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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 30, 
Live Stock and Dairy 
BROWN SWISS CATTLE. 
Our attention being called to an arti¬ 
cle regarding the Brown Swiss cow on 
page 500, I thought a short article giv¬ 
ing a few facts regarding their history 
in this country and their proved dairy 
qualities would be of interest to your 
readers. As I have been owner and 
breeder of these cattle since 1877 I am 
somewhat familiar with their character¬ 
istics and history. Moreover, I have 
owned many of the animals that have 
been a credit to their breed. Coming 
originally from Switzerland, a mountain¬ 
ous country, where they have been bred, 
we have good reasons for believing, In 
the same locality by a pastoral people 
for the same purpose, viz., the produc¬ 
tion of milk of superior quality, for a 
longer period than any other breed of cat¬ 
tle. They were first introduced into New 
England, where there are to-day many 
excellent herds, representatives of which 
always attract attention by their beauty 
whenever shown by their owners at the 
fairs in the different States. These cat¬ 
tle are extremely hardy, and have grad¬ 
ually moved westward from New Eng¬ 
land, so that now there may be found 
large as well as small herds among lovers 
of good cattle in all the Middle and 
many of the 'Western States, Wisconsin, 
a dairy State, rapidly taking the lead 
in the number of herds owned within 
its borders. Those who are breeders and 
owners of these cattle do not keep them 
simply because of their attractive appear¬ 
ance but because they find them to be 
profitable milk producers. 
It is now nearly three years since a 
registry of production was established 
by Brown Swiss breeders, with the result 
that no breed has ever made more rapid 
progress or qualified a larger percentage 
of its own in so short a time. To-day 
College Beavura 2d 2577, owned by the 
Michigan Agricultural College, with an 
official record of 11).400 pounds milk and 
798.16 pounds butterfat, stands at the 
head of the list of mature cows in Regis¬ 
ter of Production. There are in this 
register 39 mature cows with an aver¬ 
age of 11,446 pounds of milk, 447.91 
pounds butterfat; 16 cows five years old 
average 12.087 pounds milk, 483.08 
pounds butterfat; 14 cows four years 
old average 10,108 pounds milk, 409.76 
pounds butterfat; 15 cows three years 
old average 10,010 pounds milk, 403.30 
pounds butterfat; 10 cows two years old 
average 8,422 pounds milk, 360.59 pounds 
butterfat, making 94 cows and heifers 
with an average of 10,805 pounds milk, 
439.9] pounds butterfat. 
With these records of production se¬ 
cured with the cooperation of various 
agricultural colleges in making the tests, 
we have convincing evidence of the value 
of the Brown Swiss cow as a milk pro¬ 
ducer. Still other records are being 
made. Two sister-cows of this breed 
owned by us have just completed a year’s 
test for the registry of production. Zer- 
elda 2929 gave 14,145 pounds of milk 
and 574.98 pounds butterfat. Mawnau- 
tuck Girl 3575, two years younger, gave 
13,463 pounds milk, 498.42 pounds but¬ 
terfat. In a seven-day official test Zer- 
elda gave 332.6 pounds milk, 12.147 
pounds butterfat; Mawnautuck Girl gave 
365.3 pounds milk, 12.457 pounds butter¬ 
fat; Cleopatra’s Minnie gave 458.0 
pounds milk, 14.641 pounds butterfat. 
The interested reader can draw his own 
conclusions from these facts. G. w. H. 
Wethersfield, Conn. 
Silage a Substitute for Dry Feed. 
I became involved in an argument with 
a neighbor who has not much to say in 
favor of the silo, and the controversy de¬ 
veloped some very interesting figures. In 
fact it was necessary to do quite a little 
figuring before the silo won out over the 
older methods of storing feed. From the 
feeding tables and from experience we 
find that 30 pounds of silage can be sub¬ 
stituted for 12 pounds of clover hay in 
a cow’s dairy ration. Using that ratio 
as a basis and placing the value of an 
acre of land at $150 the following figures 
show the results obtained from compar¬ 
ing silage with dry clover hay as a feed. 
The yield on good land of 3% tons clover 
hay in the two cuttings is used and also 
a yield of 14 tons of silage corn on 
the same land with the value of $150. 
Such land would yield 60 bushels of 
coi - n to the acre. 
Cost of producing an acre of clover, the 
nurse crop paying for the seeding: 
Use of the land 2 years, 5% inter¬ 
est and iy 2 % taxes on $150. . .$19.50 
Seed . . 2.50 
Cost of harvesting 3% tons at 
$2.50 per ton . 8.75 
Barn storage or depreciation and 
tax charges at 50 cents per ton.. 1.75 
Cost of an acre of clover.$32.50 
Cost of one acre of corn put in the 
silo: 
Interest and taxes for one year on 
land . $9.75 
Seed corn .20 
Labor; plowing, harrowing, rolling, 
planting, cultivating and cutting 
for one acre, allowing $1.25 for 
labor and $2.50 for team work 
and estimating the time at 35 
team work lirs. at 25 cents per 
hour . 8.75 
Cost of filling silo 14 tons at $1 
per ton . 14.00 
Interest of $10 on a value of $200 
for a 100-ton silo and $12 de¬ 
preciation makes $22 for seven 
acres of 14 tons or for one acre 3.14 
Cost of an acre of corn in the silo.$35.84 
If it takes 30 pounds of silage in a ra¬ 
tion as a substitute for 12 pounds of clo¬ 
ver hay, it would be necessary to feed 
2% tons of silage as a substitute for one 
ton of clover. Therefore 14 tons of sil¬ 
age would furnish as much feed as five 
work, and in some cases, advanced regis¬ 
try work also. The qualifications are 
much the same in any case, although a 
tester working for an association should 
be familiar with the feeding and manage¬ 
ment of dairy cattle as well as sanitary 
conditions and the testing of the milk 
itself. Some States require an exam¬ 
ination to test the familiarity of the ap¬ 
plicant’s knowledge with the Babcock 
test. In any case, it would be well to 
write to your State College of Agricul¬ 
ture for details. Cow-testing offers a 
good opening to a young man desiring 
considerable out of doors work, and either 
that or dairy inspection work, if faith¬ 
fully followed up, will prove a good 
foundation for a better position in dairy 
lines. A short course in dairying at your 
agricultural college should give you the 
necessary instruction and after a couple 
of years of experience you should be in a 
position to better yourself considerably. 
B. B. 
Pigs on Witch Grass. 
I have about one-quarter of an acre, 
which was plowed and harrowed late 
last Fall, which is badly infested with 
witch grass, and I would like to know 
if the following plan would be advisable 
to eliminate it: Plant rape or ruta-baga 
turnips broadcast, and when sufficiently 
grown, fence in about one-quarter of the 
lot and put in one or two Spring pigs, 
leaving them long enough thoroughly to 
clean and root up. then move onto a 
new section and replant first one to be 
A PAIR OF PENNSYLVANIA 
MONTHS OLD; TOTAL 
and three-fifths tons of clover, and one 
acre of silage would produce as much 
feed as one and three-fifth acres of clover. 
That being the case the acre of silage 
costing $35.84 would feed as much as 
one and three-fifths acres of clover hay 
costing $32.50 per acre. 
The comparison of the two kinds of 
feed using the above figures is as follows: 
Cost of one and three-fifths acres of 
clover hay containing the food 
value of one acre of silage.$52.00 
Cost of producing 14 tons or one 
acre of silage . 35.84 
Balance in favor of silage .$16.36 
There is still another way to compare 
the value of silage and clover. If the 
cost of production of silage is $35.84 for 
14 tons the cost for one ton is $2.56. 
And if ‘iy 2 tons of silage is worth as 
much as clover hay valued at $12.00 
then the silage is worth $4.80 per ton 
leaving a profit over its cost of produc¬ 
tion of $2.24 per ton. However com¬ 
puted by the acre the silage at $4.80 is 
worth $67.20, while the clover hay is 
only worth $42, a difference of $23.20 
in favor of silage. h. b. c. 
R. N.-Y.—Without disputing these fig¬ 
ures, the fact remains that a combination 
of silage and clover hay will give better 
dairy results than feeding on either one 
alone. This has been demonstrated many 
times, for the cow craves and needs a 
certain proportion of dry fodder with the 
silage. 
Milk Testing as a Profession. 
Will you give me some information re¬ 
garding the possibilities of milk-testing 
as a profession, the qualifications neces¬ 
sary, remuneration and chances of em¬ 
ployment when efficient? m. m. 
Milk-testing as a profession includes 
both dairy inspection and cow-testing 
BUSINESS BERK Sill RES 11 
WEIGHT 759 POUNDS. 
fed on later, and repeat this until the 
lot has been covered. Pigs to have port¬ 
able house and fed on grain for balance 
of ration. Do you consider the plan a 
good one, and would they eat out the 
witch grass roots if not fed too much 
other food? w. o. w. 
Boothbay, Me. 
The plan suggested is a feasible one, 
and instead of mixing Dwarf Essex rape 
and ruta-baga turnips I would prefer 
Dwarf Essex rape and Sweet clover, 
using six pounds of the rape and 10 
pounds of the Sweet clovi r per acre. 
This should not be pastured until the 
plants are eight or 10 inches high. It 
would be well to plant the entire area, 
and let the animals pasture sparingly 
until August and September at which 
time they should be turned in and per¬ 
mitted to clean up the crop. It should 
then be plowed, planted with rye or 
wheat, and in all probability this treat¬ 
ment will eliminate the weeds. One- 
quarter of an acre would accommodate 
about 500 pounds, live weight of shoats, 
and would supply the bulk of their feed 
throughout the season. To supplement 
this feed, ear corn and digester tank¬ 
age would be more economical, feeding 
the tankage in a thin slop to the extent 
of 10% tankage to the amount of corn 
fed. it. c. M. 
A TOURIST in Scotland came to a wide 
ferry. It was stormy, and the wind was 
constantly increasing. The Scottish 
ferryman agreed to take the tourist 
across, but told him to wait until he had 
first taken a “coo” across. When he hail 
returned and started across with the 
traveller the latter became curious. “Will 
you tell me why you took the cow over 
and made me wait?” he asked. “Weel, 
now,” explained the ferryman, “you see 
the coo were valuable, and I feared th* 
wind wud increase so th’ boat might up¬ 
set on th’ second trip.”—Loudon Farm 
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