The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-12-24

good one will be found. but there is
little certainty of her heifer calves
being like her. They tend to 90 either
10 the beef or dairy type. A whole
herd of first class dual purpose cows
Is hard to obtain and to keep when
it has been obtained.
Selecting the Cows.
If dairying is to be made prominent
feature of the farming operations it
will pay to go into one of the special
lied dairy breeds. These special pur.
pose dairy cows are machines for turn.
ing out milk. and the best ones do ii
effectively and breed true to type.
There is little choice between breeds.
The Jerseys give very rich milk. but
are small in size and cannot stand TN.
favorable conditions well. Hosteins
are harder. larger and can use more
rough feed to advantage. Their calves
can be turned into quick and profitable
veal. and their large milk flow means
more skimmik for calves and pigs.
Where milk is being sold the small per.
Guernseys are harder than Jerseys.
They give little more milk with lit
tie lower percentage of fat. The milk
Is valuable for city trade because Of q
high percentage of solids other than
fat.
Far more important than breed is in
dividuality. There are three things to
be taken into consideration in select
ing dairy cow-type. performance
aud pedigree. The dairy type is gen
orally recognized as being wedge shap-
ed wide and deep behind and mar
rover in front. The three most impor-
tant points to look for are quality, con-
stitution and capacity. The skin should
be pliable and the horns and hair fine.
A coarse animal Is seldom satisfac-
tory milk and butter producer There
should be no tendency to lay on fat. A
dairy COW is worked to the limit dur
ing most of her life and must have d
strong constitution to keep up under
the strain. This is indicated by a
roomy chest and large nostrils.
The capacity of the COW is of two
kinds. digestive and milk producing
She must have good digestive capac-
ity. as shown by a long. deep. roomy
barrel. in order to be able to handle
the amount of feed necessary to fur.
uish material for a large milk yield
Milk producing capacity is indicated
by large. well balanced udder, ex
tending well forward and well up be
tween the legs behind. The veins
which run forward from the uddeI
should be large and twisted. as this
is an indication of large milk hOw
Some cows have digestive capacity
too large for their milk producing ca
pacity, while some are the other way
The most economical producer of mill
is obtained when these TWO are bal
anced. The tpats should be long anC
we'll placed for convenience In milk
Ing.
BY far the most important point II
selecting COW Is her performance
record. This shows just how much
milk and butter she can produce in {
given time. Directions for testing
cows will be given later
The pedigree of dairy COW is val
liable mainly for the performance rec
ords OF her ancestors. The record o
her grandmother on her sire's side 4
especially important, as good Gov
II more liable IN transmit her nnalItia
through her sons than through neI
daughters.
Another point that should not be neg
lected. especially II milk or cream 1,
being sold. Is buying cows subject C
the tuberculin test Il Is definitely