Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1923-03-16
The shortsor. A. A mixer

Just what a miik-type Shorthorn Is:
''ls this or that Shorthorn animal
OF the milking type"
A good many years ago, two types
OF Shorthorns were recognized: the
Bates type which was more OF the
dual purpose animal with consider
able attention paid to the milking
qualities; and the Booth type which
was more for beef little later
came Amos Cruickshank who origi-
mated the famous Scotch" Short
horns: the low-down. broad. meat
covered animal in which develop
ment the originator paid no atten-
tion whatever to pedigree. but Sc
cured his foundation stock where
ever he could find them so long as
they approached. a. nearly as pos
sible. the ideal that he had In mind.
Now. we would not expect to find
as heavy producers OF milk among
Scotch or Booth Shorthorns az we
would among the Bates cattle. as
the former were bred mainly for the
beef; but there are notable excep-
tions among both types. !
Then. there are those breeders to-
day who are developing high milk
producing Shorthorn. mostly of
Bates breeding. in which, of course.
milk is the main object: as. for ex-
ample. Melba 18th. OF Darbalara
that. in 3G5 days gave. on official
test 29.+3S pounds of milk and
1916 pounds of butterfat. This. at
the time, was the worlds butterfat
record for all breeds and has Just
within the last few months been ex-
cesded. OF course. this represents
the extreme on one side. and the
Scotch blocks" the other.
without going into the argument
at too great length. and as an ex-
ample of what we claim for the
Shorthorn COW. we would like to
cite the Shorthorn herd OF breed
ing cows now In uxe at the Kansas
Agricultural College. These cows
are both Scotch and Scotch-topped.
are all big. smooth. square bodied
COWS with short legs and. what is
worthy OF note. every one OF them
is good producer at the pail. Now
this is our idea OF a Shorthorn COW
Too many of the extreme milk-type
today are too leggy. too spare OF
flesh and lacking In the smooth
lines OF the real Shorthorn COW:
which. II kept up. would seem to
nec"ssiiste the starting OF a new set
OF herd books
The Shorthorn Is preemin inentiy
the general farmers COW. and there
Is enough of the milk and the beef
yet remaining in most herds tn fur
nish the owner COW that. when In
milk. will give good flow and
when she dries up will put on meat
and become u real beef animal. And
what is of great Importance to the
producer OF Shorthorns. in practi-
cally every herd. II the heller IL
taken when she first calves sh. can
be developed into good mixer:
while " the calf Is allowed to run
with its mother from the start. the
latter Will 50 adapt her milk flow
will take: or in u good many cases
spoiled udd.r will result The
development OF our Shorthorn heif-
ers into milk COWS In mighty i'm
portant matter and should not be
overlooked.
Money IL PWr~ N~~si
Mr.. r. A, Chisholm of Del Norte.
is selling his registered oats at 81
per hundred pounds. He has con-
siderabl. inquiry from outside the
valley for his oats and could get
more than three dollars on the out :
side market. These oats are Of the
Abundance variety. the original seed
coming from Saskatchewan. Canada.
faw yenrs ago. A peck sample
won first place at the state fair last
fall. and also first place at the state
seed show M Colorado Springs last
November. the sample testing
around IS pounds per bushei.
Last spring Mr.. Chisholm rowed
seven acres OF these oats and later
harvested 100 bushels per acre: and
after running the grain thru the
tanning mill. IL receiving the 81
ns mentioned above. Pretty good