T ill' KK DMOND SP O K F S M AN' PAGE TWO MILKING SHORTHORNS FOR THE NORTHWEST (By PROF. TMOS. SHAW ) T h e r e la now In the q u a r a n tin e at S >ulh Quebec the large -l liu portatm u • to America. Heretofore only s lew individuals of th is c la ss ha v e ever f l o w e d th.i Atlantic f»r th is country. T h e s e c a ttle were purc hase d Ui Eng land by Mr. J. J. IIUI. aud »III be brought to his North Oak» fsrtu uot f a r from St. Paul Mr IIUI l’ » str o n g believer in th e value of the two pu rp o se cow. th at is. the co» ti>i uruk and also for beef, us nail) spoken of uow a s the dual purpose c o » . and of c o » s of t h is d a s » lie r e g a r d s none as s u p e r io r to the mllkiug Shorthorns, c alled lu B ritain the dairy Short hero He believes th at tills ivpe of cow I S one t h a t is a dm irably autted to tho n e e d s of tb e a v e ra g e farm er, and lu t h .s he Is unquestionably right, uot- w ith sta n d in g the tea ching of niauj in o u r e x p e r i m e n t »tations to the con t rary . Many In those s ta tio n s have taught t h a t t h e r e v a s no place for the dual cow ou t h e farm They have said she w a s "a m yth, a delin' on and a s n a r e " The* h a v e i laluied th a t to keep her on t h e fa rm was like "going to hunt p r a ir i e c h ic k e n s with a bull pup." or like "rid in g into b attle ou s heavy d r a u g h t h o rse " T h o se men » e r e bon eat in theli s t a te m e n t s , but they situ ply did n ot k n o » T hey th o u g h t they knew, but they » e r e m is ta k e n Mon- over, t h e y c la im e d t h a t dual r a t t l e could not be bred F o r t»enty-ltve y e a r s som e of those m en have been dtligeuUy p r o p a g a tin g (hat nonsense, and t b e public fu n d s h a r e borue the expense T h e folly of su c h tea ch in g will be a p p a r e n t from th e following lu Eug land t h e r e Is to day an a ssoc iation for p r o m o tin g th e i n te r e s t s of th is breed T h is a s s o c ia tio n ha s now 1X5 mem bers. In HH2 It published t h e record» of milk p r oduc tion from 334 females, of w hich q u ite a p e r c e n ta g e » e r e h e if e r s w ith t h e i r h r s t lac tation pe rlod. T h e a v e r a g e of m ilk production from t h e s e w as b e tw e e n 7.000 and *.000 p o u n d s for th e y e a r Som e went h i g h e r t h a n 13.000 pounds. At Kel- e n s c o tt . la-chlade. G lo u c e s te rsh ire , the ow n e r. R o b e rt Hobbs, h a s kept milk ing S h o r t h o r n s c o n s t a n t l y since l*7x T h e h e r d now n u m b e r s n e arly 20o c ow s In milk. S inc e 1*0* th e a vera ge of all th e s e . Including a large lot of h e ife rs. In milk p r oduc tion h a s been c o n s id e r a b ly m o re t h a n 6.000 pounds e a c h year. T h e cow Duicle 7th. with a one -yea r milk record e n d in g May 31. 1913, g a v e 13.533 pounds, a n d t h e cow Rose 37th 14.277 pounds. Many o t h e r I n s t a n c e s of s i m il a r p r oduc tion may be c ite d Cows of th is breed sta nd d r a t in t h e m ilking t r ia l s of tb e show s m o r e f r e q u e n t ly t h a n th o s e of any MKTK o U i M i n .H VI. R I M K I I I o t h e r breed. Including t b e m ilking Mr a n d Mrs A n d e rso n . Mr a n d Mrs • J A C h a s e a n d Andrew N elson T hey b re ed s. W e a t h e r n b e e r v a t l o n s f o r H eptem W hile t h e p r oduc tion of milk Is t h u s r e p o r t I h e f a ir a success O t t o R u t g e r h a s been h o m e fro m h e r . t a k e n a t t h e R e d m o n d E x p e r t highly s a t is f a c to r y , all th e m ale s not P roject f o r Ihe past m e n t a l w a n te d for beef a r e g row n Into bul t h e Titillalo Farm H ta tlu n by T G Htevena, c o - o p e r a t i v e o b s e r v e r locks. T h e y a r e r e a r e d on skim milk w eek Bill I j iw s o n a n d A A G r e e n m a d e D ale M ai a n d a d j u n c t s d u r i n g t h e m ilk period Min W eather T h e y a r e sold a t th e a ge of e ig h te en a t r i p to A n d e r s o n B r o t h e r s ' saw mill 69 31 Clear to t h i r t y m o n th s . At tw e nty-four a f t e r l u m b e r W e d n e s d a y 64 . 2 7 . . . C loudy m o n th s t h e y usually a v e r a g e n ot less 2. 67 54 C loudy t h a n 1.200 pounds, and sell for 1 1 0 0 4 63 60 IN »M E L I. R I T T E C lo u d y to 2125 e a c h T h e y a r e f a v o r i t e s with 6 61 40 . Pt Cldy • 66 t h e b u t c h e r , a s t h e r e Is leas loss In S e v e r a l f r e i g h t outflta. h a u l i n g o r e . 2 1 . . . . Clear f r o m t h e M ayflow er M ines ab o v e r u t t i n g up t h e c a r c a s s t h a n with but « 76 36 . C l e a r locks r e a r e d on th e dams. T h e r e Is a P r l n e v ll l e . p a sse d t h r o u g h h e r e H u n * 67 46 C lo u d y l a r g e r p r o p o r tio n of lean a n d less un d a y o n t h e way t o t h e r a i l r o a d 9 64 26 Clear G e o r g e H o b b s sp e n t a c o u p le of d e s i r a b l e fa t on t h e hand reare d 10 67 31 Clear d a y s In R e d m o n d and R e nd laat st e e r s . It Is a f a r t t h a t fully *0 per w eek 70 I I . 1 2 . . . C le a r c e n t of t h e milk use d In Britain so 12 41 Clear M ickey ( 'o n i o n o f R e d m o n d sjietit c o m e s from p u r e and g r a d e H h o r tb o m s s e v e r a l d a y s a t P o w ell B u t t e last 13 67 42 Clear and n e a r ly a s high a p e r c e n ta g e of week 14 . 65 23 . . . .C l e a r t h e m e a t. Mr. I’owell. the v e n era b le M rs L in d q u i s t a n d d a u g h t e r have II 71 37 C lear s e c r e t a r y oi t h e S h o r t h o r n assoc iation, a r r i v e d f ro m T a c o m a to be w ith Mr 16 7 6 43 Clear told th e w r i t e r t h a t even m any of the L in d q u l a t a n d t h e tw o boys w h o have 17 . 7 * 46 Pt Cldy b r e e d e r s of S cotch S h o r t h o r n s are a r a n c h h e r e . IX 66 3 1 , . . C lea r Alvin R ig g s b r o u g h t a h u n c h of now m ilk in g t h e i r h e r d s T h in k of the 19 . 7o. 36 Clear a b o u t 50 a te e r s f r o m R e d m o n d Sun p rice s w hich th o s e c a t t l e b rin g At d a y t o fe ed Ihla w i n t e r 20 . 72. 3 2 . , . Pt Cldy T h i s in tin- th e d l s p e r a r l sa le of G a r r e t t T aylor o n ly logical way o f d is p o s in g o f al 21 65 4 X . . . C loudy last y e a r 1*3 fe m a le s of all a g e s sold f a lf a In q u a n t i t i e s a n d It Is c e r t a i n 2 2 ____66 . 3 3 . . . P t Cldy for an a v e r a g e of A *3, 16s. 6d. T he t h a t a n u m b e r o f Pow ell B u l l e f a rm 22 . 67 . 26 . . C l e a r people of A rg e n tin a . South Africa. e r s will a t a r i f e e d in g 24 62 2 6 ___ C l e a r A n u m b e r o f P r l n e v l l l e boya visited New Z ea la n d and A u s tra lia a r e now 26 64 t a ___ • 'It-ar t h e l a k e n e a r t h e H u s t o n p lace Hun buying t h e s e c a t t l e In large n u m b e r s 26 67 3 3 . . . Pt Cldy d a y w ith a p p e t i t e s all fixed for d u c k s a n d y e t t h e wise m en of o u r s t a ti o n s 27. 6* 3 1 . . . . Pt Cldy ■They f o u n d s h o o t i n g m u d - h e n s very c la im t h a t they c a n ’t be bred. 2*. . 6o po o r s p o rt. 42 Pt Cldy Mr. Hill’s S h o r t h o r n Im p o rta tio n 29. . 62 T h e H oroslses s p e n t a very p l e a s 3 3 . . . , C le a r c o n s i s t s of tw enty-night a n im a ls , of a n t a f t e r n o o n w ith Mrs Allen Mil- 30. 61 2* . . . C l e a r which t h r e e a r e males. T h e fem ales c o i o n last W e d n e s d a y . T h e t im e Ustión. in-1 a r e young c ow s from tw o to a l l ye ars w a s p a s s e d w ith s e w i n g a n d m u sic G r e a t e s t In 24 h o u r s . 12 Inch... old. T h e y a r e all now m ilking and F iv e new m e m b e r s Joined I h e c lu b H#ptrtnb«»r 21 J o h n R o h d e ha a sold t h e r e m a in i n g will c alve a gain In due time. Individ N u m b e r of c l e a r days, I* p a r tl y ually th e y ra n k high, having been *0 a c r e s o f his plac e to R. L. Moore c loudy. 7; c lo u d y , 6 of C olum bia. H C c h o se n with m uch care. T h e y have L ast H u n d a y w h i l e c o m i n g o ut milk r e c o r d s ru n n i n g from 6,000 to fro m P r l n e v l l l e w i t h a f o u r h o rse f e \ r hhortage oi i i i p 10.000 p o u n d s a year. load of s u p p l i e s a n d people for t h e T h e r e Is c e r ta in ly larg e room for r a b b it d r iv e . G e o r g e M orga n h a d a G r a . . for Hlveep In the Mhaolho Wee- t h is c la s s of c a t t le In all t h e North runaw ay A l t h o u g h It w a s very ex- • lu H* it i t g» j r i l i n g fo r a t im e , t h e r e w as no seri w e s t e rn s t a t e s T h is does not m ean o u s d a m a g e done. O n e wheel h o rse t h a t t h e r e Is no place for t h e dairy T h e s h e e p m e n In th e H h a m k o d i s b re ed s. T h e r e Is a wide place also fell a n d w a s s t r i p p e d of Its h a r n e s s a n d left In t h e road. t r i c t a r e fa cing a s e r i o u s p r o b le m ss for t h e d a iry b re ed s, but view ed from ,|„ for ft.,.d for , h<l)r n(M.ha M unz W ll r o z o n m a d e a t r i p to to Whst the s t a n d p o in t of th e p r e s e n t and pros Bend w ith a load of d r e s s e d po rk last w h e n th e y b r i n g t h e m !„ ( r ,1In , h r pe ctlv e d e m a n d for beef t h e r e Is a week. • u m i i ie r r a n g e s In t h e m o u n t a i n s a . m uch l a r g e - place for dual c a t t le R udolph Jo h n so n won t h e tw o TTila In f u t u r e m u s t com e from the l a m b s giv en a t t h e P r l n e v ll l e F a i r t h is s u m m e r a n d fall h a v e b e en c , a r a b l e fa rm , and It m u s t c o m e mainly for t h e best s h e a f of w h e a t e x h ib i t e d c e p t t o n a l ly d r y a n d ( h e r s I . p r s . f l c . l > no g r a s s on t h e h o m e r a n g e s T hey by a sc hool child from dua l c a t t l e t h a t will h e milked. Mr. G o ld e n h a s ju a t finished dig i l T " |ll" ,lty hay for w i n t e r ...... . King a q u a r t e r o f a n a c r e of p o ta to e s he h a d p l a n t e d for h o u s e use T hey F L E A S * N T R ID G E m a d e 57 s a c k s of s a l a b l e p o t a t o e s Tills s h o w s w h a t s p u d s will do h e r e E a r l W o o d s Is h a r v e s t i n g h i s c r o p If p r o p e r l y c a r e d for. o f p o t a t o e s t h i s w e ek J o h n W o lf e r h a s gone to Han A u b r e y a n d L y le F e r r y r e t u r n e d F r a n c i s c o f o r a visit w ith his m o th e r . h o m e H u n d a y a f t e r p a s s i n g a w eek h u n t i n g a n d f is h in g In t h e m o u n t a i n s A d v lre to m i s e r s T a k e c a r e of M rs F r o v o a t a n d Miss B lla d e a u t h e p e n n ie s a n d t h e d o l l a r s will t a k e v i s i te d a t t h e H h e r w o o d h o m e H u n c a r e of y o u r h e i r s a n d t h e i r l a w y e r s day. A. A. 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