Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-11-21

IL Il OF great Importance 20 this man
that his COW should be OF the best ana
well maintained. The great question 1. i,
Can dairy be brought up 10 high
level OF production, and can that level
De maintained through successive gener-
stions OF cowss Ii 's patent that, a.
commonly proceeded with, dairies retro
grade, and IN keep them up To f,ir re-
suits there Is constant buying OF fresh
cows, with the hope that they will be
superior TO those already pos sessed. The
results sire not An unalloyed success. Tue
Gull Of another herd, and, besides
tricks" only sdds inviduslity 10 the
herd, without corresponding profit,
The breeding OF the common cow Of
this country Is becoming wonderful, and
the herds that one sees nowadays are =
mixture OF all the "hloods" -, showing
traces, more or less conspicuous, of the
fe~ distinctiveiy dairy breeds, as II the
intention MAS TO get by the combination
all the excellencles and sn absence Of Il
the faults and vices. This mixture Is all
the more apparent BY reason Of the de-
sire In get good, sll round COW and so
the beef types sre called 10, aud in the
common herd one sees square, beefy
cows standing beside dairy types, and
SO 5000 pounds of milk averages abound
every~ here, instead OF 6,0o0 TO 10000
results. There IL reason for this min
imum milk Yield. There Il an absence
Of distinct dairy breeding and perform
ance 10 the average cows found. The
distinctive quality OF breed aud heredity
performance are lost In the sinslgsms-
ton Of breeds. Argue as We may and
wish as we will, the facts are that the
great performing cows, and the dsiries
with the highest and most creditsble
records, ATE distinctive individuals OF
some breed. Not that breed is every
thug, but IL does show lines OF thought
out purpose aud when intelligent care
aud feeding follow there IL a well round
ed out result. Breed Is only the result OF
long aud judicious breeding along scien-
tific lines, supplemented BY intelligent
feeding; aud the moment vigilance Is re-
Ia xed ard uew bloods and breeds are
mixed iu the line Is broken and the IN
expected IL continually happening. The
reason Is not difficult 10 discover. The
law OF atSvism, or reversion, is one that
csunot well be under stood, but Its results
are ever being brought 20 the front.
Why In the best breeding there Is con-
stsnt reversion 10 remote and inferior
ancestry so strongly In evidence that
calves are sll the time being dropped
that resemble neither parent, and are In
form and type the most veritaole scrubs,
Is hard TO explain. With our ordinary
mixed stock Il Is common comment,
ia the advent OF heifer OF chance breed
ing doing great things at the pail, TO say,
''Oh she took back 10 far away grand
dam for milking quality" That Is true,
butsis little too hazardous TO bank upon
ia raising herd OF paying cows.
What Is the farmer 10 do! just nov
be Is confronted with the beef famine
and Is tempted 20 ''go into steers" fo--
getting that good butter Is as scarce and
high as beef, and thst
the ration fed to steer 10 make pound
OF edible beef, selling at five cents live
weight, will, 10 fed 10 the good Gov,
make a pound Of 27-cent butter-s d.
ference OF - cents. IL "a simply choice
between making tallov and butter fst. |
A good COW will make in the year ss
many pounds OF butter As the steer viii
increase in weight. Now, TO get ten or
foi " COWS all TO do great things there
must be a change from the ways of the
past and the hsphszard methods. Breed
il not sll. Feed must correspond, ana |
there must be heifer calf raised along
correct lines. Thousand OF cows were
ruined when calves, and even before they |
were dropped, by 40 economical feeding
II the mother-not actual starvation,
but IN considered rstiOus. The cow
bought out Of picked up drove Is an
unknown quantity. She may or may
not be possessed OF dairy qualities. Her
early feeding may have beea that OF a
fsttening pig or It's very reverse. The
farmer in the future who desires the
best OF herds must raise his own coNs,
hold closely 70 one lins OF breeding, let
the breed be WhAt II NAV, mate high
degrees Of excellence, snd the hner
heifrr calves must be treated 10 line oi
rations that promote growth, fine bone,
aud nerve. The foods that pro-
mote fatteniug qualities must be discard
ed. The COW OF the future that best n lis
the pail with rich milk will be the one
that from bhIh has had generous Va
Iieiies OF foods largely along the lines OF
clover, clover hSy, bran, oats, dash OF
oil meal, and has not wasted her living
duting growth with fly feeding.
Another thing Ia lost sight OF, and
that il that IL is nov well established
that the size Of herd carries more dairy
influence with him than DO the dams.
aud hence the mao who will retain sire
for three or four generations, and prac-
h M herd
fssler because OF this inteu flying OF the
blood and centr.liziug dairy influences
than does msu he changes sire every
wear, snd Without let or EiDdrsnee Is
mixing the breeds, each cross adding
Influences Of breed perpi, kites and pr-
eulisrities good and bad, when only one
hing should have been sought-dairy
quality. The old saying that co"
could be bought more cheapiy than
raised has little force. The acvent Oh
the silo sud It's great stores OF chesp
food and natural succulence, better
known wSys Of raising clover and the
richer nitrogen trap crops and aooo,
cheap stables with sanitary conditions
have put an entirely different face upon
this matter Of raising stock, especially
the hei,er, and bringing her 10 the dairy
TO all intsnts COW at from twenty-four
To thirty months OF age. The age has
passed when intelligent men advocate a
life of hardship for calf and COW to make
them hardy. Constitution Ia something
nature gives SO animal, and Is never an
artificial creation, propagated and fos-
tered by "grubbinz" for living or
froz-n into them by an inhumsn expos
ure 10 storm sud zero weather. Calves