The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-03-20
THE DAIRY COW
Blackfoot, Idaho, March Is, 1913
Editor Optimist:


Editor Optimist:
Thinking your readers will want to
hear more about dairying, l will say
few things on that all important
subject This is one aof the leading
industries of Idaho and here we have
nearly, If net all the conditions favor.
able to the industry. We can grow
the king of all feed, alfalfa, in abund-
ance, also barley. which is good grain
to feed with alfalfa to get best results
from the dairy COW. When l say
dairy COW, I mean some Of the strict
y dairy type, not the dual purpose or
beef COW. 1t is true the beef or gen.
eral purpose calf sells for more on
the market than the dairy calf more
particularly this is true in regard
to Jers2y but dairying ard beef rails.
ing are two distinct branches. When
following dairying we are, CT should
be there for profit and to get the
most out of the COW, we must get the
best cows for tho purpose. If the sale
of whole milk is the object, then get
the COW that gives the greatest
amount of milk; if the milk be too
weak, get Jersey to furnish suffi-
cient butter fat to bring the standard
up to the desired quality.
The cow juda ing from past re-
cords, is the jersey. At tho Worlds
Fair at Chicago she carried off al
first prizes. Also at the dairy COW
demonstrations at ST. Louis in 1904
In the 120day test she was up to hor
old tricks and carried off everything
in sight, and produced butter three
cents pound cheaper than the Hol-
stein, and gave an average of seven
pounds more milk per day during the
100 days than did the Short Horn. The
latter did not enter the contest for
butter fat, but for milk only. The
Gernsey did not enter the St. Louis
contest. The cost of the feed for the
Jersey was $240O. Ho!stein, $28. so.
Amount of butter per COW per day:
Holstein PIP, Jersey 2.29 The little
Jersey also holds the long range re-
cord in butter production, this COW
in 81 consecutive months produced
three vigorous calves and $111254
worth of butter, her best year at that
time was $44845 at 4Oc per pound
besides the calves which l doubt if
they could be bought for 100000 each
at one week old
Now for the Holstein that holds the
worlds record for one year only. 1t
is claimed she was dry for two years
just before starting in that test, was
not with calf at the time, and produce
approximately $4,000 worth of butter
at 40c pound and no calf Now,
you black and wfstes, get a move on
you.
At our convention on the 10Th inst,
Mr.. Hall said that "the Jerseys were
not hardy because they were reared on
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Jersey Island is the home of the Jer-
sey is true. but what per cent of those
in the United States were raised on
the island? Now, some of my expert
ence in that regard: The first dairy
heifers I owned were one Jersey and
one Holstein, they were reared toge-
Their as calves, in the fall they were
turned into the field and both did
we'll for some time as feed was good
and plentiful. With the coming of cold
weather when feed was getting poor,
had the heifers brought home and
to my surprise the grade Holstein was
spring poor, but the Jersey looked
first-class. The fool Jersey, which
was also grade matched it's chances
with the Holstein and back to the
field it went, getting it's own living
will tell more at our next conven-
ton. Joseph Merrell.