St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-01-24

pounds, During the closing week, com.
mencing 1858 days from dropping her
calf, she gave from So to Sc pounds
daily. So thoroughly was the public
convinced of the correctness OF this
record that higher records have since
been received without any ntimation of
former incredulitv. Pietertje 3D. in her
18th year produced 30,318h pounds,
and Princess of Wayne, in her twelfth
year, 20 00S 11-16 pounds. The latter
gave 1872 Is pounds in thirty days,
the highest days yield being 113 1-16
pounds. Seventy-seven cows have been
received to Advanced Registry that have
produced from 5000 to 80 900 pounds
in periods OF ten months to one year.
The chief business OF the Friesian
dairymen, the originators of this breed,
is butter making. 1t is not possible to
ascertain when this was not their chief
occupation, so long and so continually
have they pursued it. 1t is of so much
Importance to their country that other
kinds OF business prosper or fail with the
rise and tall OF price, or the increase or
decrease of this single product, butter
This business was formerly carried on in
the families of farmers with very i'm
perfect appliances and methods. Now it
is largely carried on in factories supplied
with separators and other modern ap.
planes.
In America, Holstein Friesian breeders
have not been behind the breeders of
other pure-bred dairy cattle in making
private records with the churn. But
recognizing the unreiability of many
churn records, they generally abandoned
making them during the fiscal year,
1S94-5, and have since been making
official records by the use OF the Babcock
test.
The HoIstein- Friesian Association,
assisted by the different experiment sta.
tons, has continued this method of con-
Quoting weekly official tests up to the
present time, and the most fattering re-
suits have followed.
Rosa Bonheur Fifth, in a six.weeks'
test, produced 1855 pounds of butter
or daily average OF 8, % pounds.
Belle Sarcastic. in a six weeks test,
produced 1858 pounds or daily
average of 1926 pounds.
100 65 pounds of butter, or a daily
average of 287 pounds.
1t will thus be seen that these three
cows made an average of three and
twelve one-hundredths pounds of butter
per day for period of six consecutive
weeks, or fifty-five one hundredths of a
pound OF butter per cow per day in ex-
cess OF the best cow at the Worlds Fair.
Sensational among the Fair Ground
tests OF 1899 was that of Hostein-
tr1esian cow at the London Dairy Show.
Canada, in iorty.eight hour test con.
Quoted by Professor Dean of Ontario
Agricultural College. This cow pro
duced 81 pounds OF butter tat during
this period, a record which has never
been equalled by COW of any breed
publicly or officially tested.
The quality of the butter produced bv
this breed, so far as tests have been made
shows that it is equal to that of any
other breed. Quality in butter depends ::
hrst on the healthlulness OF the cows
tho breed is more healthy than this) ::
second, on the food and drink of the
cows, both must be free from unpleasant
""N SboiSt anu ldSlIN ON the
ability OF the butter maker. The per-
centage of fat in the milk has nothing to
do with quality OF butter, nor has color
necessarily anything to do with quality.
Tor 1t is well known that the butter made
from the milk of all breeds of cows re-
CURES artificial coorng at certain sea.
sons OF the year, and the closest obser-
Vatlons cannot detect arti6cialy colored
butter from that which is naturally
coIored. The coorng matter ordinarily
used is annatto, vegetable product.
lnis coloring is doubtless as healthful, or
more so, than natural coloring, the
causes OF which are as yet undiscovered ;
tue same causes produce yellowness OF
nesh, which is universally regarded as a
serious objection in veal and beef.
Ia our Eastern and Middle States the
production OF veal is already adding an
important item to the credit side OF the
DAIRY farmers balance sheet. No kind
or quality OF veal is in so great demand
as that of the Holstein. Friesian breed