Middletown transcript., 1906-01-20
THE HOLSTEN-FRIESIAN CATTLE
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| Oi the superior value uf tile mix Ut tins
breed for direct consumption. We quote
from an article in the National .Si0ckman:
every physician Of note maintains that
normal mi properly haiance is far bet
ter for food, especially for infants and
young children, than is milk richer in
fat.
Probably milk containing not more than
3 or t per cent. uf fat is fully rich enough
since the human mothers nfitk seldom
exceeds that figure and often tails below
3 per cent. and it is said that nursing
infants Of such mothers are more healthy
than those who get richer milk. Good
medical authorities have stated time and
/ time again that normal milk is much
healthier for the human than is r.ch milk,
and there is not careful intelligent
breeder to-day who does not know that 3
per cent milk, fresh from the COW, is
much better for the calf than q per cent
! or even per cent. milk. Indeed it is
quite freely conceded that hundreds of
Jersey calves owe their premature death
to surfeit of rich new milk. Disnrtlered
stomarhs, indigestion and scums are the
results where such milk il fed to calves y
/ We also quote from All address of Pro-
| fessor Carlyle, of Wisconsin Experiment
Station: "a farmer of Illinois, operating
al extensive dairy Of over 20O cpMs is de-
| livering milk in Chicago on the recon-
mendation of the physicians and surgeons
there. He receives IL ceuts per quart for
his milk Wholesale. On visiting his farm,
he gave me All idea which had never
heard presented before, and which | am
confident is going to be elaborated, espec-
! lily for the milk supply of cities. The
| Physicians and Snrgeuns' Association, of
Chicago, frequently visits him on his
farm, and they have asked him ii he can
give any reason whv his milk has mort
yitaliZing power than any other milk they
can get. Tie gentleman Iemal ked that
he had never thought uf snch thing;
that he had always considered one milk
as good as another, provided il had the
Same percentage Of butter fat and milk
solids. They remarked that if they had
a patient that was very much run down
and weak, and they gave him Of the milk
from his herd, they found it had more
life giving, vitalizing power than any
other milk they cuuld get, even though
it was no richeri in its chemical properties.
The point ! wish to make here is that
there is snch thing as \it4IiIN in milk,
and that it is of Equal, ii not greater, i'm
portance than its chemical C,Inpusitioh, |
especially for the milk supply OF cities |
And there can be no question but that |
the vitality of milk Is cl'>ely associated |
with the vitality of the animal producing
it. Strong, vigDrnns cnws, such as the |
Holsteins and milking Siioruhorns, and
some few families of the Jersey and |
Guernsey breeds, are anima that are
bound to he required fnr this purpose. |
The ply ysicans recognize tue Importance |
Of strong vital temperament in the /
human mother, and do not see why it /
does not apply with equal force to the
CONS"
The purchasers OF milk for direct con-
sumption should bear in mind that vital
ity in milk, which only healthy and vi
tally strong cows can produce. aud the
substantial body Of nutritiye solids it con-
tains are valuable above all other things
High color is not necessarily indicative
of these characteristics Indeed it is q
question whether high cnlur is desirable
quality in milk for direct consumption,
and more than it is desirable qllaIty in
veal or beef. Doubtless high lor arises
from the same cause Of constitution, food
and health in the one Case as in the
other.
Dairymen handling cows Of this breed
do not hesitate to admit hat their milk
contains a lower percentage Of fat than
the milk of Jersey and Guernsey cows.
But in view of their enormous production
of milk they assert that tiiey average more
butter per COW and that thev produce a
larger margin of profit. In Europe it is
largely used not only in Ilnlland but in
Poluiun Etonaa onI non,,,o,L g. h,I |
ter making. 1t il probable that it adds
annually TO the worlds prrlnct more
than any other breed and perhaps more
than all other breeds together. The chief
business OF the Friesian dairyman, tile
originators of this breed is butter making.
1t is not possible to ascertain where this
was not their chief occupation, so long
and SO continually have they pursued it.
It is of SO much importance to their
country that other kinds 0f business pros
per or fail with the rise aud fail of price.
or the increase or decrease Of this single
product butter. This business was form
erly carried on in the families of tile iarm-
ers with very imperfect appliances and
Now it il largely carried on in |
fractories supplied with separatnrs and
other modern appliances.
In America, Hoistein- Friesian breeders
have not been behind the breeders Of
other pure bred dHiry cattle in making
private recards with the elllrii, but re-
the rlHrliabilitv Df many ehnrn
records they generaily AilantI,niptl making
them during tie fiscal year l6g4-5. ami
have since been making Offieial records by
the use Of the Babeock test. T ne Hui.
Assnriati,in, assisted by the
diffnrpnf oy nlf i
tinued this lnpfhnd of Conducting weekly
official tests up 10 tie PIE Ell time, and
the most fatiering results have fnlIowed.
RoSa Bnhem Fifth. III asix Metks' test.
produced l35 95 fbs. Of butter or a daily
average Of 3 % lbs
Belle Sarcastic, in a six weeks test pro-
duced l36 SS It's. or ada ty average Of 3 26
lbs, Ilonratfe ID mask weeks'test made
l206o lbs. of butter ar a daily average Of
81 lbs. II will thus lie seen that these
three cows made airaveragr of three and
Twelve one hnndrptllh las pall,mis af butter (
per day for period nf six consecutive
weeks OF tifti-lie Que hnntlredths of
pound Of butter per COW per tiav in excess
0f the best cow at the W0rln's Fair.
Sensational among the Fair Ground
Tests of 1872 Was that of A iIalstein- Frie
sian COW at the Lat don Show, Canada. in
4 forty -right honr lest conducted by Pro-
lessor Dean OF Ontario Agricultural Col
ege. This COW prolncp,l 81 lbs. of but
Ter lat dnring this period, record which
has never been eqhaled BY COW of any
breed f4ts HI ai4trt ttf.t+-ti
That tile llolstein. Fresian is unap-
preached by any breed of cattle in the
production OF large quantities af milk no
me will deny. My observations lead me
% believe that the highest Yields of but
er have been obtained from cows WELD
ne the largest quantities Of milk. This
Gems also to apply to cows OF other breeds
md the results Of tile official tests Of the
Itrseys at the Worlds Fair confirm this
lew. heqnality ofthe hutter produced
~ this breed, 90 far as tests have been
made. shows that ii IL equal To that of any
ther breed. Quality in butter depends:
irst, oII-the heaIthfulHess af the cows mo
reed is more healthy than tllis9 second,
u tile food and drink of the cows, both
must be free from unpleasant flaVors and