The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-10-24
be long before he will have many o
the black beauties on his farm.

the black beauties on his farm.
While driving along the road last
week l caught sight of Mott McHen-
ry working, yes he was. I decided It
worth the time to stop and see it. He
was making foundation for cattle
shed 2Ox4O and another building, a
corn crib, believe. 10x32. The old
barn has been disguised so you would
not know it. The sides and roof were
removed and new parts built. l had
an awful time getting Mott to talk
about the buildings, he had something
else on his mind. He finally led me
up on a high hill and, at first was
afraid he was going to tempt me to
promise to vote the republican ticket,
but no, it was to see his pride and joy,
that herd of Brown Swiss cattle. He
now has herd of ten aged cows sew
en- two-year-old heifers and ten year.
ling heifers, besides a few young
males. The cream is sold and the
skim milk fed to the hogs. Mr.. NC
Henry finds this very profitable part
of the farm work. The Swiss cattle
are quite new to many Of our readers.
Many confuse them with the Jersey,
but they are more beefy than the Jer-
sey and are great producers of butter
fat. In Switzerland many of these
cattle are worked in harnes on the
farms. They are a rugged animal
with good constitutions and very
gentle. AS, no doubt many would like
to know more about them, l quote
from the report of the late Major Hen
nv e, AlvOrd to the United States
Bureau of Animal Industry: The
Brown Swiss when examined are found
to be small boned for their size and
to possess a fine silky coat and rich
elastic skin with other attractive dairy
points. The eyes are full and mild but
bright, usually black. The horns are
rather small, white, waxy, curving for
ward and inward with black tips. The
ears are large, round and lined with
long silky hair, light in color. The
barrel of the body is large and we'll
rounded; the udder and teats are
large, we'll formed and white, with
milk veins prominent. The animals
of a herd generally are even in ap-
pearance showing careful breeding eX-
tending through many generations.
The bulls and cows alike are docile
and easily managed The cows are
so plump and compact that they ap-
pear smaller than they really are. An
average herd of COWS in milking con-
dition would weigh 1900 or 1,40O
pounds apiece. They tend to take on
fat readily when dry and give it off
slowly when in milk. Bulls in good
condition would weigh 1900 to-. $500
pounds, yet are not much heavier than
the females as is the case with most
I,u nYfrnmaIv
hardy and active for their size, being
necessarily good mountain climbers In
their native country. Developed pri-
marily as a dairy breed. they diner to
a great extent from the common no.
tion as to the right form which dairy
COW should have. Yet they are excel
lent and profitable COWS, many of them
yielding from sixty to eighty pounds
of milk daily, and the milk is rich In
butter fat and Of excellent quality
o.
Chris Wilbeck tells me he has sold
his farm in Paradise township to
Henry Schmadke, who lives south OF
Schleswig. He has two eighties, ono
in section nineteen and the other
across the road in section twenty. The
consideration was $17O per acre. Mr..
Wilbeck intends to move to Nebraska
next spring.
Henry w. Frahm has been having
his residence enlarged and remOdcled
on his farm in section twenty-five.
Hayes township. He has fOrty-two
head of Hereford steers on feed and |
call them a mighty good bunch Of
steers. : .> r.. s,.
NJ. J. Hickey is building a hog house