The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1919-12-10

as much as the Jersey COW bred to &
pu ebred Jersey bull. Which is the
ca. Ter TO do? Why should not the
fan ner be privileged to consider this?
re member, he is located outside of
| thu dairy district or Is normally in
be # cattle producing territory. What
| kind of improved bulls Will be avail
able to which he may breed his cows
! He hasn't enough cows to Justify his
owning a purehred bull. The chances
are that one of his neighbors who owns
u large farm and has a beef cattle herd
| also owns a purebred beef bull TO
which he might breed his cows for the
asking, or at most for a small service
fee. The chances are also that there
isn't a reputable Jersey bull in the en-
tire community There are Jersey bulls
there, no doubt, but of the kind which
have shamefully slandered the breed
Normally, we may expect all such COM
munitieS to Introduce, if they have not
already done so, purebred bulls of one
of the beef breeds because they have
an insistent demand for better calves
and without a market for dairy prod
ucts there Is little incentive toward
bringing in good purebred dairy bulls.
On oBe condition only should the
Jersey now be entitled to home in
such a community, towit: that sufTl-
Gent farmers OF that community DO.
come interested in dairying to make
profitable the establishment Of cream
route and the cooperative ownership
of firstclass Jersey bull. There is Il
wonderful opportunity for such devel-
opment. But so long as the predomi-
mating interest Of the community con-
tinues for beef cattle, due to its Local
ton outside the range of on estah-
lished market for dairy products, the
average farmer would much better pat
tern his cattle operations after the
best practice Of the majority of his
neighbOrs adding his quota each year
TO the conmunity's crop of good beef
calveS-as e result of breeding his
cows 10 the community pure-bred beef
type bull or to bull Of the same breed
as the majority of his neighbors are
using.
Since it is more milk that he needs,
should he NOT buy Holstein GOVT
This Is the question that many such
farmers are asking, and the great rec
ords of milk production which tho
Holstein Is continually adding to her
already enviable list are enough to
make them give her serious considera-
ton. But these very same farmers
have really never known what it is to
feed COW A few nubbins or 4 hand
ful of bran and little salt is consid-
cred a/liberal compensation at milking
time. At other times she Is free to
choose her own ration, in the pasture
or outside. The Tlolstein was never
derful milk-givlng capacity she has de-
Veloped remarkable appetite and she
produces milk directly in proportion to
the extent to which this appetite Is ap-
peaSed. SHE has been brought to US
from her native home of luxuriant pas
lures and an abundance Of succulent
soiling, silage and root crops, and these
must be supplied her still In Salts
factory measure; else she will prove
a disappointment. |
The question raise is, will this av-
erage farmer he warranted in bring
Ing upon himself this additional neces-
sity for supplying the extra amount of
feed demanded by IiolStein COW?
doubt it very seriously. He doesn't
keep enough cattle all told to justify
il stlc He is rarely warranted in pro-
v!ding much grain for the mature cows
Of the farm and will never be, except
there develop an accessible market for
surplus dairy products. But Why
should ne not keep one real milk COW,
giving from 5 to 10 gallons of milk
Jay rather than 3 or 4 COWS? For the
reason that. from IN economic stand
point, he is not keeping cows to pro-
1uce milk, bat to furnish him q mar
ket for the cheap coarse rOughage and
pasture of his farm which can not be
utilized to advantage by other live
stock. Incidentally, these cows should
produce enough milk for his family in
to that requircdby their calves.
Fhe Shorthorn is mol the only beef
COW which will produce more milk
than her calf requires, bet. 1t stands
10 the credit of certain ShOrthorn
breeders that they have recognized the
farmers increasing need for family
cow and have made selections toward
that end with remarkable success.
Other beef breeders will do wen 10
similar necessity as re-
cards the future popularity Of their
cattle for the bulk of the beef supply
Of the future must be produced from
he average farmers herd rather than
from that of the ranchman. The folly
VI the average breeder of beef cattle
ocated so thatyhe must depend mainly
upon the small farmer who surrounds
lim for market for his surplus, il
easily apparent when he disregards
his fact and boasts that he'd be glad
f his cows didn't give as much milk as
hey do for a period Immediately fol-
owing calving. He had better begin
right now encouraging all he can IN
increase in the milking capacity of his
COWS, for some individuals Of all of