The Greeley tribune., 1911-08-10
GUERNSEY
HERD BEST
IN WEST
HARVEY PARKER ONE OF MOST
INTENSIVE OWNERS IN L. ;.
CUWS GIVEN EVERY LUXURY
sleepisg Porch, artesiah ""'o'
Choice Food. Wet Nurse, Make
Bossy's Life Happy
One

sfpp running water in every room,
sayer connection, concrete floor.
and a separate concrete dish lor
chop and bran, with a wet nurse
for Baby bossy, are a rev OF the
comforts. even Injuries, PROVIDED
for Madame Guernsey at the Pafk-
er ranch, six miles southeast o.
Greeley, 49,. e,..
When Mr.. Parker bought his hrst
pair OF Guernsey COWS ana GueIh-
sew bull. less than three years aso'
he did not expect to get into the
business on a large scale. but IKE
others afflicted with bugs re-
sardIess of whether it be the news
Daper bug, the chicken bug the ko-
dak bug or what not there's no
getting rid OF it until it has run its
allotted course, and today he mas
the largest and finest herd ol
Guernsey cattle, not only in Colo
RADIO. but in the entire west. HIS
latest purchase OF twelve cows
made in May at the annual sale
held at the meeting of the Amerl-
can Guernsey Club in New YORK
City, together with a baby Guern-
sew born a week ago. gives MN ~
head, OF which 10 are imported dl-
rect from the island OF Guernsey
of the coast of England. and the
others are American bred.
SO royal a herd must needs have
the best of apartments, and MI
Parker has done all in his power to
make them so. The cattle are Kept
in a specially built stable, S5XlO0
feet boarded to the ground, with
a row Of windows clear around the
structure, up next the roof. There
are los of these glass windows,
which raise and lower with regular
window catches. In pleasant wea-
ther they are all lowered. giving an
open space three feet high the en-
tire Circumference of the barn, and
all the comforts of first-class
sleeping porch. In bad weather
they are closed. and the place ven
tilated by means of d dozen air
shafts placed at convenient posi-
tions near the roof. In the center
OF the big room is a galvanized
drinking tank, supplied with
stream of artesian water. Around
the walls are managers which are
, filled daily with the choicest alfalfa,
unloaded from a wagon which is
driven right through the barn. The
IoOI ls hepl NoNeieu Win NlCab
! straw, and is cleaner than some
| ing room" is the dining room, with
concrete floor. stanchions. and feed
troughs OF concrete, with concrete
partition for each COW. Here,
twice daily, the cows are driven,
MIXED and fed The floor is slop-
ing, and is easily flushed or scrub
bed. Just off from the dining room
is dark room where the milk is
kept until all the cows are "pailed"
when it is taken to the cleanest,
sweetest milk house you ever saw.
and there cooled and separated or
bottled as the case may be, and is
ready for the market.
Guernsey milk is so rich in cream
that the calves do not thrive on 1t,
SO they keep a couple of grade cows,
with milk much less rich, to feed
the babies on. Each COW gets all
the alfalfa hay she can eat, and
three quarts of mixed chop and
bran twice day. Besides having
the run of the living room she is
allowed free access to half mile
lane, through whose entire length
flows clear. clean irrigating ditch.
Flies have not been eliminated yet,
but because of the universal clean
lfness OF the place they are compar-
atively few. Mr.. Parker seriously
considered screening the barn, but
because of its size. and the constant
ingress and egress of the cattle it
was found impracticable.
Mr.. Parker is one of four breed
ers of Guernseys In Colorado, and
the others in the state have but
small herds. There are about 800
breeders in the United States, and
the breed is coming into public IA
vor SO rapidly that there are said
to be but $500 left on the island of
Guernsey. The COW is tawney
red, splotched with white, and a
head and face that makes you want
to put your arms around her neck
the first time you see her. She is
considerable larger than Jersey.
but smaller than Holstein or Here
ford. With all the Jerseys good
qualities she is much harder and
easier to keep in condition, besides
giving more milk. Imported cows
do not do we'll in this country until
the second year. One special pet
Of Mr.. Parker's gave 20 quarts a
day when brought to Greeley, and
mas failen to half that. BY another
summer she will be back to her
former record. Such a herd as the
one visited runs into a snug sum of
money. One of his COWS passes the
$500 mark, and none are valued
at less than $3.50. One bull calf
five months old. could not be
bought for 5000.
o. E. Frink Of the Silver State
Creamery. at Fort Lupton, believes
the Guernsey is the coming dairy
COW for Colorado. Giving half the
milk Of the Holstein. she produces
the same number OF pounds of but
ter fat, with half the labor OF milk
ing. II quantity alone is to be con-
sidered, we'll. the pump is handy.
Mr. Parker wants others to know
Of the Guernsey and her good
points. and will give those inter-
ested all the Information he pos