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THE K URAL NEW-YORKER 
August 1, 
Live Stock and Dairy 
LARGER JERSEY CATTLE WANTED. 
HERE is a tendency to breed Jersey 
cattle larger in the past few years. 
The average farmer has the impression 
that the “watch charm” size Jersey is 
typical of the breed, but this is not the 
practice nowadays. One Jersey man, 
Milo Fuller, of Ohio, declares that a good- 
sized Jersey cow should weigh 1,000 
pounds, and thei-e are many Jerseys 
which pass this mark. “Jersey breed¬ 
ers,” he says, “are now considering the 
000-pound cow small, and bulls fre¬ 
quently weigh from 1,700 pounds up¬ 
ward to a ton. Stoke Pogis III weighed 
1,800 pounds, and one of the famous bulls 
of the breed approached the 2.100-pound 
good-sized, and wandering milk vein. I 
look for intelligence in the animal. There 
are some animals that show intelligence 
in their countenances, and others have a 
stupid look. I believe stupidity is an evi¬ 
dence of incapacity in an animal as well 
as person. I like to see a bull formed 
like a cow, broad through the hips and 
narrow through the shoulder. I don’t 
like surplus meat on an animal, for every 
extra pound throws that animal in the 
beef class. I look for rudimentary teats 
on the bull, the same as on a heifer. I 
like these rudimentaries wide between 
each other, as teats should be on a cow’s 
udder. These principles seem to hold 
good in the dairy breeds, and the farmer 
should observe them.” 
O. Platt, of Ashtabula County, states 
he is not breeding his Jerseys under 22 
SALTING TIIE COWS. 
mark. The reason for there having been 
so many small Jerseys scattered about 
the country is that the breeder chose a 
cow for a dooryard pet, rather than for 
capacity, and the billionaire farmer for 
years fancied the small cow. This fatal 
mistake in breeding small Jerseys was at 
its highest in the eighties. In the nine¬ 
ties the idea of breeding them larger took 
hold of those higher up in the Jersey bus¬ 
iness. The small Jerseys still persist on 
the average farm. The St. Lambert fam¬ 
ily are large cattle, the Island bred cat¬ 
tle are smaller than the American and 
English-bred cattle. Yet there has also 
been a tendency in the Islands to breed 
the cattle larger during the past five 
years. 
“The farmer who has small cattle should 
improve them by breeding to a purebred 
registered bull. The weaker the stock, 
the better the sire should be. The aver¬ 
age farmer with gx-ade stock inclining 
toward the Jerseys should breed larger, 
months of age. This allows them to ac¬ 
quire size. He was unfortunate in hav¬ 
ing one freshen at 16 months, and her 
growth was seriously handicapped. 
w. j. 
COW TESTING IN WISCONSIN. 
HE State of Wisconsin is doing some 
remarkable work in organizing 
farmers into cooperative work. All sorts 
of things, from selecting seed pota¬ 
toes to studying music, are organized and 
directed until Wisconsin is rapidly tak¬ 
ing its place as the leading agricultural 
State in the Union. This is not due to 
the fact that Wisconsin has superior ad¬ 
vantages of climate or soil, for other 
States in the same latitude have the 
same. Wisconsin’s gain is due to the 
fact that farmers are organizing and 
concentrating their effoi-ts along definite 
lines. As an illustration, take the follow¬ 
ing report of the record of 10 herds of 
cows in the Ellsworth Cow-testing Asso¬ 
Recobd of 10 Heeds. 
Owner. 
No. 
cows. 
Milk 
Test. 
Butterfat. 
Value of 
Butterfat. 
Cost of 
feed. 
Profit. 
Av. profit 
per cow. 
Pounds. 
Per ct. 
Pounds. 
Dollars. 
Dollars. 
Dollars. 
Dollars. 
W. M. Leonard 
13 
58,008 
4.3 
2,426.6 
753 
81 
388 
44 
350 
03 
27.38 
A. C, Buttner.. 
16 
107,482 
3.8 
4,073.0 
1,330 
81 
257 
96 
1,077 
85 
67.36 
A. Thoreson... 
10 
49,383 
3.5 
1,808.2 
593 
92 
144 
30 
488 
52 
48.85 
F. C- Teubert.. 
19 
95,679 
4.3 
4,033.7 
1,300 
75 
534 
15 
733 
28 
38.59 
O. Aamodt. 
18 
88,817 
4.1 
3,534.8 
1,088 
03 
345 
10 
742 
93 
41.27 
F. M. Welch... 
5 
30.095 
3.4 
1,147.6 
367 
23 
168 
75 
198 
45 
36.49 
II. B. Lock. 
7 
36,046 
4.2 
1,392.7 
423 
10 
121 
20 
292 
27 
41 95 
P. Shannon_ 
5 
41,198 
3.6 
1,674.0 
479 
83 
131 
70 
346 
72 
69.34 
O. H. Olson_ 
6 
40,300 
4.7 
1,473.2 
441 
85 
99 
79 
342 
06 
57.01 
E. J. Finn. 
5 
17,573 
3.6 
729.3 
233 
43 
146 
75 
86 
68 
17.33 
A vftragh,.. 
67,458.4 
3.95 
2,219.31 
701 77 
231 81 
462 48 
and breed to better stock. Keep in sight 
the work of the prospective bull’s dams. 
I would look first at the bull’s dam. I 
would rather have an animal with a good 
mother, one that was tested and gave 
good results, than to go back three or 
four generations and find a half-dozen 
dams of high ability. There is a greater 
demand for high-testing milk. This de¬ 
mand is greater than in the old “cheese 
factory days,” and the average farmer 
must either turn to high testing breeds, 
or if he has a low testing breed, look for 
bulls of high-testing families of that 
breed. All breeds are being perfected, 
and the demand for a good per cent, of 
butter fat, together with economical pro¬ 
ducing ability is what the farmer must 
secure. 
“The points which the farmer should 
observe in selecting a Jersey, a Holstein, 
an Ayrshire, or any dairy cow are similax’. 
We want the wedge shape, thickness 
through the hips, thin through the shoul¬ 
ders, thin thighs, well-balanced udder, 
long slim tail, a level back, a good intel¬ 
ligent head. I look for a good milk well, 
ciation. As we see, this is a high school 
test, the work in each herd being done 
by a boy in the agricultural course. Here 
they have found a robber cow which cost 
her owner over $5 per yeai*, and another 
liberal worker which paid a profit of over 
$69. Very likely the robber was getting 
away with a reputation for paying a 
profit until the boy exposed her record. 
This chasing out the robber cows is what 
is to make Wisconsin the great dairy 
State rather than cheap bran or alfalfa 
soil. 
Complete record of best cow, owned by 
F. C. Teubert, Beldenville, Wisconsin. 
Herd cow No. 79, grade Holstein. 
Total 
milk. 
Av. 
test. 
Butter- 
» fat. 
Value 
of but¬ 
terfat. 
Cost of 
feed. 
Pi-ofit 
Lbs. 
8,276 
4.2 
370.84 
119 85 
Dollars. 
50.85 
Dolls. 
09 48 
Fourteen of lS-Short-horns were of beef 
type. During the testing year 11 cows 
were sold, one died, one sick. Two of 
the cows were old and hard milkers; two 
were kickers, two were hurt, and four 
were too small. One sucked herself. 
Complete record of poorest cow, owned 
by W. M. Leonard, Ellsworth, Wisconsin. 
Herd Cow No. 78. Scrub. 
Total 
milk 
Av. 
test 
Butter¬ 
fat. 
Value 
of but¬ 
terfat. 
Cost of 
feed. 
1 
1 Loss. 
Lbs. 
Dollars. 
Dollars. 
i 
j Dolls. 
1,375 
4.4 
60 
18 83 
24 04 
5 21 
Out of the 87 cows in the 10 herds the 
following is their breed: 
Scrub. 
Grade 
Hol¬ 
stein. 
Grade 
Short¬ 
horn. 
Red 
Polled. 
Grade 
Jersey 
Grade] 
[ Guern¬ 
sey. 
Purebred 
Guernsey 
44 
11 
18 
1 
6 
1 
6 
This record was of the first 10 herds 
in the Ellsworth High School C. T. A. 
(hat finished the year’s work. After all 
the records were in, the best cow shown 
here was beaten by a grade Holstein which 
gave nearly 400 pounds butter fat. There 
were nearly 25 hei'ds in all, each one 
tested by a boy in the agricultural course. 
EALPH LOCK. 
AILING ANIMALS. 
Chorea. 
I HAVE a young sow about six months 
old that has apparently lost use of 
knee-joints in hind legs. It can walk 
fairly well without bending its knee- 
joints. When standing at the trough to 
eat slop its hind feet keep moving up to 
its body, first one and then the other al¬ 
ternately. It eats well and seems to be 
well otherwise although it is getting thin. 
I think it was caused by running along 
the wire fence biting at some little pigs 
outside. It has been in this condition 
now for several weeks without any ap¬ 
parent changes. What can be done for 
it? e. ii. 
Maryland. 
We suspect that the pig has chorea 
(St. Vitus dance) which is incurable. 
She should not be used for breeding. Let 
her live an outdoor life so far as possible 
and feed mixed rations including 10 per 
cent, of digester tankage. a. s. a. 
Catarrh. 
M Y horse has chronic catarrh, has had 
it for thi-ee months. He is in fair 
shape, weighs about 1.350, his 
weight when well is 1,500. Discharge 
is from one nostril and smells offensive; 
his teeth in good shape. I have had two 
veterinarians for him; they did him no 
good. He has no cough. w. F. 
Maryland. 
A diseased molar tooth is commonly 
the cause of a bad smelling discharge 
from one nostril, or there may be a col¬ 
lection of pus in a sinus, or the hoi-se 
may have glanders. A graduate veterin¬ 
arian should examine the horse and if he 
finds glanders absent the tooth should 
be removed by trephining or the sinus 
opened by ti-ephining for removal of pus. 
Home treatment will not avail in such 
a case. a. s. a. 
Depraved Appetite. 
1 HAVE a cow f ur years old; she is 
hardy, a good milker, and butter- 
maker, but she has a craving for 
bones, leather, meat, etc. She got in 
horse stable, ate up a set of lines and 
some other harness, swallowing buckles 
and all. She stays quite thin, has a 
good appetite, but will leave everything 
for a piece of leather or a bone. Can 
you tell me the cause and if anything 
will stop it? a. A. H. 
New Jei-sey. 
If you are sure by the tuberculin test 
that the cow is free from tuberculosis 
feed her bran freely at each meal and if 
this does not suffice mix a tablespoonful 
of precipitate phosphate of lime in her 
feed twice daily, or allow an equal 
amount of hone meal. Powdered ehai’- 
coal may also be freely used and the cow 
should have access to rock salt. Feed a 
mixed ration. a. s. a. 
Contracted Hoof. 
M Y horse is sore in one of his front 
feet; is not exactly lame, but he 
favors it a good deal, and after 
driving he acts as if it was sore. The 
frog is very hard and brittle and at the 
back part of the hoof it looks cracked. 
What can I do for it? j. f. n. 
New York. 
Poultice the foot for a week with hot 
flaxseed meal to which add a little bran 
to prevent sticking. Wash the hoof clean 
on discontinuing the poultices and then 
apply lanolin freely once a day. Keep 
the horse off board floor and have him 
worked or exercised every day. A. s. A. 
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