The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1913-10-04
MiLKIKG SR1aIaORNS
FOR THE NORTHWEST
INV PROF. rnos. sAAw)

(by PROF. THOS. SHAWL
Thare IN now In the quarantine at
South Quebec the LARGEST Importation
of miikine Shorthorns ever brought
40 America. Heretofore only few
individuals OF this class have ever
crossed the Atlantic for this country.
Theaa cattle were purchased In Eng.
land by Mr.. ]. j. Inn, and will be
Arousht 10 his Norta Uaks farm not
far from 81. Tael ~. unl is
stronr believer lnt. ti..e OF the two
purpose COW. that .s. a.. COW for milk
and also for lccs. t....!y spoken OF
now as the dual lr $50 cow. and OF
cows of this clAsY "a none ns
superior 10 the ...., shorthorns,
called I'm Rrittin a.. Try Shorthorn.
He believes tA.t t.ts type of COW Is
one that is Rtml al!y suited to the
needs of the avrlage farmer. and In
this he is unuuecuuGnlly right, not.
withdrawing the teaching of many in
our experiment stations to the con.
trary.
Many In those stations have taught
that there was no Mace for the dual
cow ON the farm. They have said she
was n myth. deluslon and n snare"
They have claimed that to keep her on
the farm was like going to hunt
prairie chickens with bull pup" or
like riding into battle ON n heavy
draught horse" Those men we're hon
est in their statements, but they sim.
ply did not know. They thought they
knew, but they were mistaken. More
over. they claimed that dual cattle
could not be bred For twenty-five
years some OF those men have been
diligently propagating that nonsense.
and the public funds have borne the
expense.
The folly OF such teaching win be
apparent from the following: In Eng
land there 10 today an association for
promoting the interests OF this breed.
This association has now 1856 men,
bers. In 1919 Il published the records
OF milk production from 234 females.
of which quite percentage were
heifers with their first lactation pc
riod.
The average OF milk production
from these was between 1000 and
5000 pounds for the year. Some went
higher than $4,000 pounds. At Kel-
enscott, Lechlade, Gloucestershlre tho
owner, Robert Hobbs. has kept milk
ing Shorthorns constantly since 1878.
The herd now numbers nearly 200
COWS In milk. Since 1908 the average
OF all these, including a large lot o.
considerably more than 5000 pounds
each year. The COW Dulcie 7th. with
n one-year milk record ending May 81,
1918, gave 1883 pounds, and the COW
Rose 37th 14,277 pounds. Many other
instances OF similar production may
be cited. Cows OF this breed stand
first In the milking trials OF the shows
more frequently than those OF any
other breed, including the milking
breeds.
While the production OF milk is thus
highly satisfactory, all the males not
wanted for beef are grown into bul.
locks. They are reared on skim milk
and adjuncts during the milk period
They are sold at the age OF eighteen
10 uOutub. Mt tWtutl-iOui
months they usually average not less
than 1900 pounds. and sell for 800
to S125 each. They are favorites with
the butcher. as there is less loss in
cutting up the carcass than with bull
locks reared on the dams. There is
larger proportion OF lean ana less un-
desirable fat on the hand reared
steers. II is a fact that fully 80 per
cent OF the milk used in Britain
comes from pure and grade Shorthorns
and nearly as high a percentage OF
the meat Mr.. Powell. the venerable
secretary OF the shorthorn association,
told the writer that even many OF the
breeders OF Scotch Shorthorns arc
now milking their herds. Think OF the
prices which those cattle bring. At
the dispersal sale OF Garrett Taylor
last year 1873 females OF all ages sold
for an average OF esq. 1Gs. Cd The