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Live Stock Matters 
Conducted By Prof. F. C. Minkler 
Dairy Opportunities in New> Jersey and 
Connecticut 
I wish to ask your advice in regard to 
the best dairying county in New Jersey. 
I have run a farm for myself for two 
years in Delaware County. N. Y. I 
thought if I could get one in New Jer¬ 
sey. the seasou is much longer and one 
can raise more of his own grain for feed¬ 
ing : up there season is quite short, and 
often husk corn gets frosted before it is 
time to cut it. When I had the farm in 
Delaware County I did well, but my feed 
bills took almost all I got. so I gave it 
up. I understand that Connecticut is a 
line dairying section. Which do you think 
is better for a young man to make a 
start? if. J. F. 
New York. 
There are several districts in New Jer¬ 
sey peculiarly adapted to dairy farming. 
North Jersey, notably Sussex County, is 
in reality exclusively dairy largely be¬ 
cause there is an abundance of cheap pas¬ 
turage, likewise useful areas where the 
necessary grains and roughage can be 
produced: nevertheless the most success¬ 
ful dairymen in Sussex County buy a con¬ 
siderable amount of their concentrates, 
Milking Shorthorns for New England 
The milking Shorthorn dual purpose 
cattle, otherwise known as the red or roan 
Durhams, are sure to return to their 
own, where they reigned supreme until 
the introduction of cheap Western grains 
became a factor and the special purpose, 
dairy cow appeared. They are a large, 
rugged type of cattle, capable of convert¬ 
ing large quantities of pasture grasses 
and farm roughage into milk and beef at 
a profit. I find these cattle give as much 
if not more milk than other dairy breeds 
with which I am familiar, and they are 
much cheaper producers. They are sure 
of a place in American dairy history 
such as they have made for themselves in 
England, where they are the chief supply 
of milk and beef on the high-priced land 
of the tenant farmers. 
From England these dual purpose cat¬ 
tle were first introduced to New Eng¬ 
land. where there may be found some of 
the old herds still yielding big results. 
These farmers who stuck to their Short¬ 
horns are today receiving a neat sum for 
surplus stock, and there is a ready de¬ 
mand for bull calves at a fancy price. 
From these herds the Western beef cattle 
resulted and readily adapted themselves 
to extensive grazing and plenty of cheap 
Milicing Shorthorn Wampatuck Caroline. Owned bg Marsh Hill Farm 
depending largely upon Summer pastur¬ 
age for their most ecohomical milk pro¬ 
duction. Within certain districts in South 
Jersey, notably in Burlington. Salem, 
Cumberland and Mercer counties, dairy¬ 
ing is extensively followed, and while the 
land is more expensive it is likewise more 
productive and the major crops, notably 
grain and hay, that are harvested 
throughout this section will equal and in 
many cases surpass the yields of farm 
crops in the corn belt. It would be good 
advice for you to communicate with the 
county agents at Newton. N. J.; Mt. 
Holley, N. J.; Bridgeton, N. ,T.. and Sa¬ 
lem, N. J., asking them for information 
concerning possible dairy farms for sale 
and rental; while if you wish to advertise 
in local papers, the New Jersey Herald 
at Newton, the Burlington Gazette at 
Burlington, Salem Sunbeam at Salem, 
and the Trenton Times at Trenton, and 
the Weekly Nev's at Bridgeton, or the 
Elmer Times at Elmer, N. J., all circulate 
in the dairy districts. The dairy farmer 
in the New England States is coming to 
his own, and rather than rely upon condi¬ 
tions that prevail in any one district, let 
it be understood that the successful dairy 
depends largely upon the industry and in¬ 
telligence of the dairyman, and profits 
will be determined by his system of feed¬ 
ing. and will he limited to his success iu 
selecting useful animals that will pro¬ 
duce milk and reproduce calves. If you 
are in a position to do your own work, 
and if other members of your family can 
be released for such activities, you will 
find perhaps this method of dairying 
largely practiced in Sussex County. It is 
estimated that there is more milk pro¬ 
duced iu Sussex County than obtains in 
any other similar area in this country, 
and it would be worth your while to look 
into the possibilities of this community. 
The season, however, in South Jersey, as 
far as crop production is concerned, is 
much more extended, it being possible to 
get on to the land fully l>0 days earlier 
than is possible in Sussex County, aud 
consequently the yield and harvests are a 
great, deal larger. I would certainly look 
into the districts where dairying is be¬ 
lieved to be the common occupation of the 
farmers rather than isolate myself in 
some far-away district where land might 
be cheaper, and where costs of marketing 
would be greater, and where the demand 
for milk dven from a shipping standpoint 
would establish a less attractive price. 
grains, their milking qualities being neg¬ 
lected. 
With the rise in price of both land and 
feed, also with the present scarcity of 
labor, the Western farmer again looks 
upon the East to supply him with the 
milking Shorthorn so that he may make 
two blades of grass grow where one grew 
before. 
The fact that Shorthorn bulls are re¬ 
peatedly the sires of steers winning over 
other beef breeds, and at the same time 
have numerous record of merit daughters, 
is proof that the milking Shorthorn, dual 
purpose cattle in America are coming to 
the front as they have done in England. 
Massachusetts. everett b. fox. 
Dairy Ration with Pea Silage 
I own eight head of milking cows. I 
raised corn, barley aud oats; can buy 
bran, cottonseed, oilmeal and gluten. 
IIow much of these grains must I buy. 
with the grain of my own, to make a good 
grain ration, and in what proportion 
shall I mix them? My roughage consists 
of mixed hay, clover and Timothy, and a 
large quantity of cornstalks. What is a 
good ration for cows before they freshen? 
Will it pay to buy a gas engine and cut¬ 
ting box to cut up the stalks? I can buy 
pea silage this Winter. What change 
should I make in my grain ration, feeding 
the pea silage once a day? When is the 
best time to feed pea silage, morning, 
noon or night? Is pea silage worth $3 
per ton ? r. a. f. 
New York. 
If you have a generous amount of corn, 
barley and oats, it would not be necessary 
for you to purchase any additional con¬ 
centrates other than cottonseed meal or 
linseed meal to balance this ration. Where 
oats are included in the ration it is not 
necessary to add very much, if any, wheat 
bran, although with dry cows there is an 
advantage iu including 5 per cent or 10 
per cent of bran in the ration towards the 
end of the gestation period. With clover 
hay and cornstalks for roughage, and 
provided pea silage is fed once a day. a 
useful grain mixture will be as follows: 
200 llis. cornmeal, 200 lbs. ground bar¬ 
ley. 200 lbs. ground oats, 250 lbs. cot¬ 
tonseed meal, 100 lbs. wheat bran. Mix 
these products together and feed a cow 
weighing from 1.000 to 1.200 lbs. one 
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