Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-14
The Stran,pile
Dairy Cow. Of Denmark.

Dairy Cows Of Denmark.
People interested In dairying are to
some extent informed in reference to
the development of that industry in the
little country of Denmark. says Prof
NJ. Mortenson. OF Iowa State College
Ii is there that the cooperative cream
cries may be considered 10 have pros
pered most. and il is that country
which has led the world in COW testing
associations. In accordance with the
Danish reports Denmark had SIS COW
test associations in October. 1918. with
1854 members keeping aI3,s12 COWS.
That means that from Is TO Ii per cent
of the total number Of Danish COWS
were tested IN one of the above men
toned associations.
The Danish COW. however, has not
gained much prominence in the United
States. There are two breeds of dairy
cattle prominent in that country. One
is the Jutland breed of dairy cattle. The
former is found turnout the entire
peninsula of Jutland and is OF black
and white color. much resembling the
Holstein- Friesian COW. 1t is also
thought that the Jutland cattle are of
the same origin as the Dutch cattle and
the Brittany cattle.
The Jutland COW usually weighs from
600 TO 10 pounds. When fat the
weight viii range from 1000 to 5000
description OF the breed: The color Is
black and white. a small minority are
grey or fawn-colored. The frame is
deep and wide, the chest deep and the
belly capacious. The milking indica-
-,I .,a
organs well developed The udder Is of
fine round shape. The hide Is soft
The Jutland COW ID a thriving COW with
good digestive powers, vigorous a per-
sistent mixer and valuable when dis
posed Of TO the butcher"
This COW is considered TO be a poorer
producer than the Red Danish COW. II
is also considered that the latter Is pro-
ducing pound Of butter fat at lower
cost The average yield of the Jutland
COW was. from 1s5 COW test associations
in 1912. $500 pounds of milk testing
s.52 per cent, making an ayerags by
each cow annually.
The original Fed Danish COWS are
natives Of the Danish Islands. They
| were rather small and of light red
color After the middle OF the 18th
| century more attention was paid to
! the prod urtfon of mllkHand as the Red
! Danish COW was found to be lacking In
/ milk producing qualities il was neces-
sary to make some improvement in the
| breed For this purpose the North
/ Slesgiv and the now extinct Baiium
| cattle were used and as a result OF
/ breeding these cattle with the old Dam
/ ism cattle we have today the Red Dan
:sh breed which are Of a dark red color
and of an average weight of from 1000
| to 1900 pounds.
|, This COW is supposed to produce
| pound of butter-fat at a low cost The
average production per COW was. in the
year 1911 from 200 herds. 1910 pounds
milk testing 3.53 per cent fat. CORE
spending to 275 pounds Of butter-fat.
The Red Danish breed has attracted
considerable attention among breeders
Of dairy stock OF other countries. The
Russians have imported number OF
cattle from this breed. Even In
Australia the breed has done well and
it has been reported that the Canadians
during recent years have considered the
importation OF some of the Red Danish
cattle TO that country.
i. General ? arm NoteS.
1t is noted that II costs about 81
cents to dose each fence post with
preserratlve In an efficient manner. A,
this rate, considering the uncertaintie,
Of the results. II is doubtful II any at
tempt at proionging the life Of posts
, aside from that Of thorough reasoning
pays.
Do not be too flip IN working In thu
word "fool-proof" the use OF which
some persons think makes .he speaker
a soIoman. There In not piece o.
perfected machinery today that Is no
the result of tinker!ng by the kind o.
fool which the fellow that does no
. know an improvement" from '1ubri
, can't is always sneering at The rul'
lis that the real "fools' have Away
had noses like sled runners-turned vi
. thew rong way and nothing but dus
, boxes. The great Sir William Thomp
son said that trying to steer balloons
for practical transportation was folly
. and this gcribe agreed with him. Nov
: see where we both are as the cities o
, I his country trembIe az these "fo1lieS
approach.
The roots Of sweet clover penetrat
D TO q greater depth than even those o
8 alfalfa.
=. Remember that the great evil threat
enirg the north and west IL the smuti
They may soon be as destructive her
. as the boil weey!l is In the south. d
: not, ny any nIean5. SOW any intricate
{ seed The mere danger OF smut ex
Iplosions in threshers aioEe shout
cause one TO use formaIine freely. 1t
said that at present the Turkey re