The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1901-03-28

CONDENSED from Farmers Review
Stenographic Report of Illinois State
Dairymen'S conventiOn.)
W. J. F-raSier spoke on building up a.
dairy herd, and used as an iliustra-
ton a small herd that had been built
up at the university We as dairy
men do not properly recognize the
great difference III cows, and the
difference in COWS is the most i'm
portant thing to recognize in the build
ing up of such a herd We tested
three of cows for a period Of 81
weeks One of the COWS. Rose, gave
US in that time 354 pounds OF butter
fat; another, Nora, gave us zoo
pounds; and third, Maud, gave 179
pounds The first two ate the same
amount of feed. OF milk. Rose gave
| 1882 pounds. Nora 3,51s pounds, and |
Maud 4,1s7 pounds
H. 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 cow by taking into consid-
Grafton the value of both the milk and
| the butter-fat-
! Mr.. F,rasier.-Certain1y, 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 were doing the work
you have reported?
Mr.. F'raiser.-They were fed clover
hay, Silage, corn meal, oil meal and
| gluten meal. But what I wanted to
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 to tell what COW is
by her appearance One that was
brought to the college was, to all ap-
pearances almost worthless but
proved to be fair mixer. In build
ing up herd of cows they should be
| tested at least once week, using a
composite test. After herd is Sc
, lected breeding up should begin Do
not sell the COWS to the butcher as
I soon they go dry
Then comes the selection of sire.
Use only a good bull; do not buy
= poor one because he is cheap; the cows
d should be bred to fu1l-blood sires. In
e the dairy herd the bull counts for even
e more than he does in the beef herd
You have heard it said that the
It bull is half the herd; he is more than
: that when bred on grade cows, as in
d him long generations of breeding in
d line have fixed the characteristics we
IS want to perpetuate.
N Then do not breed too young. 1 think
that mistake is often made in this
p There has been great tendency tt
IF get the cows to milking early and thi:
,e has led to early breeding. The same
ID advice is good to bulls-do no
id breed them too young A COW should
h not drop h6F CdlI I'LL she Is tniIt
months of age.
- Q.-What is fair yield for a dair.
= OF 100 cows, in pounds of milk?
:, A.-That depends on the kind o
- cows you are keeping, also on VIVA
- you are doing with the milk. Now.
= you are keeping dairy cows and sci
- 5 per cent milk 1t is quite dffferen
than if you are milking Holstein COW
he that give per cent milk We Ger
a tainly should have a standard in eacl
= loir nIlf n below
sh standard If a COW does not pay he
n board she is worth more dead thai
Id alive.
Q.-What breed do you recommend
to Al do not to go into tn
IL breed question; man should take tn
ed breed he likes the best.
d. Q--With the average farmer is
is herd of milking Shorthorns NOR
st profitable than a herd of dairy type?
err Aft a man is in the dairy bust
3 ness he has no business with any
he thing but dairy cattle; but if ma
70 wants to raise steers principally wit
In dairying as a side issue, I do not kno,
&c but that herd of milking shorthorn
- is the best; in England the milk
"a largely supplied by dairy Shorthorn:
Q.-Are not the dairy Shorthorns c
England better cows than those W
"a have?
IN A--Decidedly they are far bette
sh In the Agricultural College in Swede
'e- they had over 80 Shorthorn cows tina
no made annually in excess of $50 pound
TO of butter each That is a good recors
cir Q--How do those cows compal
ed with ours as to beef?
at A-Well, the pure-bred Shorthorr
il are as good here as there; but tn
ed common run of Shorthorns there al
De- better than here because most of oul
as are scrubs.
ter Q--But do they deteriorate in be-
tie quality when they are bred for mill
Eat ing quality?
ks A.-They certainly do; for you can
H. get high type OF beef and OF mil
ia in the same animal.
ed MI SteWarl-TAs TO the EngHs
is Shorthorns nave hot1ceo tnat II
.Ix mixers are not the beef makers; fro
calfhood they develop in one way
49, the other. You feed for one
led the otnei noe AoI Coen, Ao-no
at AsiSH1io 'i1iS go IoS So'
zap ing oSiiS So"S ~ III ]Aoo .ae