The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-12

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The Best Beef Animal for the South.
On the rich soils OF the Central
West. and even in the blue grass see
ton OF Southwest Virginia. the short
horn Is the favorite Texas has taken
TO the white faced IIerefords, and
these are better rustlers than the
short horns. But/the pastures OF the
South In general are not suited TO
these breeds of very large and heavy
animals. These Is n breed of beef
cattle which OF late years has topped
the market more frequently than any
other. this Is tho Black Polled Angus,
the Doddics OF the Scotchman. They
are better suited TO Southern condi-
tons than either the short horns or
the Herefords. Mr.. A. L. French came
TO uppec North Carolina from Ohio
ana began TO breed on Dan River the
D"dd!es. iio was laughed at. but
perscvered. and to-day i'm section
when he came there. every one was
devoted 20 tobacco and cattle were
rare, he can now see the cattle around
him on II thousand hills. aud has n
demand for all the breeding stock he
can raise.
] am not much OF "A poultryInan. but
nave had Il little experience with
ducks. have been asked about the In
dian runner ducks. | Know nothing
about them. But do know that more
money is being made from the Pckin
ducks than any other sort. When
these ducks were first introduced 4
paid $40 for drake and two ducks.
and my wife sold eggs FOR $40 Il dozen
Tor time and raised a coed flock. IT
seems TO me that the present Peklns
arc not as large az those first ones.
which on the water looked more like
geese than ducks. They are great
layers ANA have the advantage OF be-
ing white and hence their feathers
are ne valuable a. those OF geese. n
%on want profitable duck get the
i.E!ns
IHrcsh AIr for Poultry.
Under the ola farm plan FOR Keep
ing chickens. they roasted in the trees
and on the fences. and while there was
really little profit from that sort OF
breeding. the diseases that have OF
late ycars been troublesome were al
most unknown. Then came the era or
close, warm houses, and TN tho foul
air diseases multiplied. Now the wiser
pouitrynien have done away with close
quarters for fowls, and arc making
their houses with open fronts or with
,hin cotton curtains 1t has long ago
neeh found that human beings with
open windows In the sleeping rooms
and fresh air keep more healthy.
Fresh air is Just as important for the
ponitry, and. In fact. for all live STOCK
Light and well ventilated stables for
our COWS make healthy cows and
pnrer milk OF this more hereafter.
The Hest Dairy Cow.
w nat breeds OF cows that dairymen
should Keep will depend on what he
~ running dairy FOR. If he has "A
butte dairy, the Channel Island cat
tie, Jerseys and Guernseys are the
cows for him. The Jerseys have long
been favor!tes. but many are turning
no" To the Cuernseys. esteeminp them
more robust and hardy than the ner-
vous Jerseys. Personally, like the
Jerseys. since was formerly Jersey
breeder Ny FIRST registration Of Jer-
scy COWS was when the number in
the herd book was about 1900, while
now ,hey run mp into the hundreds of
thousands. and we have more Jersey
cattle and probably better ones than
are left OH the island.
1t is true that the Jerseys are
rather more delicate than the Guern-
seys. but l have never handler
Guernsey COW that was as deep a
mixer as som. Jerseys | have had.
IN quality Of milk there is little. II
any choice between these Two breeds
have had Ayrshire cows TOO ana
the breed is Very good milk animal.
put the great difficulty have found
with them is the very small size or
the teats OF the Ayrshire cow. making
II hard 10 get the average mixer 10
do good work
Hu, the breeds of all others for the
oaitEman who sells milk is the Hoi-
stein or AS they have been called the
M reesian For quantity OF.
milk, these big white and black cows
VIII carry OF the palm from any other
breed. and, Notwithstanding the many
Jokes that have been perpotrnted
about these COWS watering the milk
Tor the dairyman, there la renlly no
better milk made for bringing than
mat furnished by the Holsteins. The
MIX OF Jerseys and Guernseys is too
rich for feeding infants. and that OF
the H0lsteins is better and more cas-
lily diSested by the babies
Making what is called certified milk
demands fine outlt and great deal
OF care. and the regulations now en-
forced in all the larger cities are such
that every milk dairyman must toe
the mark
The quality OF the milk from the
Holstein cows has been greatly i'm
proved in recent years. and the Ell
fort TO breed them to great production
OF butter may make them real rivals
or the Jerseys, while II may result in
too great an increase In the fat con
tent Of the milk for the milk dairy.
To breed UP a high yielding herd
1T Is not necessary for the dairyman
TO buy all full-blooded cows. for by
selecting the host individual COWS of
me common stock and using only
iuil- biooded bull, he can breed up a
herd that will soon compare we'll with
any OF the full blooded herds that are
Kept mainly as breeders. One OF the
pest dairies near the city or Balti-
more. dairy that produces and sells
for high price only certified milk.
Is herd of common cows and grade
tlolsteins a bull with good ances-
try back OF him Is the important point
in the building UP Of a herd.
Tho most surprising thing in this
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