The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-03-17
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AS guide for dairymen in the seies
tion of the breed best suited for the
dairy, a breed test was conducted of
ficially at the st. Louis exposition, In
which chosen representative COWS o.
four breeds were entered. The best
dairy breeds of the four proved to be
the Jerseys and Holsteins. The Hcl
stein herd produced SO pounds
ounce milk per cow per day, and the
Jersey herd produced Al pounds Z
ounces milk per COW per day. But ev
cry one hundred pounds of jersey
milk contained 10 pounds ounces 81
Solids whereas one hundred pounds
Of Holstcin milk contained but II
pounds Z ounces of solids. The laws
of many cities require twelve percent
total solids in the milk sold in them
so that the milk of the Holstein herd
would not have come up to the lega:
standard in such cities. 1t would re
quire lis pounds of the Holstein milk
to equal in nutritive value one hundred
pounds Of the Jersey milk. This
means eighteen percent more bulk
weight and handling in the case OF
the milk of the Holsteins, without
any compromising increase in its solid
contents. Such is the comparative
value of the milk of these two herds
on the basis of quantity Of total solids
without taking cost of production into
consideration.
Let us now examine the milk of the
herds from tae standpoint of the but
termaker. The milk of the Jersey
contained 4.66 percent fat; that Is.
every one hundred pounds OF Jersey
milk contained pounds 10 IL ounces
of butter fat, which is equivalent tc
pounds ounces butter containing IS
percent fat. The milk of the Holstein
herd contained S.45 percent fats
pounds LIS ounces fat in every one
hundred pounds of milk-which Is
equivalent to pounds l ounce OF
eighty-flve percent butter. So that ev.
cry one hundred pounds Of the Jersey
milk would yield l pound ounces
more butter than one hundred pounds
of the Holstein milk. In other words.
it would take 1875 pounds of the Hol.
stein milk to equal one hundred
pounds of Jersey milk for butter-mak
ing uses. But this is assuming that
the same proportion of the fat in the
Holstein milk would be converted in.
to butter as in the case of the Jersey
milk; whereas it is well known that
the cream of Holstein milk does not
separate SO thoroughly as that OF Jer
sey milk; and, again, the lower the
percentage of fat the greater the loss
in the buttermilk.
Now let us consider the cost in feed
at which the milk of the respective
herds in question was produced. The
value of the Jersey milk is stated to
be $2070,279, and the cost Of the feed
to produce same $722,507, which shows
a net profit for the 100 days Of the
test of 1891 per COW. The net profit
in the case of the Holstein herd is
S46.S5 percent per COW, leaving bal
ance in favor of Jerseys as profitable
milk producers of $7.06 per cow in
the 120 days.
The value of the butter which the
Jersey milk would produce is stated
at $1710,403. Deducting the cost of
the feed given above we find a net
profit of S39.51 per COW. The net
profit production of the Holstein herd
is 5000 per COW. So that the Jerseys
proved the more profitable producers
of butter by s10.31 per cow in the 100
days The official figures are not yet
published, but it is believed that those
given are correct. Truly, there are
differences in milk and in dairy breeds
and also in the profits to be derived
sets Ploughman. r