Gunnison news-champion., 1915-06-25
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the So and exposed To the driving
ssosu should stop to consider hoe
we eu'a get along without her and then
set OF re nobier impulses of our nature
sad clrd her better treatment.
isn Tally cognizsnt Of the fact that
Va - coating the merits of she dusl
p0rpe coz am sntseoniz,ae oss of
see basle principles Of successful dasry-
'aG. yei am not alone by any nsesas.
w tn pasitIon taken since many leading
dairy men and animal husbsadry essucs-
tors throughout the country cassn for
her . IMPORTANT place on the sveusGe
farm. IN England the milking Shsrt-
horn has held first place, both On ths
farH and among aaIryasen for more than
century. Ii is common expsesence
thers for the average Shorthosu to give
8, :, and even . gallons Of milk . day On
Rrs~s alone and where given special
care ths production wss much greater.
kecords Of several dairy herds in the
Unto states within q quarter Of cen
tary, show a milking season of about
us days and an average product of
6.5s pounds of milk. This amount has
been Increased to as high as IL, V0
pounds in special herds and individuals
IN q single season. The Shorthorn milk
is OF good quality. rather shove the
average The fat globules are of me
dun and fairly uniform size so that
cream separates easily. One Shorthorn
COW IN Pennsylvania made record of
~ pounds Of butter per week without
special care while number of herds
averaged 209 pounds Of butter a year.
One herd of ten cows averaged 1926
pounds Of butter in year while single
COWS averaged more than 400 pounds
and one COW made 5l4 pounds in sin
gle year.
The milking Shorthorn belongs to the
Cruickshank family and when a farmer
is able to secure one of these individuals
he should value her most highly.
1t has not been found profitable for
the Western farmer to keep the strictly
dauS lssw for dairy products only. He
is able to realize but little from the
male calves of the strictly dairy COW
unless these calves are pure bred and
the average farmer does not feel able
to possess pure berd dairy cows.
The calf from the dual purpose COW
viii sell for $50 when it is four to six
months of age and this additional in
come from a dairy herd is quite an item
o. the Western farmer.
The efficient dairy farmer observes
great care in selection of his individual
cows and is likewise careful to push his
heifer calves from good individuals, and
nature them as early as possible. He
breeds them so that they will bring their
first calf at two years of age A two
vear-old heifer, well cared for, will
often be larger than a three year -old
rased on the starvation process which
unfortunately prevails on many farms.
In raising good heifer, it pays well to
give her first class feed and plenty of il.
she should have some bran, oats and
other concentrated feeds as well as
LIBERAL supply of ensilage.
In a young heifer, milk glands are not
well developed and they should receive
careful attention. The udder should be
ubbed and carefully kneaded, particu-
larly if there are any hard Jumps in it.
The calf should not besallowed to suck
at all ~ il is detrimental to any COW in
tended for the dairy and more especi-
ally . heifer to let the calf run with
her. At the start the heifer with her
first calf should be kept on rather light
rstions which should be gradually in
creased after two or three days. Lib
ersl feeding then becomes necessary in
order TO develop her milking qualities
and il the grass season is at hand. it will
help materially in securing q good flow
Of milk. II the spring is late, the grass
dried up, or for any reason good pasture
is not available, she should be given .
lberal allowance of ensilage which
should be kept up until she can be
turned into . good pasture.
Successful dairymen have found it-in-
advisable to breed heifers too soon the