The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-11-20
FARMERS NEED
DAIRY.DEEF COW
scRUe JERSEY BULL HAS RUN
QUALITY OF HERDS DOWN.
GET RID OF HIM.
MILKING SHORTHORNS GOOD
The Family Needs Cow That viii
Produce Much Rich Milk, and a
Calf That Will Sell For Beef,
Says Murphy.

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Produce Much Rich Milk, and a
Calf That Will Sell For Beet,
Says Murphy.
Or NJ. Murphy, Animal Husbandry
Specialist, Division Of Agricultural
Extension, University OF Tennessee
One has 70 take but a short trip in
most any direction within the state
outside Of the dairy districts 10 learn
that the average farmer. the man with
II farm of 100 acres or less, and from
one TO four cows, is longing for real
| family COW He needs more milk for
home use. He doesn't want to 20 into
dairyng Perhaps he wonld If he had
a market for surplus butterfat, but IN.
| less thru cooperative efforts cream
! route be established by his front door,
| he is rarely justified in striving to pro-
dnce more than an abundant supply
| of milk for the home, the children, the
calves, and a bit for the pigs and
chickens.
Well, one might wonder why hash
! he satisfactory COW. He has been
farming a long time, certainly long
enough TO have developed a cow suit.
ed to his conditions. But let us seq
what has happened Twenty or more
years ago he had or big red cows
which furnished his family plenty OF
milk and each raised a good calf.
Competition OF beef cattle from The
western ranges was at that time so
strong that these good calves were Of
little value. In fact, there came II
time when the calf was considered u
nuisance rather than all asset
About the same time the Jersey COW
was at the height of her glory in Ten,
neSsee, and no state ever produced
more good Jerseys or more ardent adj.
mlrerS OF them. She was hailed fan
and wide as the ideal family COW. She
required very little feed and produced
very rich milk; and the calf was "
small importance, anyway. All Of
which was very true at that time, and
today The Jersey has no superior as an
economical producer OF good milk and
butter But it wasn't the COW that did
the damage. She produced calf and
tho il wasn't worth anything, II was
such comedy farm-like creature that
no one had the heart to dispose of il.
and thus did The country far and wide
become populated with Jersey bulls.
Had conditions remained as they
were Al that time we might today have
nothing to regret, but twenty years
have marked wonderful change in
The beef cattle producing area OF our
country. In 1900 there were 80 head
Of cattle Of al kinds per 100 Of human
population. In 1910 the number had
decreased to 81 per 100, and on Jan.
uary /, 1919, TO 81 per 100. The nun.
Der Of cattle other than dairy cows
WAS 81 per 100 people in 1900 In 1910
this number had decreased TO 45 per
100, and on January t. 1919, to ~ per
100. During he same period dairy
cattle have pretty well held their own
with the increase in population, for in
1900 there We're % per 100 people: in
1910. -, and on January |, 1919, there
were -.
let Ms observe what this decline
has meant. In 1905 the beef exports
Of the United States reached a summit
Of J31 100000 pounds and al that time
there was only Il trace of imports A
IOwn-hiIl course followed. and BIZ The
year 1914, the imports exceeded the
exports by 93000,00O pounds In that
year our imports were 2j9,0NO, O0O
pounds, and our exports less lhuu -
100000 pounds
Since that time under the stress Of
war, and the needs OF our Allies for
food supplies our exports OF beef have
been greatly Increased; This has been
done, not by increased production, but
at the expense OF our own normal
home consumption and Of our founda-
con cattle stocks as intlma led by The
above ratio Of cattle TO population.
This great decrease in our produc-
ton Of beef cattle is, OF course. al
tributable to the fact that our great
western range area has gradually been
jessened during this period by having
settlers fence off farm after farm and
place ii under cultivation. Bur. in the
meantime, these Jersey bulls and their
nondeScrlpt male offspring have pretty
we'll succeeded in destroying all of the
natural beef-prOducing ability Of The
average farmers COW and unfortunate
ly her milking capacity as we'll. Now
that the calf has become Of so much
Importance and will continue TO he
come Of much greater importance, the
name of Jersey COW is brought into
dsrepute, and her progeny is cursed
throughout the land. Unfortunate in
q way it is for her that her blood has
so great prepotency for even unto the
tenth generation removed, she is still
given credit for the yellow-backed.
Sharp-rumped steer that shows I'D in
the feed lot with such remarkably reg.
ularity.
SO, the farmer is again today look. |
ing for a COW that will first of all pro
vide him better home milk supply
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