The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1909-03-18
SPECIAL PURPOSE COWS.
Are Found Best for Production of
Milk and Beef.


Men are educated and ANIMALS are Sc
lected for special purposes. The all
purpose horse ana the dual purpose
COW are largely OF the past and nave
but little standing in the expert judg
ment OF modern agriculturists. 1t is
just as easy for man to serve two
masters as it is for COW to please
both the butcher and the dairyman.
The function of meat production and
the function of milk production are op-
posing factors. The COW will either
cleave to the one or yield to the other
There is positively no permanently fix
ed middle ground between these two
functions. There may be a small per-
centage of individuals which super
ficlally appear to possess this trait, but
upon close analysis they rarely have
any pride of ancestry or hope of pos
terity, or in other words they neither
inherited nor are capable of transmit
ting the milking traits which they sim
ply CHANGED to possess. If Oregons
one hundred seventy-five thousand
COWS were special purpose COWS we
would hear less of clarifying doesn't
pay" General purpose Is becoming an
obsolete term in the nomenclature of
farm livestock. 1t is the special draft
horse, the special roadster and the
special dairy COW. Farm animals are
produced for specific purposes and the
dairy COW is by no means an exception
to the rule. A Peers Surprise, Ade-
laide of Beechlands, Madalina May,
Chloe, Mechthilde, Empress of Sunny
bank, Golden Gazelle, either of them
are worth herd of dual purpose COWS.
These special purpose COWS not only
| descend from long line of producing
| ancestors, but they will also transmit
to their progeny the characters for
| which they are celebrated. There is
really no element of chance in the
| special purpose COW, while on the 9TH
er hand the dual purpose COW is often
an unknown quantity. 1t is really con-
trary to the natural order of things.
In nature there are two general forces
which are either negative or positive.
This same law holds good with the
dual purpose COW, her progeny will
either revert to the beef or dairy type
There must be some fixed dominant
character before like produces like.
AT present there are only four
breeds of special purpose dairy cattle,
all others are merly novelties. There
should be no prejudice regarding these
breeds. Each excells the other under
certain environment 1t is simply vast
| ing time, feed and money trying to
dairy successfully with any other
breed. The sooner our dairymen I'M
derstand this the better for the indus
| try. OF course there is difference
in special purpose cows, some are
much better than others. The high
character attained by our modern
dairy COW is the result of intelligent
selection and the most careful feeding
for generations. A highly specialized
COW is, in ~ measure, an artificial pro-
duct, complicated machine, requiring
skill for its best utilization. The mo-
dern COW is the marvel of the TWEEN
tieth century. When COWS are capable
of producing over their weight in but
ter annually it is certainly won
derful performance. Every dairyman
however, who hopes to be successful
must thoroughly understand how tt
manage these highly organized, but
er-yielding machines.
THE development of competent
dairymen is just as important as the
development of cows. These highl,
specialized cows require judicious ant
kindly treatment. Neglect will not on
/, ly be reflected in the churn, but disas
trous and costly deterioration will
quickly follow. A generation of neg
lect will practically undo the work o
century. The elimination of thu
, breeders art must be supplemented
with correct methods of feeding, an(
proper handling.
1.-The special dairy COW is not neces
sarily delicate of constitution, but il
, highly sensitive to uncomfortable sur
|
of stabling. Let it be remembered tina
there is loss Of at least ten per cen
of the annual production of each Gov
confined in the rigid stanchion. Thi
would mean that If all the cows in Ore
gon were confined in rigid stanchion
the annual loss would amount to on
million five hundred thousand dollars
Fortunately this cruel method of fas
/ tening COWS is rapidly disappearing
and well it may, for it should be re
garded as relic of barbarism and b.
, RELOCATED as device of prehistoric or
, igin.
) 1.-THE special purpose COW does no
! necessarily mean pure bred cow Blu
! she must be a descendent of pur
/ bred sire of the special purpose type
Dairymen can hope for just as goo
success with highly graded cows wnicl
, are descendants from sires who's
dams were special purpose cows. N
, up-to-date dairyman will be foun'
, guilty Of maintaining graded sire il
his herd If the small dairyman can
not afford to own a pure bred sire
by all means let him cooperate witt
his neighbors and secure the very bes
animal possible-not necessarily
show animal or one that may posses
fashionable coloring, but an ANNA
: that claims for dam a heavy produc
: ing COW, and this character trac
Z through the ancestral line as far bacl
! as possible.--Rural Spirit.
, For Rent.
20 acres One-quarter-mile north Q
| citv IrnitS--1Q acraS in alfalfa