Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-08-21

Group From Davis Dairy
a. Farm at Rochester
Shown Al, Fair.

~ Soou Q&1Cy CAtIk0 WG1y
brown animals that We're exhibited It
g Grand Forks county fair in July
oy Lucius F. Brunold Of the Davis
< Dairy Farm of Rochester, Minnesota.
wives of farmers walking with their
husbands through the dairy barns
were heard to-exclaim "a they passed
~ this group. "Oh, aren't these
pretty! What are. they? What per-
Ieet neauttes!" And reading the large
painted sign. many Of these admirers
: tound they were seeing for thu first
time the famous Brown Swiss cattle.
An Old Breed.
crown, Swiss cattle, though not Is
extensively known as some other dairy
ofeeds IN America, are-.sof ancient
known In the Orient and were intro
duced into central Europe about the
0me n Huns overran Europe. The
breed found its first permanent home
w Switzerland, and in, the mountains
81 that famous dairying country 1t
mas developed the characteristics
which make 1t today one Of the most
desirable of all dairy breeds, Cen
tur1es of kind treatment and close
made these animals naturally docile
and u~nafraid; even the bulls are not
died. 80.
Unusually Doodle.
In r%emarking on this characteristic
said:
"These cattle are Just of the
pasture, and some OF them have mot
been handled for q couple of months.
Most cattle would get very wild in
that time. but yon can see for yourself
That these take all the handling you
give them as a matter Of course.
When we wanted these animals. all
we had to do was to go out in the
pasture and call them. They came
right along. They stand shipping bet
ter than n cattle I have ever seen.
We were. without a chance to water
them for a long time on the trip up
here, but they didn't seem to mind.
They have wonderful constitutions:
It is a tact that the Swiss cattle
: reared and .grazed on Alpine grass
are among the healthiest and hardiest
of breeds, and these cattle gof ours
arc their direct observation-disclosures far
removed. Stsss ~
"The first Brown Swiss cattle were
brought to this country in 1869. IT
was at the beautiful and placid lt-
tie village of Schwyz, located on the
SlOIG VI Ldkc aug, Will INC
soft green slopes of Mount Rigi ris-
Ing in the back toward the snow
capped Alps, that Henry NJ Clark of
Belmont, Mass, first saw Brown
Swiss cattle. He was attracted. by
their beauty and their g%entleness, and
finding their records very satisfa c Glory,
( he purchased and shipped to America
y bull and eve heifers. So we'll
did this group stand the trip and so
mall IfI fharr ~LA~k 1.,c -
conditions in their new home that
other imports. were made, and within
forty years OF the frst coming Of
these Cattle to America, $50 had been
imported, and the total number now
recorded with the Brown Swiss Cattle
Breeders association of America lie
something over 22,5O0.
"Of course there are c great many
that have not been recorded. and
how many:<of the breed there are
now in America. They have been in
troduced into almost every state in
I the Union, and, also into the Dominion
Of Canada and Mexico. They have
been taken into South America and
Japan also. .
Brown Swiss Becoming Popular.
IRA Inman, secretary ~ the ma
>tion association, a. that dairyIhen
in all of these regions report Nat the
Brown Swiss thrive in all grades of
climate and conditions. James w.
Keif writes: I find the Brown Swiss
exceptionally hardy. notwithstanding
1 our somewhat trying climateAbetter
l than various breeds we had had. This
characteristic will make Swiss a val
proving to be easy feeders hsre, pos
ksibly a~ppropriating less for body
maintenance and best production than
!Sbreeds less capable of withstandinE a
Rigorous climate
"E. s. stinson OF Atzcapotzalco.
Mexico, writes. I have ~ COWS, most
Athem imported Brown Swiss. They
one good constitutions and thrive in
nan climate better than any other
this4 of cattle. We have in this dairy
clasf than $50 cows milking-Hol-
mora Swiss and Jerseys-so I am in
,stelntion to compare the three breeds
a posirv particular. My preference
IN evehe Swiss"
Swiss characteristics.
rrown' Swiss from the Davos
Ihe Bxypical of the breed. Little
farm are Nod was introduced in the
outside hl1itzerland, and consequent
herds OF sHGad character have become
~ the type Z established. A typical
very frml5s is solid in color, the
Brown S"l dark seal brown. several
males b%eln,ser along the spine and
shades llgnhnd muzzle: the females
on the earsliRht brown to. dark steel
shade from khter colored muzzle and
sgray, win lfpat Is heavy. hut silky,
ears. the u 80 good a protection
J n furn!sh9wn swiss do not mind
mat the bff. They are small, -boned,
chilly. weat&s are 40 plump and com
anI.Snsf they appear smaller than
paSs ,.SS41lv are. These cows in milk
.nsy ambition would average about
to 1900 pounds each in weight.
TSy take on fat readily when dry
IA give It of slowly when In milk.
The barrel of the bodyyis large and
eround; the udder and teats are large.
we'll formed and white with milk
veins prominent. Their teats are
rarely knobby or warty and are Ok
c%eptionally free from disease and NAL
formation. y !
Seven Points Of Excellence.
Breeders Of Brown Swiss cattla urge
seven points OF excellence for their
favorites:
First-Good and persistent milking.
second-strong In all dairy pros
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