The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-03-28

Dairymen's conyention.)
W. J. Frasier spoke on building up
dairy herd, and used as an illustra-
ton small herd that had been built
up at the university. We as dairy
men do not properly recognize the
great difference IN COWS, and the
difference in cows is the most inn
portant thing TO recognize In the build
ing up OF such herd We tested
three Of our COWS for a period Of 81
weeks. One Of the cows Rose, gave
as in that time 354 pounds OF butter
fat, another. Nora, gave Us 2O6
pounds; and a third. Maud, gave 179
pounds. The first two ate the same
amount OF feed. OF milk, Rose gave
1882 pounds, Nora s.51s pounds. and
Maud l.1s7 pounds.
II. B. Gurler.-I think that many
patrons make a mistake In paying all
Of their attention TO the test for but
ter-fat. We can only find out the
value OF a COW by taking into consid-
GRAFTON the value Of both the milk and
the butter-fat
Mr.. Frasier.-C Certainly. We must
look after both kinds Of product
H. B. Gurler.-We should know our
individual COWS.
Q-What was the ration those cows
had when they we're doing the work
you have reported?
Mr.. Fraiser.-They were fed clover
hay, silage, corn meal, oil meal and
gluten meal But what I wanted 10
bring out Is the difference between
the COWS and not what they did on a
certain ration. They were all fed
alike.
Mr.. Frasier went on to say that It
Is not possible 10 tell what a COW Is
by her appearance. One that was
brought to the college was. to all ap-
pearanees. almost worthless. but
proved to be a fair milker. In build
Ing up a herd Of COWS they should be
tested at least once a week, using a
composite test After a herd Is Sc
lected breeding up should begin. Do
not sell the COWS 10 the butcher as
soon as they go ufy-
Then comes the selection Of a sire.
Use only a good bull: do not buy a
poor one because he is cheap; the cows
should be bred 10 full-blood sires. In
the dairy herd the bull counts for even
more than he does in the beef herd.
You have heard Il said that the
bull Is half the herd; he Is more than
that when bred on grade cows. as In
him long generations OF breeding In
line have fixed the characteristics we
want TO perpetuate
Then do not breed too young. I think
that a mistake Is often made In this.
There has been a great tendency to
get the cows to milking early and this
has led to early breeding. The same
advice Is good as to bulls-do not
breed them too young. A COW should
not drop her calf TN she Is thirty
months Of age.
Q.-What Is a fair yield for a dairy
Or 100 cows in pounds OF milk
A.-That depends on the kind Of
cows you are keeping. also on what
you are doing with the milk. Now. If
you are keeping dairy cows and sell
s per cent milk Il is quite different
than II you are milking Holsteln cows
that give per cent milk. We GER
talnly should have a standard In each
dairy and Gull out all below that
standard. II a COW does not pay her
board she is worth more dead than
alive
Q.-What breed do you recommend
Al DO not care to go into the
breed question; a man should take the
breed be likes the best
Q.-With the average farmer is a
herd Of milking shorthorns more
profitable than a herd OF dairy type7
All a man Is in the dairy busi-
ness he has no business with any
thing but dairy cattle; but II a man
wants to raise steers principally. with
dairying as a side issue. do not know
but that a herd OF milking shorthorns
Is the best. In England the milk is
largely supplied by dairy shorthorns
Q.-Are not the dairy Shorthorns OF
England better COWS than those We
havel
A-Decidedly. they are far better
In the Agricultural College In Sweden
they had over so shorthorn COWS that
made annually In excess Of $50 pounds
Of butter each. That is a good record
Q.-How DO those COWS compare
with ours as to beef
A-Weil the pure-bred shorthorns
are az good here as there. but tho
common run OF Shorthorns there are
better than here because most Of ours
are scrubs
Q.-But do they dcteriorate IN beef
quality when they are bred for milk
ing qualityi
A.-They certainly do; for you can't
get a high type Of beef and Of milk
IN the same animal
Mr.. Stewards to the English
shorthorns have noticed that the
mixers are not the beef makers: from
calfhood they develop in one way or
the other. You can feed for one ar