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In a recent dairy article the authoi
gave his method of caring for his herd
of dairy cows, presumably the fancy
herd of a wealthy owner, who was
breeding stock for a pastime and whc
bad plenty of money to hire all the
Aelp necessary to care for his stock lu
i the way cautioned. His method would
keep a mar. several men, if the herd
was a large one, in the stable from
laif past 4 in the morning till 6 or later
at night. It called for grooming and
cleaning three times a day, watering
twice and feeding hay and grain six
times.
While the farmer cannot perhaps
give his cows the attention received by
the herd above mentioned, he can have
a system of caring for his stock and be
regular in carrying it oui, and this is
the main thing, says a writer in the
American Cultivator. Have a time for
doing each part of the work in the
barn, and do it in its time. If it Is nec
essary to be away at any time during
the day and not get back on the exact
time by the watch that a certain thing
should be done, do it in its regular or
der as regards other parts of the work.
If it is the custom to feed before
milking, do it every time, and do not
think that it is just as well sometimes
to milk first and then feed. I think this
the better way, as the cows stand
tiller to be milked if not eating and
reaching for their food, although some
WASHING THE COWS T7DDEBS.
cows will not stand to be milked unless
they are eating. This is merely force
of habit and proves, my idea as to reg
ularity. Regularity is the first and
most essential thing in caring for stock.
As to grooming, it pays to do' a certain
amount of it.
Dairy cows should be groomed each
day. The amount of grooming may de
pend somewhat on the amount of time
the farmer can spare from his other
work, but no farmer can afford to
Wholly neglect it, no matter what his j
otner worK. wnat is worm aoing at ail
Is worth doing well, and it is not car
ing for stock well to neglect to give
them at least a slight brushing.
No great amount of time need be
pent on them. A man who has never
done it will be surprised to see how
quickly he can go over a lot of cows
With card and brush if done each day
or what an improvement it will be to
the stock both in looks and condition.
Two minutes each to a lot of cows
will prove beneficial if the caretaker
Can give them no more. Be regular
about feeding, watering, grooming and
milking, and your stock will look well
even If you have other work to de
mand a good part of your time.
But if one has the stock to require
one man most of the time to care for
them it Is better to have one man do
the work rather than have two or
three do the work up quickly and then
all go at something else. A regular
man In the barn, with perhaps some
help about the milking, is better than
two or three part of the time and then
no one in the barn through the day.
The illustration, from Kimball's
Dairy Parmer, shows the employees of
n larj;e New York dairy farm washing
the cows' udders just before milking.
This and the scientific aeration and
bottling of milk with sterilized uten
sils amid sterilized surroundings are
only parts of the entire process.
Healthy, tuberculin tested cows, sunny,
healthful, dustless, well ventilated,
clean, whitewashed stables, absolute
cleanliness of milkers' clothes and
hands, covered milk pails, proper feed
for the cows and pure water are all
equally Important items. In most of
these fine dairies straw Is considered
as being too dusty for use as bedding;
planer shavings are used instead.
Keeping Dairy Cows Clean.
I have a small herd of light colored
Jerseys, and they are always clean and
free from a thick coat of manure on
their thighs, says a writer In Orange
Judd Farmer. We brush them down
before milking. But the secret of keep
lug a cow clean is in the stall. No cow
should be tied in a stable without a
platform, as it would be impossible to
keep her clean even If she were
clipped. Any farmer can make a plat
form In his stable out of clay or ce
ment. I like a clay platform with a
cement gutter. The platform must Hot l
Just right for the length of the cow.
Keep the platform will littered with
straw. Clean the gutters twice a day,
and cows can be kept nice and clean
Without clipping them.
Give the Calves Sunshine.
Too rich milk should not be fed, and
if found not agreeing with the calf In
Its earliest days reduce the new milk
with warm water and do not feed too
much at one time. Keep the calves In
a bright sunny robm. giving them plen
ty of clean shavings or cut bedding
every day, and do not let their bedding
get damp. Use air slacked lime occa
sionally to sweeten the stable floor and
use land plaster every day. We allow
our calves their freedom in large sun
ny box stalls where they can caper
about to their hearts content H. O.
Daniels In New New England Homestead.
PROFITABLE COWS.
8ome Valuable Points on Building Up a
Dairy Herd.
The dual purpose cow does not exist.
All progressive farming of later days
makes the dividing line all the more
distinct between the beef and dairy
breeds. The farmer has not yet been
found who can produce a herd of cat
tle that shall lead In both dairy and
beef products at the same time. I as
sume that we are aiming to have the
best dairy herds and make as much
money as we can.
First let me insist that every dairy
man shall select the dairy breed that
suits him best, taking into considera
tion, among other things, climate, food
he is prepared to furnish, kind of barn
he has, market for his milk and his
personal taste. Decide and act prompt
ly in the matter.
Get a Good Sire.
Next purchase a pair or trio, and
with them lay the foundation of a pure
bred herd. If expense makes this im
practicable, purchase a registered sire
and get a calf from a cow with good
record of production. Get the best
possible sire of the breed chosen, as he
is half the herd.
The next step in grading up a herd
is to be sure not to inbreed. When
you have heifers old enough to breed,
purchase for them another sire.
When the third, fourth or fifth grade
has been reached, you will have a prof
itable herd, which, while it cannot be
registered, will show splendid results.
Another step do not breed any heif
er until she is nearly or quite two
years old. Breeding heifers too young
Is the leading cause of every ill bovine
flesh is heir to, and the balance may
be charged to inbreeding.
Food and Care.
Food and care bestowed upon a herd
form an Important part in this up
building of the herd. Cruelty and pro
fanity may largely counteract the ef
fect of a proper amount of protein, an
unbalanced temper spoil the result of a
balanced ration, and comfortable quar
ters are needed as much as proper
food.
Poor and unprofitable cows should be
picked out and disposed of, the safest
process being to weigh the milk and
test for butter fat. One thing more
we must look well to the health of the
herd. We can buy healthy cattle and
largely keep them so if we will supply
pure air and sunshine as well as food
and water.
Success In building up a dairy herd
will depend largely upon the love and
interest you put into the work, com
bined with talent, skill and energy.
Rev. E. F. Pember Before Maine Dai
rymen's Association.
DAIRY WISDOM.
Remember there will be no advance
ment, no upgrading, unless you have
secured the best bred, most prepotent
animal at the head of your herd that is
obtainable. Improvement only comes
through the superior qualities of the
males used.
Have a wrench, a screwdriver and a
small hammer just for use around the
separator and other buttermaklng ma
chinery and never use them for any
other purpose.
Just because It's colder and you may
not be able to smell the odors from the
cream separator so plainly, don't Imag
ine that it doesn't need just as careful
cleaning.
Because the cow falls off in milk It
does not always follow that she is sick.
There may be something wrong with
her feed. Look into that. Often it is
the man and not the cow at all.
Do not under any circumstances feed
hay or fodder while milking.
The filthy cow stable makes itself
known in the flavor of the milk.
Manage your cows so you can know
where a shrinkage takes place.
It is not always necessary to buy ex
pensive stock to improve your dairy.
Exposure to storms and cold causes
a shrinkage that cannot be fully re
stored. Expensive barns and stables are not
necessary for the production of sani
tary milk. Common sense, cleanliness
and quick cooling are the three main
points.
Some people salt the cows as they
make good resolutions only occasion
ally. Do it regularly and do It well.
Kimball's Dairy Farmer.
In some cases where cows have been
milking for a long time there is some
difnculty In churning. The addition of
one or two fresh cows in the milking
herd will often overcome the difficulty.
Farm Journal.
The best way to bring cream to the
proper temperature is by putting the
cream can into a pall or tank of very
warm water. Stir gently until the
cream Is of the proper temperature.
Never churn in a cold room. The but
ter will be cheesy if you do. The
churning room should be about the
temperature of the cream.
Salt thoroughly rubbed around on
the Inside of the churn after it has
been rinsed with hot water Is a first
rate thing to make it clean and sweet
Rinse the salt out with water.
Dry cows should be fed so as not to
take on much flesh. Keep them in
model condition, and they will yield
better.
It is only by testing cows that the
dairyman can tell whether, they are
yielding a profit or making a loss. It
Is the only way by which he can with
absolute certainty weed the nonpaying
animals from his herd.
The faculty of appropriation is devel
oped and fixed in the individual cow
by usage and habit No cow is good
enough to yield her owner a large profit
under poor care and ill treatment
Many a cow that is good at chewing
grass and licking up cornmeal and
bran Is poor on the udder business.
CARE OF TftE " UflBlBS.
Huw to Raise One by Hand Treat
ment For Various Ills.
In case yon are compelled to raise a
lamb by band a few suggestions may
prove helpful. If possible, try to get
ewe's milk for the first four or five
I days until the little stomach begins to
do its. work. . Some strong milking ewe
in the flock may spare a little milk for
a few days. It is better to let the lamb
live on short rations than start it off
on cow's milk. When you start cow's
milk, either choose a cow that gives
thin milk or dilute the milk about one
half with water and add about a tea
spoonful of milk sugar to a pint of
milk. Now, be careful not to overfeed
the Iamb during the first two weeks.
I am sure this causes more loss than
anything else. Give the lamb about
half a cupful every hour and keep this
up as far as possible through the night
for the first week.
During the second week increase the
feed and give it every three hours. In
three weeks you may feed it three
times a day. Just as soon as possible
teach the lamb to eat bran and meal
and feed It on these once a day until
one month old and then let it have
what it will eat If you have several
lambs to feed, it will pay you to teach
them to drink from a pan, as nipples
are a nuisance. Keep your bottles and
pans clean and never give the milk
when cold. It is a very difficult thing
to raise lambs by hand and keep them
growing, but some persons seem to be
skilled in this. I have often noticed
that just one person in the family can
raise lambs by hand. I have noted
with interest that it is generally the
one that does not mind taking some
pains with the lambs. Many a dollar
can be saved by saving all the orphan
lambs.
In the sheep shed you should provide
a creep for the Iambs and always keep
some fresh clover hay in the racks
within the creeps and let them have
bran and meal just as they want it.
Use a little salt to make it palatable.
It is wonderful to see how soon they
begin to eat and how much. You want
to work every pound on these lambs
that you can, for a pound of lamb will
bring you about twice as much as the
grain it will require to produce it. You
can turn your grain into money faster
this way than any way I know.
When the Lamb Is III.
Lambs are subject to many troubles,
but there are two which will be met
with so often among thriving, growing
lambs that I must stop to mention
them and tell how to act, for many- a
fine lamb Is lost by not knowing just
what to do.
The first is colic. When you find a
lamb much inflated and showing great
uneasiness, getting up and lying down
frequently, you may be sure It has
colic. The best treatment is to give
an enema of soapsuds and administer
a dose of ginger, one dram, ether one
dram and warm water four ounces.
The second is Impaction of the fourth
stomach. This Is due to the curdling
of the milk In this fourth stomach on
account of overfeeding and is often
visited upon the best Iamb in the flock.
Quick breathing and intense suffering,
accompanied with great languor, are
symptoms. You must act with dis
patch. Administer a good dose of soda bi
carbonate to dissolve this mass of milk
and follow this with a heavy dose of
linseed oil. Professor Arbuckle in
American Sheep Breeder.
A Good Start Necessary,
I know one man who this winter lost
half his breeding ewes and every lamb
didn't raise a single one just be
cause he failed to properly feed and
care for them, says a well known Ohio
breeder. They were allowed to get
very poor at the beginning of winter,
and it was a losing fight all winter
long. A good start is of the greatest
value in wintering sheep. "Well sum
mered is half wintered" is truer of no
other stock.
THE SWINEHERD
Clean pork depends on more than the
packing.
Plenty of pasture is good for the
sow, says Kimball's Dairy Farmer, but
that does not mean that she must rus
tle for a living.
The pigs that have been well fed
from the start are fattening easier
than those that were stunted.
Feed the little fellows in a separate
low trough fenced so they can get to
it; but so the mother cannot
Whatever variety or type of hog is
selected, the early and rapid feeding
method is by far the most economical
and profitable.
Fresh clean water should be given
to the hogs every day to drink; also
a good allowance of roots should be
given them daily.
Every fine day give the brood sows
exercise in the open air. Scatter a lit
tle shelled corn on the ground to en
courage them to move around.
Look out for drafts of icy wind un
der the floors.
Do not attempt to keep a number of
brood sows in the same pen. As they
grow heavy, separate them. Crowding
may cause abortion.
If you are troubled with lice on the
hogs, use kerosene emulsion. Spray
the hogs and spray the pen.
In order to make a success of hog
raising every animal must be atten
tively watched and every small detail
of the business carefully attended to.
Farm Journal.
Mr. W. B. Kerlin of Whiteland, Ind.,
says that the chief reason why sows
will not allow pigs to suck is that
many have sharp teeth and hurt when
sucking and so are driven away. He
says the remedy for this is a simple
one, and that is to break off the sharp
teeth of the pigs and the trouble ends.
RAISING THE
DRAFT HORSE
: Draft horses are raised for the pur
pose of drawing heavy loads. To pro
duce the ideal draft horse we seek to
combine as much bone, muscle, weight
and action as possible with a smooth,
well proportioned conformation. To se
cure this in its perfection there must
be no check in the colt's early gro"-t?i
and development Whether draf. --r
trotter the first year's development is
all important and the draft colt should
be pushed till it is two years old to at
tain its best development.
To begin with, we must have the
right inheritance of the qualities we
hope to produce. The colt must be
bred right But the richest inheritance
of prize winning blood may by neglect
or improper feed and care produce an
ill shapen plug, fit for no special pur-
A PEECHERON CHAMPION.
Iolanthe, champion Percheron mare at
International live stock exposition, 1906.
pose whatever. To attain the develop
ment to which the colt's inheritance
entitles it, it must be kept growing
from the start
The draft colt should not be weaned
until he Is about seven months old,
and by that time he should be eating
so well that -he will not be noticeably
affected by the loss of his dam's milk.
Method Used After Weaning.
It is after the colt is weaned that
many breeders fail in their manage
ment. The mare's milk will usually
keep the colt growing fairly well on
good pasture, and it is usually the sec
ond period after the colt is weaned
that its development is checked by the
breeder's negligence. This is the crit
ical time. During this time it should
have everything that is good for a colt
to eat. Don't try to economize now.
Feed it all the oats, bran and shelled
corn it will consume. If you haven't
oats, make the bran portion liberal.
Feed plenty of bright tame hay, good
green alfalfa preferred, but cut out
the prairie hay for your colts. It is a
worthless ration for a growing colt
and should be avoided if possible.
Prairie grass during the latter end of
the grazing season and prairie hay
during the winter are very productive
of worms in colts. During this period
of the colt's life it is peculiarly liable
to these pests. Before I had tame hay
pastures for late grazing and tame
hay for winter I lost a few colts from
this cause before I understood it. I
soon learned that a teaspoon full of
turpentine per colt scattered over their
feed for a few days was a wise pre
caution. It rid them of intestinal
worms almost immediately. I have
never found any hay for a growing
colt that was equal to alfalfa.
The Second Year.
With careful feed and attention the
first winter the smaller breeds of
horses, like the trotters, will usually
attain to a proper degree of develop
ment without a great deal of extra at
tention thereafter. But I have found
that it pays well to push the develop
ment of my draft colts during the sec
ond year. . It has been my practice to
feed the horse colts and sometimes the
fillies a light ration of grain or pasture
during the second summer. One who
has never tried it will be amazed at
the remarkable development a draft
colt will show in one sumnjpr with a
very small grain ration on good pas
ture. I suppose oats would be recom
mended for this purpose by the au
thorities on feeding, but I have had
very satisfactory results with corn
alone.
The colt or yearling may become un
thrifty with the best of feed and care
unless it is kept free from lice. A ta
blespoonful per colt of sulphur mixed
with its feed and fed alternately once
every other day will quickly rid the
colt of lice. J. W. Robison, Eldorado,
Kan., Before Kansas Draft Horse
Breeders' Association.
Restraining a Horse.
An old horseman gave me his way of
restraining a fractious horse which an
swers the pur
pose in g o o a
shape, says a
writer in Ameri
can Cultivator.
It is a strap from
the foreleg a lit
tle above the
knee to the hal
ter and fastened
with buckles at
each end. The
strap is two feet
long or about right to hold the head
nearly level. The contrivance makes
unruly action very difficult and un
pleasant for the horse, and he finally
learns to behave without its aid.
Before Farrowing Time.
At least two weeks before farrowing
time our sows are given individual
pens in order that they may become
acquainted with their new homes and
thus be quieter and more peaceable
! when the time to farrow arrives, says
a Michigan breeder. We always en
deavor to keep our sows as quiet and
tractable as possible. Then they will
. be less liable to become excited and
j trample and injure pigs.
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! MAINE POULTRY HOUSE.
.; A Structure Which Ii Deservedly
Popular Amoix the Farmers.
In determining the type of fowl
house which is apt to best serve Its
- purpose it is always well to bear in
i mind that without reference to the
climate In which the structure is to be
used, it is desirable that it be insulated,
thereby enabling the owner to control
the ventilation. For that reason the
Maine ty:? of henhouse is apt to be
pre;-..- cle to the right thing. The
i br!ii":isf shown in the illustration is
po; !:r throughout the coldest por
tions of New England and would be
j.ei;i':i !'iy valuable in any portion of
j North America.
It is true that the shingling of the
sides entails an expense to which
many poultrymen do not feel at first
warranted in going, but in the end the
plan is a great money saver, as these
houses, if the shingles are . properly
treated before being applied, are prac
tically indestructible. The side of the
AN ECONOMICAL HENHOUSE.
bouse containing the windows of course
faces the south. There is a ventilator
in the very peak of the building. This
comes down to near the second floor,
in the middle of which there Is an open
ing to the first floor. Thus there is al
waj's abnndance of ventilation with
out the possibility of drafts. The sec
ond floor makes an admirable place in
which to store litter, or it may be used
as a pigeon loft. The floor of the
house proper is of concrete if the build
ing rests on the ground, but if it is
elevated, which is the better plan, it is
of double boards, with tarred felt be
tween them, thus making it absolutely
rat proof, the uses to which such a
structure may be put and the varia
tions upon the general plan herewith
illustrated are almost without number.
Poultry Short Cuts.
"Farmer" Vino;nt in Farm Journal
(Philadelphia) widely says:
When the coml s of the fowls begin
to droop and look pale and limp, better
sort them out anC. get hens with nice,
bright combs.
It is the singing hen that does a
good day's work. Same way with men
folks.
The beef trust is leading us to trust
more and more in hens.
Change the diet of the hens often.
None of us likes to live all the time
on pudding and mjlk, good as they are.
About the surest way to fail is to
crowd too many bens into one pen. It
never paid. It never will.
Kind of hard work to wash eggs,
but they look so m uch better when you
offer them for sale
Keep the doors ciosed at night This
is the time of the year when enemies
of the biddies prowl around.
Use some animal food every day, but
have it good.
Have the feed boxes high enough
from the floor so that you can sweep
under them. Sure to be a lot- of litter
there.
Hens do not like to pick their shells
out of a box half full of straw and
cobs. Keep the shells clean by put
ting the box up where the litter will
not get into it.
Expect to learn something about the
chickens every day.
The Old Time "Pip."
Pip is just one symptom in disease.
It is just a dry tongue. Never try to
remove the dry covering of the tongue.
Better hunt the real trouble and cure
that. A "pippy" tongue is seen in
bronchitis, pneumonia in fart, in all
diseases of the air passages, says a
writer in American Poultry Advocate.
One thing I am sure of that is, that
boiled potato skins never produce trou
ble. I see no reason to think that there
is drying quality enough in these skins
when fed raw to give the looks of
pip.
.
Scurvy In Poultry.
Scurvy Is sonietfiing like eczema,
sorehead or other Use ailments. Some
call it white comb in poultry. It comes
from an ailment of the blood. It is
very difficult to cure. A thorough
treatment with epwom salts, iron and
quinine tonics for a number of months
might remove the ailments. It does
not injure them otherwise, unless the
sore places becom lacerated, and can
ker. When this comes, they should not
be used for food.
A Good Dry 'Mash.
The following ration is a very satis
factory dry maslt: Twenty pounds
wheat bran and ten pounds each corn
meal, middlings, gluten meal, linseed
meal and beef scrip, the whole thor
oughly mixed. Keep this before the
birds all the time in a food hopper.
Also give one or two feeds a day of
corn, wheat and oats, equal parts, fed
in deep litter. Give vegetable food and
green stuff freely.
Embdeu Geese.
Embden geese are of German origin.
The city of Embden was in an early
day the central place for marketing
the geese of the country; hence the
name of this breed. Standard weights;
Gander, twenty povnds; young gander,
eighteen pounds; adult goose, eighteen
pounds; young goose, sixteen pounds.
Plumage color, pure white.
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Handling Beef
Cattle Successfully
One of the most successful live stock
feeders for market purposes in Alien
county, O., is R. E. Morris, says Amer
ican Agriculturist Last fall he secured
from Chicago and Kansas City forty
one head of carefully selected cattle.
Ten head were added to the herd
which wore picked up in the country
in his own section. lie paid on an av
erage $33.32 per head. In selecting cat
tle for fattening he says that he pre
fers steers that are well rounded and
have good general conformity to tha
beef type. He selects with a view to
having the cattle weigh 1,000 pounds
on Oct. 1. If properly selected, he says
that he gets best results with Hero
fords, Shorthorns and Galloways. Ho
does not have any special preference
if the stock cattle come up to his ideal.
The cattle are put in the stable late
in the fall, when the weather becomes
unsettled. He believes in giviug the
steers plenty of hay after they are
taken from grass. He says it pays him
to feed plenty of roughage until after
the holidays. He then begins giving;
tliem a little corn, feeding them very
lightly at first. He gets them in full
feed about Feb. 10. By feeding them
about 100 days it takes about fifty or
sixty bushels of corn per head to fatten
for market. At Elmwood farm he has
a barn 40 by GO feet in which to feed.
There is a lot on the north and east
sides of the barn in which the cattle
are allowed to run except during very
stormy days. He has racks on both,
sides of the barn in which to feed.
From the time he purchases his cat
tle until they are put on the market he
figures on about 200 days. The aver
age weight of the cattl secured in the
fall of 1905 was 800 pounds at the
time they were purchased, Oct. 1. The
average weight when sold at Pittsburg
In May was 1,162 pounds. They were?
sold at $5.30 per 100. As he lets the
cattle run loose in the barnyard, ha
prefers to have them dehorned. Ha
does none of the dehorning himself,
but selects cattle to meet this condi
tion. From the fifty-one head of cat
tle sold last spring he estimates that
he secured about 300 loads of manure,
which he valued at $1 per load. It
was put on meadow land after harvest
with a manure spreader, which, he
says, is one of the best all round Im
plements that the farmer can have.
The fodder is fed from the shock.
In addition to the fifty-one head of
cattle, Mr. Morris wintered 100 head
of hogs. In estimating the number of
animals he wants to follow the cattle
he says he prefers to have about two
head of swine for each steer. The
swine are allowed to run with the cat
tle all winter. Poland-Chinas havo
been found very satisfactory on this
place. The swine are bought about
the time the cattle are brought In. Mr,
Morris likes to have them weigh about
150 pounds each. He usually pays the
market price, which varies slightly
from time to time. The swine get no
special feed other than what they pick
up following the cattle.
Red Polled Cattle.
The first notable importation of Red
Polls to the United States in their mod
ern form was made in the year 1873
by Gilbert F. Taber, and this herd waa
maintained for some years in Putnam
county, N. Y., says Denver Field and
Farm. A number of importations have
BED POLLED BCLL.
since been made, and the state of Ohio
has been the center of active interest
in making these cattle known in this
country. The animals of this breed
are about the same size as Devons, and,
being of the same color and of the
beef form, the resemblance is still
greater. The absence of horns and
the change thus caused in the shape of
the head, which assumes a compara
tively high and sharp poll, with a tuft
of hair upon it are the only noticeable
distinctions. The illustration is that of
the Red Polled bull Abbottsford, owned
by W. S. Hill of Alexandria, S. D.,
and is a very good representation of
the breed.
Give the Hogs C'ean Water.
What the hogs need is clean water,
says a writer in Fanners Advocate. If
there is a stream on your farm, give
them access to it If there is no
stream, construct some sort of bathing
pool for the hogs. A Texas farmer re
cently went so far as to construct a
great basin with a granitoid bottom to
serve as a bathtub for his hogs and de
clares that since then he has not had ft
sick hog on the place. Give your hogs
clean water and keep their pens a
clean as possible, and they will thrive
better and be much more healthy than
under the old plan.
Duroc-Jerseys Are Popular,
Duroc-Jerseys are not as large as
Berkshires or Poland-Chinas, but have
a vigorous constitution, mature early,
are very active and consequently are
good grazing bogs. The meat is more
lean than some of the other breeds,
and the proportionate amount of bone
and offal is somewhat smaller. Durocs
have come to be exceedingly popular
in the corn belt and are used with a
great deal of satisfaction In crossing?
upon the finer boned Poland-China
and also upon Berkshires.