large, caus
'r ing tile cream to separate easily an
1T quickly from the body of the mill
lie The bntter produced from Jerse
r. cream is naturally more highly CO
nj ored under same conditions as
20 food and care, than that of any 9th,
- breed except, perhaps, the butt
from Guernsey cream. AS fami
~ COW to supply cream and butter f
III home table. the Jersey has no supe
"t ior, but for the farmer who keeps
q few cows and depends upon the a
of ual sale of few fat steer to meet h
* expenses, the Jersey must give wi
n to some other breed of larger fran
ia and greater aptitude for beef.
- AT the Worlds Fair this breed WI
the butter and cheese test over II
" Shorthorns and Guernseys. Brow
'e Bessie won the butter test by makil
~ an average of over three pounds
" butter per day for ninety days. I,
II. Marigold won the cheese test