Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-01-12


was almost universally regarded as an
lmpossibllty. Among those that joined
IN TINS view was Professor Long of Eng
land, then publishing large work on
dairy husbandry, which was widely sub
scribed for in this country, and issued in
quarterly numbers. Thus the capacity
OF this breed Tor milk production became
a matter OF more than ordinary public
interest.
There is a rapidly growing recognition
of the superior value of the milk of this
brood for diroo, oo,s,,,,r,; wv
'P''on
i"''e iio'ii d" "'''O'e III Uhe N"tiohdl
Stockman:
Every physician of note maintains
that normal milk properly balanced i. far
better for food, especially for infants and
Young children. than Is milk richer in
fat. Probably milk containing not more
than 3.4 per cent Of fat is fully rich
enough, since tn. human mothers milk
seldom excerd+ that figure. ana often
fails below 3 per cent. and it j. sad that
nursing infants of such mother, are more
healthy than thos- who get richer milk.
Good medical authorities have stated
time and time again that normal milk is
much healthier for the human than is
rich milk, and there is not careful,
intelligent breeder today who doe, not
know that pr cent milk, fresh from
the COW, is much better tor the calf than
Is per cent or even per cent milk. In.
deed, 1t Is quite freely conceded that
hundreds Of Jersey calves owe their
premature death t. ii surfeit of rich new
milk. Dlsordered stOmachs, indigestion
and scours are the results when such
/
Dairymen handling cows of the breed
do not hesitate to admit that their milk
contains IA lower percentage of fat than
the milk of Jersey and Guernsey cows.
But in view of their enormous production
of milk, they assert that they average
more butter per cow. and that they pro-
duce larger margin of profit. In Europe
| it is largely used not Oniy in Holland
put In Belgium, France and Denmark,
ior butter making. 1t Is probable that it
adus anhuaiiy 10 the worlds product
more than DINER breed, and perhaps more
IMAM all other breeds together.
The chief business of the Friesian
oairymeh' the origlnators OF this breed,
Is outVer iiiakihg' IL Is not possible TO
Coi.a,;i wien tlls was hot Cheir chief
Ioo"Pa.i' oo ions anu 81 oohtihuaily
nave .hey Pursueu IT, IL Is Oh SO much
,ihpoi .anoe W thelr country that 0ther
kihuS ., business prosper or ran with the
rise anu Iaii Oh price, or the increase or
o decrease Oh this single product, butter
IN! ms ousineSS was formerly carried on IN
!ne lauiiiies vi the farmers with very
Imperfect Appliances aho methods: Now
~ IL iargely carried on IN factories sup
pliea with separators and other modern
apphahces.
In America, Hostein Friesian breeders
have not been behind the breeders of
other pure-bred dairy cattle in making
private records with the churn. But
recognizing the unreliability of many
churh records they generally abandoned
nldkinB them curing the fiscal year,
lo9t-o, anu nave since been making
oillcial RECORDS by the use OF the Babcock
tesu'
The Holstein-Friesian Association,
assisted by the different experiment
stations, has continued this method of
conducting weekly official tests up to the
present time. and the most fiattering
results have followed.
Sensational amony tho fair arou,d
tests of IS99 was t6.t of uo7is,a;n
Friesian COW at the I.ondon D.irv Shou,
Canada in AZ hour test condncted hr
Professor Dean of Ontario A,,ric,,ltnral
! College This COW nrodnrad & > nnrnd'
of huttpr far during this neriod q fracn,d
which has never been .o,,aled h,. -, cr,,'
of anv bred nnhIIcly ~, otiioi.II, ,ast,I
That the Holstein. Eries;an i No.,
preached Inv any hreed of c.ttl. in H..
production Of LARGE Cuantities of nil,
no one will deny NV observat;ors Iaad
me to believe that the highest Yields Of