The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-05-16
SIZE OF COWS and
AMOUNT OF FEED

The superintendent of the Advanc-
ed Registry, of the Hoistein.Friesian
Association, comments fsS follows IN
a late official record itsbed by him:
In this issue ofth4 feports the
Illinois COW B,se Eabsl IKpsen neads
the full aged felass e,with sl.7Oi
pounds rat frSrA eos.sS fpuass milk
and so anxious vas 5eS owner to
prove that she cbuld hold out, that
after she had completely a. Sp-day run
of 9e.O75 pounds fat 5Srah 1884
pounds milk she w3s .S0ptinued Oh
test for ten days more In the forty
days she produced 12SIS7 pounds
fat from SsS7.7 pounds milk; show
ing an average of SO pounds milk and
over 8 pounds fat per day. The fat
would have made nearly 144 pounds
OF commercial butter. The owner OF
this COW is a noted cheese maker, liv-
ing very near the Wisconsin.Illinois
state line in a section where good
cows are the rule; yet ! very much
doubt that the average yearly pro-
duction of the cows within a radius
of twenty miles of the Blue Label
cheese factory is double what this
COW produced in forty days. AS to
the average yearly milk and fat pro-
| duction of the cows of Wisconsin
| and Illinois taken as whole, 1t
would not equal what this Holstein-
Friesian COW produced in the forty
days.
But" says some short.sighted
farmer-dairyran anxious to make
his feed hold out, such a COW would
eat up all ones feed; even the barn
itself would not be safe" Eat! of
course she ate; that is what Holstein.
Friesian cows are for. Compared
with good Holstein COW, oliver
Twist wasn't even in It for appetite I;
and the main claim that our breeders
make for her is that she is the great.
est dairy machine known for the
profitable conversion of feed Into
money. The great mistake made bv
many owners of grade and pure-bred
Holsteins is in not understanding
that the faster a machine works, the
more profitable 1t is apt to be, an
they stint their cows in feed to their
own disadvantage. Every dairy COW
fmust use a certain part of the food
eaten to keep up the bodily heat and
replace the waste of tissue constantly
going on; and It is the portion o
feed received above that required
amuont that she converts into mill
for her owner.
II man wishes to make his feeC
last, he should get a smaller dair,
COW than the Holstein.Friesian. Gu
Jersey friends claim that their cow
are the most economical Of dairy cat
tie in the sense that the Jersey Gov
will convert a dollars worth Of foo
into more money than will the COW
of any other breed In this they ar,
right; but in this line a mich goa
will beat the Jersey COW to a FRAGILE
Why? Because the goat is the small
er dairy animal, just as the Jersey 4
smaller than the Holstein. But |
the Jersey produces more value iron
dollars worth of feed than the Hol
stein.Friesiar
profitable animal? BY no means
Why? Because the factor of tim,
has to be considered.
Suppose that a man has a larg
COW and small COW and that afte
each eats s21 worth of feed the small
COW has returned s45 and the larg
COW but SAP, the small COW is s.
L ahead is she not? But suppose tn
small COW requires four months t
e eat her feed and the large COW Blu
, three months, and that the owne
!, pays out 81 for a further supply o
] feed for the larger COW, which sh,
turns into $l4 cash. Then at tn,
D end of the fourth month the larg
S COW has eaten $2S worth Of feed an,
$ returned $50 in cash, or gain o
I s2S; while the small COW has eater
D $2l worth of feed and returned 81
e in cash, or gain of but $24. TIL,
feed holds out with the small COW
e but does the farmer-dairyman wan
D the feed TO hold out TO his own loss