Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-02-26

with the greatest capacity tor con-
sumlng rough feed are generally
the most economical producers
This may be accepted as funda-
mental characteristic of all cows
capable of large and economical
production in the dairy.
The Stations comparisons by
breed are very striking, and, as
usual, the Holstein-Friesian breed
is found TO excel Indeed, it seems
that with fair representatives this
great breed will always win in any
net profit comparison, where both
the butter-fat and skim milk have
values assigned. The average re-
suits Of the breed comparison are
as follows:
Holstein. Guernsey. Jersey. Shorthorn.
Annual yield of milk,
o,qs7O3 6,3O7 $1,000 7,tn4
Annual yield Of fat,
35l.6 3l0.4 3Ol.I 2s7
annual value products,
sq4O3 Ss23 S771O S74l2C
Annual cost Of food,
$3.50 1871 $35.22 S3sI7
Annual net profit,
s4S.47 $44q4 s4l.ss 5000
A careful study of this table will
show the dairy farmer that it is
not the COW that gives the richest
milk, but the COW which produces
the largest amount of butter. fat that
wins out. During all those years,
and for all their milk taken in bulk,
the average for the HolsteIn-Frie-
sian milk was 3 50 per cent. fat,
while the Jersey average was
much higher; yet we see that the
Observation-Disclosures averaged an
nually over so per cent. more of
butter.fat for each COW than did the
Jerseys.
But this table does not tell the
whole Story; the Wisconsin station
had even better grounds for
deciding in favor of the larger,
harder, more vigorous COWS. If
a farmer went into the dairy bust
ness for five years he would take
account of stock at the beginning
and at the end of the specified time;
and if he found that the herd had
increased or decreased in value, he
would take such increase or de-
crease into consideration. The
station did not do this
because it was making a study Of
milk production only; but it gives a
resume of each COW, and we can
follow it out for ourselves. The
Jersey list reads like a column of
obituary rotices: Out of II cows,
one died of congestion of the lungs,
one of bronchitis, two were got rid
Of because Of loss of part of the
udder from garget, two because
found tuberculous, two because
such delicate feeders as to be IN
profitable, and one because Of lack
Of constitutional vigor and dainty
only three left out of
twelve, and they not the best.
The hardy, vigorous Holstein-
Friesian cows furnish a surprising
to this list: One did so
we'll that a California breeder
purchased her last summer at
ong price, and took her to
California. The rest are there and
still doing business at the old
stand, though there is one that
a.-F. breeders would no doubt be
glad to get if they could. This is
Alma Maria Josephine, who at
hree years old made a record of !
.8 pounds q OF. butter from 4OO.3 !
pounds milk, showing an average
or the seven days of SIT per cent. |
at in the milk. The net profit for !
me week was estimated to be S2.72. !
The main deduction which the
linking farmer must draw from
he exhaustive work shown IN this |
bulletin is that for the greatest
profit he needs cows of the large
larry type, such as the Holstein-
for, not only do they
rive larger net profit, but by
eason of their hardness and great
'itality, the large, vigorous
Observation-Disclosures thrive on work
which will break down and
destroy the weakly constitutions of
he small, delicately formed
erseys.
MALCOLM H. GARDNER.
Kills His Child, Then Himself.