THE GARDEN AND FIELD. 



July 1913 



Kerry Cows. 



The native home of the Kierry is 

 in Ireland, of which country it is 

 the only distinct breed of cattle. 

 Kerry cows are small in size, an 

 averajje cow weisrhinff no more 

 than 700 lt)s., while the average 

 weio-ht of a .lersey is about 850 

 I1»s., of an Ayrshire, 1,100 11)s., and 

 of a Shorthorn^ 1,350 lbs. The usual 

 colour of the Kerry is black, wth 

 white streaks alonjj the belly and 

 udder, but they are sometimes black 

 and white. This breed possesses 

 short, thick, wirv hair, and lonjj 

 horns, set somewhat widely apart. 

 The jjreat point in favour of the 

 Kerry cow is that it is hardy and 

 able, to exist on the scantiest and 

 roug-hest fare, and is nevertheless 

 caT>able of jrivinjf excellent ^4elds of 

 milk. In Ireland and parts ol 

 Rnjrland this breed is known as 

 " the poor man's cow." 



Mistakes in Silo Filling. 



One mistake in filling silos is 

 that the stuff is drawn away from 

 the sides, so letting the air down 

 between the silage and silo, in 

 which case there is considerable 

 waste. This is due to the fact 

 that the middle is ke]>t too full, 

 and the sides not full enough, nor 

 yet tram])led enough. The weight 

 of the .silage from the elevator con- 

 tinually falling in the middle is al- 

 most suHicient to insure consolida- 

 tion at that part, and the outside 

 should be kept at least three feet 

 higher than the middle, and well 

 trami^led. It would jjay to have 

 planks cut the sliape of the silo 

 to lav on the top to exclmle the 

 air, and on the to])' of these planks 

 to place weights, either in the 

 .shape of i)osts, sleepers, bags of 

 sand, or whatever is easiest to 

 handle. 



Another mistakes is sometimes 

 made in making the silo too great 

 in diameter. This should be pro- 

 portionate to the number of ani- 

 mals to be fed. l'>-ing gives the 

 following table as furnishing the 

 best guide as to the diameter of 

 silo, which insure suITicient being 

 removed from the surface daily to 

 prevent any going bad : — 



Mi 



cows .. 



. 150 sq. 



ft. . 



.. 14 it. 



40 



cows .. 



. 200 sq. 



ft. . 



.. t6 ft 



50 



cows .. 



250 sq. 



ft. : 



.. 18 It 



60 



cows .. 



300 sq. 



ft. . 



. 19^'^ ft 



70 



cows .. 



■ .3.SO sq. 



ft. . 



.. ^r'^ft 



80 



cows .. 



400 sq. 



ft. . 



. 2 2^4 ft 



90 



cows .. 



• 450 sq. 



ft. . 



.. 24 ft. 



100 



cows .. 



500 sq. 



ft. . 



. 25'^ ft. 



The Consitution of the 

 Jersey. 



It might possibly be supposed 

 that a breed of animals so long 

 and so closely hedged round'by pre- 

 cautions against outside influences 

 migh't show deterioration from in- 

 and-in breeding, but practically 

 this is found to be by no means 

 the case ; in fact, it is with good 

 grounds believed that the type of 

 animals is constantly improving. 

 Beyond the experience on this 

 point, gathered within recent mem- 

 ory, there are in existence in Jer- 

 .seA' pictures of cows drawn years 

 ago, representing animals whose 

 shape and general charactel- would 

 now be considered very defective, 

 and these pictures thus prove that 

 careful mating and the advance of 

 scientific knowledge in the manage- 

 ment of stock have attained the 

 ends that were desired in the mi- 

 provement of the race, without suf- 

 fering any drawbacks from the de- 

 ])rivation of an admixture of Hesh 

 blood. One thing is certain, there 

 is no endemic disea.se among -Jer- 

 sey cattle. Tuberculosis is quite 

 unknown, and so marked and irre- 

 futabh- establi.shed is its absence 



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that Jersey enjoys the privilege of 

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 abundantly evident that there is no 

 delicacy in the constit'iitions of its 

 cattle. — Farmer and Stockbreeder. 



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