Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-02-26
LARGE PREFERRED.
The Large vs.. the Small Dairy Cow
Given Comparative Tests.
To the Editor:


than the act establishing and aid
ing the State Experiment Stations;
and no special work done by these
Stations has been Of greater i'm
portance than that done 10 the in
terest OF the dairy farmer. It is
less costly to learn at anothtr's
expense than at ones own; and by
giving heed to the disinterested
non-partisan work done by the
stations, the dairy farmer may
save himself much bitter disap-
pointment, and not BE- msled by
following the false teachings OF
certain dairy writers and breed
partisans. AS its most valuable
work in this line, the Wisconsin
Experiment Station has recently
issued bulletin 102, entitled Studies
in Milk Production. The present
Wis. Expt Station herd was estab-
lished in 1898. and the bulletin
covers the work of this heard for a
period of four and half years.
In order to make comparison of
results on basis of type, the herd
was divided into three classes--the
small dairy, the large dairy, and
the dual-purpose type The men
making this division were Messrs.
F. H. Scribnec, breeder of Jerseys;
Charles L. Hill, breeder of Guern
seys; George McKerrow, breeder OF
Short Horns, and w. b, Richards,
Asst. in dairy husbandry at the
station.
Pasture was figured at $3.50 per
month, and other feeds at average
Wisconsin market prices; while the
butter was figured at zoe per pound,
and the skim milk at 15c per 100
pounds. The butter was computed
on the oasis of S5.7 per cent. Of one
pound of butter-iat IN the milk
to one pound of finished
butter; usually known as adding
one7sixth to the butter-fat, and the
standard now used by the Holstein-
Friesian and Guernsey Associa-
tons in their official records made
under the supervision of the Expt.
Stations.
The conclusion reached, as a re-
suit of the most painstaking work
through a period of almost FIVE
years, which all the food given
each animal was weighed, and each
treated as though she alone was on
test, confirm my teachings of pol
years past that the larger type of
dairy COW is more profitable for the
dairy farmer. Space will not per
NIT me to give as much as l would
like, but, as conclusively IN favor
Of the large dairy type, of which
The Holstein-Friesian is the best
exponent, quote the following:
Cows of the large dairy type
preferable. From the data pre-
sented It will be seen thai, every
hing considered, cows in group B,
representing the large dairy type, |
are clearly In the lead for economic
production of milk and butter-fat.
The results of over four years
work with COWS of the extreme
dairy type, represented by group
A, not only failed to establish the
claims for superiority of cows of
his type over a much larger and
apparently stronger dairy type,
put clearly showed that they are
rot as large producers, nor as
profitable dairy animals. as the
after.
That the extreme dairy type
has been popular, at least In
his state is evinced, among other
reasons, by the fact that three of
he cows selected for the Univer-
,ity herd at our solicitation by
prominent dairymen in our state
we're fair representatives of this
-ype of COWS, and are included in
group A. Our Investigations have
been conducted under the most
adorable conditions possible for
his type of cows: the stable in
which they have been kept is con-
,idered a model one, as regards
light, ventilation and
general comfort of the animals,
and water is provided for them ih
he stalls so that they are not ex-