Eyton's Herd Book of Hereford Cattle, Volume 71869 |
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Page 435 - Now, it must be admitted, that, however much we have improved the symmetry and feeding-power of stock, we have suffered them to deteriorate in value as breeding animals, by the decrease of their milking capabilities. In proportion as. we adopt a more natural system of management, for the purpose of keeping stock in a healthy and vigorous breeding condition, so shall we reap the indirect benefit of a better supply of milk.
Page 437 - Mr. D. also quotes from a Cornwall correspondent, who says that according to his experience the Herefords are good milkers, and that he is convinced that when the cows are deficient in their yield of milk, " it does not arise from any constitutional defect, but rather from mismanagement in rearing, or a deficiency of the constituents essential to the production of milk in their food. My cow ' Patience,' " he continues, "bred by Mr. JY Cooke, Moreton House, Hereford, has this summer given 14 Ibs....
Page 435 - ... to breed. A dry dietary is very unfavorable for breeding animals, and very much retards successful impregnation. On the other hand, rich, juicy and succulent vegetation, is very generally favorable to breeding. Apart, therefore, from the direct influence of the food given, it is certain that the condition in which it is consumed, materially influences the breeding powers of stock.
Page 435 - ... various forms of scrofula, affections of the lungs and digestive organs, which are too often accompanied or closely followed by a deficiency in the supply and quality of the milk, and finally by weakened and imperfect breeding powers. The free exercise of the body exerts a most important influence upon the functions of life. Muscular growth is almost as dependent upon exercise as it is upon the nutriment from which it is produced. Nature has implanted in all young animals a strong desire for...
Page 437 - In proof that they are good for milk, we let nearly 100 cows to dairy people, and if I buy one of any other breed to fill up the dairy, they always grumble, and would rather have one of our own bred heifers. We let our cows at so much per year, finding land and making the hay.
Page 437 - As regards the hand rearing of calves, Mr. James says: " my system is to let the cows at so much per year to a dairyman, finding him in land and making the hay; the calves being reared by hand with skim milk and linseed tea until three months old, when I take to them and allow a quarter's rent of the cow for the calf at that age, they are then turned into the pasture...
Page 435 - ... especially of the lungs, the animals being unfitted for being turned out to graze in the spring. When shelter is provided, available at the option of the animal, and accompanied by liberal feeding, the healthy condition of the stock in the spring will offer a marked contrast to that of animals which have had too much protection, and have lived in a less pure atmosphere. I consider that much of the delicacy of constitution and predisposition to disease, which is complained of in high-bred stock,...
Page 438 - I send them out full of food, and prefer a rather scanty herbage for a few days, and only allow them to be out for a short period for the first day, increasing the time daily. By this little precautionary measure I escape any sickness arising from overfeeding or disarrangement of the body from too sudden a change of diet. The calves intended for steers should be made so from six to eight weeks...
Page 441 - I anticipate much national benefits from their'general adoption. But their construction must be upon a good principle, ie, they should be lofty and well ventilated, open on the one end to the south-east, so that when the sun shines. the animals may benefit by its genial rays. There are, I know, many who. object to the system, and consider that their use will make the animals delicate and subject to disease; but...
Page 431 - I am fally aware that breeding in and in has been in many instances attended by very marked and successful results, yet, as a rule, I feel it is best to be guarded against, and for this simple reason. I believe that our beautiful race of animals have been greatly improved by the care, skill, and attention which have for generations past been paid to the subject by gentlemen who made it their careful study and fixed their distinctive characters by the adoptionof that consanguinity which I now say...