Morris tribune., 1917-03-23
Over Over Over Owe

100 1000 500 600
Holstein $1,000 "a 46l
Guernsey 10 243
Jersey II l61
AYRSHIRE 6 26
Brown Swiss 8
ShOrthOrn ----
The above figures will readily
show to any Intelligent person what
Holsteins can do as milk and butter
producers. But you will say is that
all you can show for the Holsteins?
Well that is a great deal is it not?
If tell you that the Holstein steer
can make cheaper meat than any
other breed, you will say, nonsense,
Well, from my own meagre expert
ence / am convinced that the Hol-
stein steer will put on meat quicker
than any animal I ever tried to feed.
But let me quote authorities, who
have made beef tests with the vari-
Gus beef and dairy breeds and show
you that when it comes to making
beef, the Holstein is right there with
the goods.
The results of tests reported in
bulletin No. PSI Michigan Expert
ment Station show that the Holsteins
make much larger dairy gains and
at a less cost per pound than any
of the leading beef breeds.
In the first test, seven Holstein
calves averaged TIA pounds apiece
at one year of age, at cost of 1915
per cwt., and two ShOrthorn aver
aged ST. pounds at cost of 1882
per cwt. In a second test, six Hol-
stein calves averaged 773 pounds at
a cost of 1897 per cwt., and six
Shorthorns averaged 1861 pounds at
a cost of $5.16 per cwt.
Another group of 10 Shorthorns
averaged CAB pounds at cost of
1892 per cwt., a group of ten Angus
averaged 682 pounds at a cost of
$4.97 per cwt., aOnd group Of ten
Herefords averaged 629 pounds at a
cost of $4.20 per hundred weight.
Looking over the figures, however,
we find that the Holstein steers pos
sessed only Is pounds of cheap fat
while the Angus % pounds the Here
ford 285 pounds, the Jersey 37.5
pounds of this product; (cheap fat)
this sweeping conclusion easily puts
the Holstein steer in the front rank
as a beef animal.
The Nebraska experiment station
has made the most exhaustive anC
conclusive beef tests that have ever
been made
Forty-eight calves representing
the different breeds were put
through extended tests. In the first
test, the Holsteins averaged 1855
profit per head, the Shorthorns $2.O7
the Herefords $161, the Angus
$1.34, the Guernseys Fl cents, the
Jerseys Sc cents, and the Red Polls
FL cents.
In the second test, the Holsteins
averaged $4.14 profit per head, the
Shorthorns 1928, the Angus 80 cents
and the Guernseys rs cents. The
Red Poll lost 81 cents and the Jer
sey lost S2.14.
The Holstein steer No. 10 made
1856 net profit, or more than any
other steer in these two tests.
At the American fat stock show
some years ago the Holsteins aver
aged 2127 pounds in weight at ar
average gain of 1853 pounds daily
the Shorthorns averaged 1874;
pounds at gain of 1.54 pounds
daily, and the Herefords averaged
1858 pounds weight at a gain of 1. s.
pounds daily.
These animals we're butchereC
and their quarters weighed with the
following results: Hereford-HinC
quarters lighter than the front by
81 pounds. Shorthorn-Hind quart
ers lighter than front by II pounds
Angus-Hind quarters lighter thar
the front by 70 pounds. Holstein!
Hind quarters heavier than thu
front by nine pounds. This shows
that the Holsteins were the onI!
breed to have heavier hind quarters
than the front.
Let me say in conclusion that tn,
main object in keeping live stool
on the farm is to make a profit fol
the farmer above labor and fec
cost, if it fails to do that, then gu,
livestock becomes a. liability instead
of an asset.
A COW that milks just enough t.