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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 27, 1915)
;n MaSmka SSSPSBpM immm&sssa TIOMK AND FAItM MAGAZINE SECTION Holstein A Dual Purpose Cow UY 1IAI10LQ McAMSTJ3K, Chluo, Calif. TIIEKI3 is a wldo uiiil over In crenBlng duinand among tbo " farmers In America for u good tirofltaiilo (iiml purpose breed of cat tlo. Tlio price of food lms become bo high tlitit tlio fanner can no longer afford to hoop n cow that given but enough milk to ralso Its calf for beef purposes, for In that caso llio calf lms to show a profit, not only abovo tlio cost of Its own keep but nbovo tlio cost of Its dnin's keep also. If, on tlio oilier hand, Instead of be InG a heavy expense, a cow can pro duco enough milk to properly ralso Its calf and to miow n uubstantlal profit for hutterfat besides, It will bo seen that tlio profits from beet production can bo very greatly In creased. Practical oxporlcuco nnd demon strations by many different Statu Ex periment Stations hnvo proven two facts: Tlrst, that on the nrnblo farm uio uiuu miiujhu uuw is iiioru proui? able than tlio specialized beef type; and, second, that tlio Holstein Is tlio most profitable dual purpose cow. Tlio first faqt Is proven by tlio tests conducted by tlio Michigan Experi ment Stntlon, In which it was shown Unit tlio dual purposo steer nvorageil J 11 27 moro not profit per "head than tho beet typo of steer. In Bulletin No, SGI it Is stated that tho dual purposo or "skim milk fed lot of baby beeves showed ns good a condition of flesh nnd quality ns tho suckled lots nnd wero nearly equal In weight," nnd that "baby boot production by tho skim milk method is much chenpor nnd gives better results than by suck ling methods." Dual Purpose Steer. Tho Iowa Experiment Station slatos in Ilullotln No. 48, after uxtouded experiments, Hint "a system wnorcby dairying nnd merit making may bo combined Is most promising In its prollts. It is not only posslhlo to coinblno these qualities to a profitable degree, but also to perpetuate them, it tho herd is bled especially for thorn. Tho feeding of ran go steers, at present prices, does not permit of securing much profit, In comparison with tho returns that may bo so cured from tho products of a herd bred for tho upeclnl purposo of meet ing conditions of n combination of dairying und hoof making. Not only do stoors from cows bred with this combination In vlow yield ns much profit ns thoso from the range, but roturns from tho cows, whou used for dairy purposos, niuko tho com bination much moro remunerative." As It lina bQon proven by actual tests that It costs $32.32 n year to koop n beef cow sololy to havo a calf, whllo n Holstein cow will earn .$73.33 not profit In tho saTno length of tlmo, a boot steer has to start out In llfo with a handicap of over $105 against him, which tho Holstein steer has to Its credit at birth. In tho past tho dual purposo ques tion has been discussed from tho standpoint of whothor tho Shorthorn or other boot broods nro profltnblo for milk production, with n rosult, generally, to tho discredit of tho dual purposo typo, nnd, on tho other hand, tho fact has boon apparently over looked that tho Holstein Is n most profltnblo brood for beof. According to tho rosults of tho tests reported In tho Michigan Ex periment Stntlon Bulletin No. 257, tho Holstclns mnko much larger dally gains and nt a less cost per pound thnn any of tho leading beet breeds. Nebraska Tebts. Tho Nebraska Experiment Stnllou lias probably made tho most ox haustlvo and conclusivo beef tests that havo over beon mado. Forty eight calves representing tho differ ent breeds wero put through two ox- tended tests. In tbo first test, tlio Holstolns nvoraged $3.68 profit per head, tho Shorthorns $2.07, tho Iloro- rorus $1.01, tno Angus i.3-i, tuo Guernseys 21c, tho Jerseys 63c, and tho Red Polls, 21c, In tho second test, tho Holstolns averaged $4.14 profit per head, tho Shorthorns $3,28, the Angus 80c and the Guernseys 7Cc; the Red Polls lost 97c and tho Jerseys lost $2.14. Tho Holstein stoor No. 10 rondo $10.01 net profit, or more than any other steer In thoso two tests. Tho heaviest Holstein weighed 1082 pounds at the ond of tho test, tho heaviest Horoford 1040 pounds, tho heaviest Shorthorn 1033 pounds, tho heaviest Angus 925 pounds, tho heaviest Guernsoy 950 pounds, tho heaviest Red Poll 920 pounds, and tho heaviest Jersey 920 pounds. That the Ideal beof and milk form may bo found In tho highest degree fat the same breed Is shown by the numerous prizes won by Holstclns nt tho different fat shows. At tho New York Stato Fairs of 1880 and 1890, n Holstein cow won first prlzo ns tho best fat cow of any ago or breed. Hor Uvo weight was 1790 pounds, nnd her percentago of dressed weight when thoroughly cooled was 06. S por cent or 1190 pounds, a percent ago very seldom equaled by ludlvld uuls of the, beef breeds. In lSOC.Tjgnlnst very strong compe tition from tho loading beet breeds, a Holstein cow weighing almost 2000 pounds won first prlzo ns tho bost licet cow of any breed at tho Mln nesotn Stnto Fair. Summarizing tho results of these nnd other tests tho result conclusive ly proves that, contrary to tho gen eral belief, large nnd profitable beet and milk production nro correlated to an uatmilshliiU degree. In tho Hol- stojn brc.cd, ns a rule, tho greater tho milk producing qualities, the lUiro perfect tho work of nsslmlln tlou und. digestion, tho larger and tho moro economical tlio gain of body weight when dry. tho stronger the constitution, nnd tho moro regular tlio breeding, all of wiilcu qualities also tend to mnko beef production moro profitable. A Holstoln steer Inherits from Its dam a capacity for nsslmllntlng a quantity of reed tliat would make tho avcrago boot steer sweat merely to look nt. According to tho Wisconsin Hairy Competition, an avcrago liolstcln cow will con sumo enough feed abovo hor own maintenance to proditco 17G8.1 pounds of milk solids In a year, or ovor thrco times ns much ns au avcr ngo boot steer will gain lu body weight In tho snmo length of time. Holsloiu Mutilations. Whllo a Holstein steer is without doubt tho most economical producer of drossed beof, yot It Is truo that tho profitableness of tunt ureou tor beet is subject to somo iinumiious. Owing to their rolntlvoly heavy body, their limbs nro too light to mnko them as woll fitted for tho range ns somo ether breeds. Tho fact Is that, whllo up to about 18 or 20 months of ngo n Holstoln steer will hnvo ap proximately tho same conformation nnd quality as n beef steer, yet af ter that ngo no begins to partaito moro of tho form of a dairy steer and also to loso some of his former smoothness, so that theao steers are not relatively as profltablo whon sold as two or three-year-olds as when fattoned up to soil aH baby boot. Holstein beof possossds the doslred pnlo rod color and Is very woll marbled, although it does not gon orally havo so much fnt as Is ex hibited by n boot stoer. According to Mich authorities ns Profossor I. P. Roborts nnd othors who havo tostod tho qualities ot both meats, Holstoln beef has n Biiporlor flavor to that of tho Shorthorn. Ono ot tho most Important It not tho chief factor In cnttlo raising Is thnt of prolificacy. In this roapect tho Holstoln cow Is much suporlor to nny ot tho beot broods, as alio Jb oaslor to got Into calf, duo to hor thlnnor condition, caused by hor heavy milking qualltlos, and to the fact that tho breeding qualities of tho Holstein havo not beon Impaired, as tho breed has not boon so highly Inbred, or subjoctod to excosslvo show-ring fitting and other nrtlflcinl conditions, ns havo tho boot broods. Summnrlzlng nil of tho results thorororo, tho fact Is cloarly provon that tho dual purposo breed Is a most lucratlvo typo, and that tho theory thnt heet and milk production can not bo profitably combined In the samo breod is most erroneous and unreliable. mmmammmt&n wmmm. ritKSniKNT WILSON HAlSl "I like the theter. too, ond eipeeUllr cood vaudevllla .how when I amaeeltlni perfect relaxation. If there la a bad act ot S vaiideVlllo enow ou can reat reasonably eoeurethat the next one may not be o K" but from a bad play there 1. no e. 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