Show by y dr L B D le e 9 V S i st LOUIS mo a graduate dis to n vete veterinary ar ale thirty thi ty sigh c i t years C a of vet urinary ary work eminent authority horty on an ais discuses casel at f and raising cow 9 jf pother Other livestock ami you 1 ac writer and aad author tiie the cow is not a native amera cau can animal before the white man came to this continent cattle were unknown here europe is 13 the home of the dairy cow several thousand years ago so it Is supposed the process of tam kag the wild cattle of asia besan began ft is an am Inte interesting com commentary commenter mentar or the important place the cow holds in modern that scientists have devoted years to a study of historical records in order to be better acquainted with cattle som of the oldest ruins which have been excavated reveal the skulls oi of the ancestors of the modeio i herd the selection of a breed either by the farmer who is just enter i lag ing the blie dairy business or the farm I 1 er who desires to improve hi his 3 heid by introducing a breed is cue vac that deserves careful consideration I 1 believe a brief historical background of the tha five popular breeds in ameri ca will be of interest important Import aut wat of these breeds from fraria europe have baya very large especially in the past fifty years so let us examine the biographies and pick our favorite the jerseys T these bess cattle take their name from jersey inland aher wl ero o they orl Paa ted it is in the english channel between france and england they are the smail smallest cst ti ba size of 0 any of the popular dairy breeds and are noted for beauty and the rich ness of milk the color of the jerseys varies greatly the most commod colors ia fawn with black shadings below and on oil the head the bulls beins being darker than the cows jerseys seya although small are wonderful producers of rich milk few of them luder w official test given icca upwards of 10 tons pounds of milk in days tested over pounds of butter the I 1 fredian this cow originated in Holl hollmig Holla mid iid the com pound name holstein brestan Is the official name of the breed lu ILI america but in conring comi nyi i usage now in america the breed is called the holstein they are the largest of 0 the dairy breeds and are black and vi d white in color they ars are noted for tto the quantity quart ity of milk they give more than of these cows have given under official test tes over 16 tos tos of milk each in days this is an average of over 10 gallons of milk each day for days klell vig more than 1500 pounds of butter this is more than 8 or 10 of the average dairy cows on oil many of our farias fans will produce the the guernsey breed originated on oil the isly isla d ot of guernsey Guerr sey which is of the channel islands hilands jot lacot far from jersey land aland the are a little larger than the jerseys aud and vre aie coarser boned wid more irregular irre gulai la ia conformation the color resembles the jesey je sey in general but includes some nome colors tot toot found in that breed in the yield of milk wid and fat the jersey and are not tar far apart the jerseys leading slightly in rIch of milk and the in total milk production the Ayre shire the native home of this breed is the shire of ayr in southwest sou th wes t scotland S c beace the name ame jt it 1 is comparatively a new breed but has made wonderful advancement van cement in a short time lu in size the ayrshire ranks between the iho jersey and holstein breeds behag very cry much the same as the the common color is spotted red or brown and white in varying vary big di As a breed the ayr shires are noted for a good uniform production of milk the browa swiss swi ss this breed had its origin in switzerland large numbers ot of these cattle ire ars kept there for cheese and butter making which forms one of the largest in that country to in milk and butterfat production this breed shows show 3 a very satisfactory yield the color varies considerable in shade it is called brown but more of a mouse incuse color is prevalent there is not a great deal of dif terence in the dairy breeds so far wa ao is concerned it la Is more a a matter of choice for instance there is no best breed it is the breeding up of a family or to high milk and butterfat production that really co counts it is the tl blood lood lines or breeding that makes some cows more valuable than ihan others other conditions which may iu ira fluence Clu ence your selection are th tho breeds most common in your neighborhood bo the cost of 0 pure breed stock and your judgment of the demand for surplus animals from your herd it Is estimated that only 0 3 per cent of the dairy cattle in the U S aie are purs pure bred which means that the major production product lou of milk conics comes from these grade herds |