SHORTHORN DAIRY HERD.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 775, 26 March 1910, Page 8

SHORTHORN DAIRY HERD.

i'Ayrsliires'wero.:discarded hvfavour.of Shorthorns .in"the 'Sunnyside Mental Hospital dairy herd some two .years :.- : agd.._ -As 'a':large quantity of !milk -.- is j"' .. required for. the' use of the - patients, arid'it : was considered that; Shorthorns ~,:;.' would, bc'-moro'pron'table . ; than.' Ayr-. vi'y it .. ; wis 'hoped;'; that -there would..bo' a, better demand for young '•:■}, ... 'Bulla, among-;dairy farmers,-'im Canter- ;;;,.; ."bury., ;Purchases. of cows.';and. -heifers' <■ ■. ■ wore' made, from such well-known'herds ; of "-milking ?as- Kthoeo'- : bf .V:v-'.--.'Me^srs:-;.C;-;-M.'.-.ThrelkeW;:rkston;''H; „■ Pann'ett,'.' Sprjngston .; '-.W. : Nixon,-. Jut :■ ■'-.':■-linchy; _E.;i, Ruddock,cSouthbridge,.. arid .... others,: arid -a;herd pf' about .40- cows : •.':...:,- and 10' heifers' hasi-been-'gotltogether;- -' .-The; Shorthorn '"bull, Carpet • Princi, ... imported by Mr."James E.:'Davenport,'. ./; .j was. purchased for.mating with'these ■■:'■ colvs,,-and a sonvof"this bull- 'is.: also' • The ,:herd- ;.'. oontains 'a' -lot'of- excellent animals of-a •'.-.'' pronounced dairy 'type,: but; having- been: .-.;;;. obtained : ,from; different sources it is; of •jicourse, -unoven'.at.- present;.- A few>- ■•.:■: .'Ayrshire;: cows on' the -. farm 1 / 1 •'■' : and^sonie. .of-jthoso have' been mated-' .'.:.;.: with tho. Shorthorn-, bull.".;■;.' ':V. •'"?< '■;■':- '/Th° results.of.a.complete-year's millc- ■'/■■■: Jig-of. the Shorthoni- cows aro ; given "-...l)n;tho!."Weekly Press,-"• ah'd arc highly .;.;:, satisfactory. ;.-The-cows all- came '.in' ;'- .Me,,.and missed ''the; : sbring;i'flush, ; '- so j:-'. that the .yields are all the.more:credit- *".'&'•: Thp..following' ..':aro' : -.returns : of . ■■,-• Milk, from;,a■;■ number .of the -cows,--the • ■. -figures-inbrackets denoting.the,number ■: : .-... of months the,cows .were milked:—(lo) :' :;:97221b., (11):85411b'.; 1 (90: 77411b.V - QOV i: 68931b., (9J) 67991b:,-(9». 65311b., in 57181b., ;(8), 57001b. (heifer), - v -'.".StL^ 7 ? lb ;i-< 7 i) 50951b-:'i'.(7) 50521b.; (8) , '48781b.v(10): 43461b.,' (7JV 40911b. (heifer). Ov- (8) ,38031b, ..;Tho whole, of-Vthe" cows' : , mnk;was;riot..tested:for.butter-fat, but. .:■■'-.■'■on€.,cpw-.averaged-6 per cent:,,-and an- ;.; other..s:per cent.:':.' ~-, ' : .