The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-10-31

est in their statements, but they sim
ply did not know. They thought ,ha.
knew, but they were mistaken. .Mors
over, they claimed that dua, c.,.,.
could not be bred. For twentv g.
years some of those men have basn
diligently propagatng that nonsense
and the public funds have borno ~
expense.
The folly of such teaching will !,
apparent from the following: In En-
land there is today an association 90
promoting the interests of this hrooa
This association has now 1S5 mon,
bers. In 1912 it published the records
of milk production from 234 fema,o.
of which quite a percentage wer.
heifers with their first lactation NJ
riod.
The average OF milk productio,
from these was between 1000 ana
5000 pounds for the year. Some won,
higher than 1900 pounds. At Kol
enscott, Lechlade, Gloucestershire, the
owner, Robert Hobbs, has kent mill.
ing Shorthorns constantly since 1917
The herd now numbers nearly ,OO
cows in milk. Since 1908 the AVERAGE
of all these, including a large lot n,
heifers, in milk production has been
considerably more than 5000 pounds
each year. The COW Dulcie 7th, with
a one-year milk record ending May 81
1913, gave 1888 pounds, and the COW
Rose 9th 14,277 pounds Many other
instances OF similar production NAV
be cited. Cows Of this breed stand
first in the milking trials of the shows
more frequently than those of anv
other breed, including the MILKING
breeds.
While the production of milk is thu,
highly satisfactory, all the males M,
| wanted for beef are grown into hu.
| locks. They are reared on skim mill
and adjuncts during the milk period
They are sold at the age of eighteen
to thirty months. At twenty.four
months they usually average not less
than 1900 pounds, and sell for 500
to $125 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 IA
larger proportion of lean and less IN.
desirable fat on the hand reared
steers. 1t is fact that fully 80 per
cent of the milk used in Britain
comes from pure and grade Shorthorns
and nearly as high 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 are
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, 16s Cd. The
| people of Argentina, South Africa,
New Zealand and Australia are now
buying these cattle in large numbers
and yet the wise men of our stations
|
Mr. Hills Shorthorn importation
consists of twenty-eight animals, Of
which three are males. The females
are young COWS from two to six years
old. They are all now milking and
will calve again in due time. Individ.
ually they rank high, having been
chosen with much care. They have
milk records running from 5000 TO
10000 pounds a year.
There is certainly large room for
this class of cattle in all the North
western states. This does not mean
that there is no place for the dairy
breeds. There is wide place also
for the dairy breeds, but viewed from
the standpoint Of the present and pros |
pective demand for beef there Is
much larger place for dual cattN
This in future must come from me |
arabic farm, and il must come mainly
from dual cattle that vii! be MIXED