Dairy farming: by Willard Xerxes Addison 1820-1882

Author:Willard, Xerxes Addison, 1820-1882. [from old catalog]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Dairying. [from old catalog]
Publisher: Albany, Steam press of C. Van Benthuysen
Published: 1862-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

man. It is one of the pillars of his success; for, no amount of food, care or treatment, can get the best results from poor and worthless stock.

The practice of buying any and everything that is ojBfered for filling up dairies, cannot be sufficiently deprecated; it is labor, time and money thrown away—worse than wasted—since it exerts no influence for improvement, but induces whole communities to drag, year after year, in toil and drudgery, without much compensation beyond a bare living, and the annual expenses of the farm. It paralyzes, also, all laudable endeavor in other branches of the dairy, because every dollar .for improvement is felt to be more than can be afforded, and promising no ample return. Poor stock is the curse of dairy farming, and should no more be suffered to harbor on the farm than any other unmitigated nuisance, whose influence is bad, or destructive to the best interests and well-being of the individual and society at large.

RAISING STOCK.

The great difficulty in obtaining superior milch cows to supply the many and large herds in a dairy district, will render stock raising desirable, at least, with those who are striving to excel in quantity and quality of dairy products. Our best dairymen have long felt, that the only reliable way of getting large returns, and maintaining superiority in this respect, from the herd, is to raise and educate the animal on the farm, and under the eye of the dairyman. Grade cattle, from good milking families of " Short horns," are regarded with favor by many, on account of size. A cross of Durhams and Ayrshires, is also in high esteem, as productive of all the milking qualities of the Ayrshire and an improvement in size from the Durhams.

The Ayrshire blood, it is believed, will prove of great value in American dairies, but whatever stock is in favor, the breeding should have particular reference to milk.

The principle of like producing like, will generally hold good in breeding for the dairy, hence great attention should be had to breed from good milking families, and the parents on both sides should be from stock noted in this respect. Guenon's method of determining the value of an animal for milk, from the escutcheon or "milk mirror," should be studied and understood, and will be of aid in the proper selection of stock for the dairy.

As the production of milk in large quantities is more or less

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