Middletown transcript., 1906-01-20
PRICE THREE CENTS

including that OF Northern Russia. nearly
up to the Arctic Circular. Here in America
it is as hardy as our native cattle. Tts
calves are raised without difficulty.
Taken from their dams at three DAYS old
and reasonably fed on skim milk and a
little oil meal they grow like weeds.
Given plenty OF food no matter il much
OF it is rougliage, they develop rapidly.
The heiiers usually drop their calves at
about years old and henceforward are
profitable to their owners for milk, and
when too old for milk they will dress from
i've to six hundred and fifty pounds OF
good beef. During the cows usefulness as
milk producer which usually lasts from
six to ten years, she viii anillally drop YOU
calf, il sold for veal al six. % eight weeks
old, weigh from $50 to 251 lbs. that will
command the highest marSiet veal price.
There can be no profit ii animals that
consume only the necessary food of sup.
port. The more they consume. digest
and assimulate above this the more profit.
aole they are. The other Characteristic
is IN the fact that dairy animals should
oy no means be choice in the quality OF
their food. Cows that will freely con-
sumo the roughage of onr farms and trans
mute it into valuable products, milk, but
ter, veal, beef, are more valuable than
those that require the costly commercial
reeds. These cattle from calfhood upward
are by no means choice in tile quality of
their food. In their natiyeA Apountry they
generally begin taking skim milk, usually
! more or less sour, and at til age Of from
8 to 6 days. Many Of They breeders in
America begin thus early % give them
the same kind of food, and with good re-
suits.
Quantity of production and persistency
of milking during long periods are well
known characteristics of this breed.
Dropping her first calf at about 2 years
old, an average COW of this breed, if we'll
cared for, will produce from 5000 to G, 200
lbs. of milk in ten months, and she will
increase this production each and every
year until, at five years old, she will give
from 1000 to 5000 lbs The quality of
this milk will range from I'd per cent.
fat, and from to 10 per cent. solids not
in fat. have had myself cows of this
breed to test over per cents and the test
was made by two disinterested parties,
Messrs. Talbot Of the Middletown Cream
cry and ]. B. Golf of the Sandy Branch
Creamery II fed to their ability to
digest and assimiIate food, the majority
of this breed of cows will exceed the
above production. Before the introduc-
ton of this breed from $500 to 1000 lbs.
per annum were regarded as extreme
high averages from the cows OF this
country. We think it is safe to affirm
that the introduction of this breed has
raised, directly or indirectly, the average
OF American COWS from l, 500 to 1900 lbs.
One OF the COWS OF the earliest permanent
importation yielded 4,OO8s lbs of milk in
nine weeks, the highest day . yield being
76 lbs. This and other similar records of
the breed were received with wide spread
incredulity.
In 1880 the COW Aaggie made record
of 1904 5l6 lbs. OF milk within one year
from date of calving. This record was
almost universally regarded as an impos.
sibility. Among those that Joined in this
view was Professor Long of England,
then publishing large work on dairy
husbandry, which was widely subscribed
for in this country and issued in quar-
terly mum bers. Thus the capacity Of this
breed for milk production became mat
ter OF more than ordinary public interest.
In August 1885, the owners of Aaegie
commenced record of the COW Clothilde.
They invited public scrutiny of this
record during its full progress. A num-
Der of persons interested themselves in it
in order to learn the amount of her pro-
duction beyond doubt, among which
were leading men connected with dairy
publications
At different periods including one DUR
ing the last week Of her record, she was un-
der the official watch care OF the Superin-
tendent of theH Holstein-F -Friesian Advanced
Registry. Her record for tlie year was 26,-
02ls lbs. During the closing week COM
mencing 35S days from dropping her call,
she gave from So to 56 lbs. daily. So thor
oughly was the public convinced of the
correctness of this record that higher
records have since been received without
an lntimation OF former incredulity.
Pieterje End, in her eleventh year pro-
duced &c, ,3l84 lbs. and Princess of Wayne,
in her Twelfth year 29,O0S 11-16 lbs. The
latter gave 8, 1922 lbs. in 80 days, the high
est days yield being 113 1-16 lbs.
cows have been received to
Registry that have produced
from / 800 to $4,000 lbs. in periods Of fen
months to one year.
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