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Show . (1U01) 110IIII 101! IKIIMI ls. !rim following urtlclu appeared In the .iVtirbi Ircltlun Jlrt.ittcr. 11 u written by (!rori,u W. Kuorr, of Clark Klullou, K),, an I took a rem luni offend ly the Journal named for tbo belt rap' uu 'or the r& tlona hy I keep Holatelu. " "In the first J lace, I enk from the ttinJiulut of u ihilr)iun, not from that ot u treciler. i-.very owner of Ilolilelns la a dulr) mnu, tut not ntce. arlly a breeder, rim vjiluuo 1 null 1 1 dairy eattle which tre.cnt thcm-clven totliudslryinan'sclioliu liavu not no many featurm In lonimoii as one" woul 1 naturally ixpect. riiey tllller not only In size, but va.tl) In tlitlr yloIJ of milk, neutral utility, disposition, quel. il) of 1 rjduct, and as omu claim apatite. ap-atite. Owing to Increasing rompelltlon, anil cot aeuuont diminishing i f i rutlu, othur factors than thii merit Lutter ca J nclty of an anliu.il mutt Influence our decision Oul) that uiiiinut la a trul) irolltallo animal whkli Is useful In every stage of ll life and whoso iroduclcan be utilized In the nuxl iiiuin uunilor of in)i, uu couJIllon. may dictate. 1 have two principal reason for keeping Holateli a theoretical reasons aliU tactical ruHHOUN. Iloth kluitl tiually lu'lcil, rqually valid. My ILuHulhu reaaomt Pint the tuw la etteutlnlly am thine, au atitonintou, icanuol bu tie nlej ilenru thu aaiuu condltlona hlrh control thu runnloe ot a ma rhlue au 1 ptoiliictlon of power wll hoMtruoof theiow. CotuilirlnK thu amouiit of rmriry product lf theru U a greater economy of fuel, flul-coit, heme riom, etc , Willi large onitluce than with aiuall iinglm. A two hono joucr culn cannot do four liorm power work, anil tvui two hono lMrr cuslnci ooDiiiiuu inorii fuel than onu fourliotnu luwer tuglne. All mll animal. In tlitlr ulult firm re. quIruformaliitianutviuorefieU In ro )rtloii to their llvo wt liUt than I tut" oace A cow uqutree for dally euliHlht enco H iouiida of urcantJniattir er ' luoOoiinde llwwilKlit, 1hethe,a much tmaller ruuiliiunt, will coiiaunio !1 liouudi per 10IHI poun la llvo wflifhl. IhoRout, n (till eiuallcr ruiiituaut, U, aa all liuou, almoitoniniToroiir, and for lie blzu atuua away Immense (Jintltlra of lul Uther amaller luammale lut ruiulnatiLa roii.iiniii atlll more food, fhu luole Clio i f the tmalltfct matmuala, uccordln tollnlim, riiiilrea for hi. dally niv temncoaiiHrnuiintof foodiqual tolila own weUht, 1 rom thofre(;niiir,tho i, It folloTi thnt an animal machine, lu order to to an economical machlno to lunlutalu, nuttbularkoof body, Huch a cow marhluii will uctually consume more trul thiiu n imnll one, hut relatively rela-tively Iran Awannulmal cannot con-yrt con-yrt tuoro feed Into product milk and butter than It tan dliectt, It murt; I os t-eaad!iv&llvulract uf euch ilzu uml elllclency that It can wotk up the lari,eit amount or eel vlthliinulveu lime, Iuireaeed prrtiure cauiea In ctiauud m cretlon Jut tuclt an animal We have In the lfoLtelu A large eub-etuntial eub-etuntial Hcluial, a docllo phlettmutio rumlnaut tf enormoua aetlmllatlvu iorr. Tho lloltlelu lilhu larcent elulry'inaclilno at our ellanoenl at ) leaent, aim li therefjro thu matt iconnn leal machine, lly her alze ipeclull) rtitcl lor au Inimenru aniouut of work dally, Tory trun- lull anl senile, A really "nereou." Ilolatilu eow U h rere occumuce ervoua eurrgy einnl crratea wuitu and requltee a lercu cxjenditure f force and fred Ut auntaln It, and U therefotn lucompatll le wllhqunatlta-tlvu wllhqunatlta-tlvu roilucttou The tiorvoui cow tutn. a ceitalu ixirtlon of her fo h1 tut uiotlon mid wa.tu eitcriry, tho miru 1 hlematlu eow turn her fooit Into milk (or Uef), aYoldlnc thlj watte, lheperformeuin of thu ncreou. cow will I oiiulltallri',that of u I till tniallo cow iuantltatle. The lnteime j ro ductloudda not cau.e nereuilty, lut revireliy, thuitellcntuneno n ori,iinl ration la thu cau.e of lutt nilde I ro ductlon. llence,lhe nervouacuw tan liy her very conotltutlou, not excel eiltltnatul). My tactical tcaaon Wo keep cuai for rollt. Other lhlnp;iilelujcf lal, the moet pro luct-heeow luct-heeow Utlioinoill rollUble. I h-o mado It clear that thu llolitelu U the mn.t eoononilcul dairy cow to feed. If In addition to thl fact thu amount of her iroduct InniULand I utter will atirpat. ttiat ot uther Imtdi of dairy tattle, aliu la certainly tile au erlor row, If thlilattorcau le aho'vu, thu two funlimental cendltlona (f protlt ure chlalued, lz t Chcapne-. or i ro-liicllon ro-liicllon nud (luanttty of i roduetlou. Two eourcea of Information are at our d!.tal on this iiotut Diu teatlmony ofirlvatu dairymen uwnlntt herd if thu varloua tree le, nml thu outeoniu of iutilli)cou.pitltlutetU for milk and butter, rbbavera,,e annual milk yield of llcliteluiof all klndi, nata and location loca-tion may be ut at !U,Oi!J lli l,ike-wUumayttiH l,ike-wUumayttiH avera2tiier rent, of fat content of thtlr milk tu laced ut t per cunt. Hence the nerau eow woul 1 haro to her credit ivu ) pound' of liutterper cur. lliU i tuii.iii etlou I reUTlnclm- that tho Hol.leln li not only u milk cow, 1 ut that bhe la a I ut-tereoeen. ut-tereoeen. well, eiualllui" tho I utter yield of other dairy breed Aatuthe art olid claia nt luroruutton. wu are able to apeak wltti moru cerlalu'y, lu dliputabie fact, actual couiiarl.on of I reed., determined by accurate mctlnd-, executed by men of uuquia llonablo klll mi I nutlu rlty. The tint l ublio claim the llnl.telna niuile aa I utle r producer v. a at ttiu - ew erk Dairy Hhow In 1HS3, thu ceia.liiu on whtcll thu anxtmis I reeijern of Jeneya made thetmelvtu Immortal li their tlJIculoun haide ,1 y cn-rnvlni; a typical i hnunel Iland cow on the ptlzeeup, 1'redrttiU'itloii fallril tu filllll Itnelf un that tup, and It welit to a HoUtelu, rimtli.it ii.ultei iu a com Mo ,1c, toryof IhtilloUtein over their ludlf fereully colored uu tuoro colleanuea, but now rival. When aurb unfl ilont rz-eetatloua are o rud jly cruii.ed by ftlreed of e-atllu which tefure uere loimldured lelow reoLtiltlon a lutter e-owf, they cerlnltily nru belter raw tarexcelhnco. Hlncuthen thryhavu reieated tl e vame fi at times Innumer alle, ear after jear,ot fairs and ex hllitUoDH, hhowrnic their voluu and thelraiiKirlorltyuer other treeila In well won tittle at thu churn, puccee honitl acliieetel And the further fact that the world' rti or 1 for butter hhtll lya llilileln 1 rk.l.m l.uJdl. tlonaltetlliiianyuf the wonderful o..-pacltlcioflbl o..-pacltlcioflbl breed, (And Julglns from reeriit Indication., mmu but a Uol.telti I de.tinuel to over fcuriusi that record ) When auhnala ly aerldent, ojo or other o.uie, becomn liieleui for tho elalry Hie yean veith very little extra expt-uiotie turned lutu ready faleablu leef, ant the recelj t often Ki) A Kool wa toward i urciia.ini; another anl ill!. I liaueiillntvl-etj that, alter an eOl pound cow lu earned find er earfureen)ear., ytu cmaHoM to ell lu rut any rice lo it rid uf hir. Very nlcel ilut upjou n caio which frequently ha n., that ttiebul uu 1 cow tecomt-n uvolrre I eforu aim ha delivered thoau conventional 7 time luj dollurr, n V nt thu airu of one, two nrlhreejtar.' Phi account would I re.ent tt very mi ac,or credit aide. 1 Inevaallol.tilil row which Htcly lie-cimo lie-cimo utterly unlit aa a Im-cder. Hhu i ow vtelKh li0il ivund. If 1 uku her to ttiu r-iuckyard. now, without nny lurther preparation whatever, I realize at retent rice nearl half uf what a new cuw ceeta Inc. The recelj t for viaiitwlll amount to a hendiome cum, If that detriment la rotrly managed. When HoUteln cahesare let with the n-uue ctrelhut low are fed, vcr) aallafactory welitht aru obtaltieel, equalllnic or oeeu ur lll ff thoeeof any licef linked, I ilu not rofe.i much vklll hi till, line. 111 fact, am ut tejtlnnlni; to Irani, yet my veala rarelj (all lelow 15U (louuds In weight at elx week, oil, and frr-queulle frr-queulle attain. Mtliou ml.. ihuhialit veal I liieeuobtalnel o far wore one whtcll welched 111) oiiudat .even wiek.. and another 2-d at live week. ( rtlW fatt, how eeer, hud the helioln-einl helioln-einl welRhtef 1.1 iHiund at t Irtil to tart witn ) My tklui milk separator skimmed-wheu feu to calves, nturns threu and four eeul a kuIIoii l'oor trolucu will fetch tioor prices, xoud I reduce kood trice, mil extra hooJ jroducoextraeooii rices Thl a Ilea to uverjthlli ( eol I oil the farm, nud to vi aim well, l.very llolitelu calf has thuBlutl liilttnmaku extra rood ea1, Willi proper can, and will reullze irlcea accordlni,lj. My tielithlior has to haul to marko. fourti) iotiud cilvr of lu JUlrrcnt color fjr every uno which' I eel I. Humming up, then, I keep HoUteln itecatisu their Rentlenesa and traUu Hilly not only ),lves Icamire In liuudl-Ini; liuudl-Ini; ttiem, but lesulta III n direct ro fit, as It Is vnt$ to handle them under all conditions, avo!dlu worr uud ex cllemenl Uecaututhocahes are notn"uccc. tar) evil" lut ctu bu turno.1 Into a source of Income of ci uslderal lo eizo. Ilecaute, t) nature of ttiu bal-im eil composition of their milk ttiublpru-duct, ttiublpru-duct, skimmed mill beside ralslnc, the calf, will iiayfortho unuutl fent of the cow, Icuvlni her yield of butter clear I rollt. llecauiiu they are U speclllo mlik breed, n epeclllo I eilte r bieiil, r n speclllo beet breed, just as skill, direct ul byludiimcut, wiHUoulji any ono trait, Ilecause tlie oxf erlments of Trofei or Hlurteaut have dem in.trated that theireduct of thu llol.Uln wlthstauds ileioiuiualtlon loneat, lii shott, oi senses the I tat liee lui; qualities. Its keeplut; ualltlcs, which N eynon) nious wltn laatlnir lino llevir, has rtcjiumended JIulstKln bulli-r lu places whero that short Heed, tjarlu;; fctult of thu limn namu ha proved lUelf Inilllcleut. lurther, tocauae 1 lieve tried Jersiys, cumnuu cow uud Holstolnssldeb slduunlln fhusstne barn, an I cousieiucully had mi (,i ick" oftlubtat. filleiause they ore wotkers The I I llateln cow alter yielding her 10,0ml. IS.iioiior.M.uiUiaundaof milk nyear, or lis equlvahut, TOO, lK)rirln0 i)unjs of I ulttr, via lake n'few tlays' tt, elropn luU.pouud culf and uuconcern. nlly re peat the same routine falth'ully. Herself, at the same time, not Urt reel atln -In value. Ileciuse, dally, I see all these thlliKS repiatlnic Uleru-H Ives before my eyes, drnionslratlnu: beeoud n elouU the lla.llo nature ol t) u llolateln, tlulr quick response to every uddltloii! tie. .tuvvalof CRrunnd feet. i,vtT ellort to lui) rove them, every ouncu of extra ferd,e,ery caress they reward with more lutter auj mill', dollars and cents. |
