Quantities of milk, butter, and cheese produced on farms during 1919, and number of dairy cows and yield of milk per cow Quantities of milk, butter, and cheese produced on farms during 1919, and number of dairy cows and yield of milk per cow-Continued Total....... 7, 805, 238, 069 707, 666, 4926, 371, 396 19,675, 297 13, 148 1 Weighted average of entire United States. Dairy Cattle The champion butterfat and milk producers among the various breeds of dairy cattle in the United States, July 1, 1926, were as follows: First importation, 1822. Number in United States: Purebred, 30,000; grade, 400,000. Color White and red or brown, either color predominating. Weight: Calves at birth, 60 to 80 pounds. Mature cows, 850 to 1,250 pounds. Mature bulls, 1,500 to 2,000 pounds. Cows with official yearly records, up to January 1, 1925, 6,368. Average production: Milk, 10,256 pounds. Butterfat, 407.48 pounds. Test, 3.97 per cent. Brown Swiss.-Originated in Switzerland. First importation, 1869, to Massachusetts. Number in United States: Purebred, 8,000; grade. 162,000. Color Dark to light brown, sometimes gray, stripe of gray along back. Weight: Calves at birth, 65 to 90 pounds. Mature cows, 1,100 to 1,500 pounds. Cows with official yearly records, up to January 1. 1926, 476. Average production: Milk, 12,534 pounds. Butterfat, 501.60 pounds. Test, 4.00 per cent. Dutch Belted. Originated in Holland. First importation, probably 1838. Number in United States: Purebred, 150,000. 6,000; grade. Color: Black, with broad white belt around middle. Weight Calves at birth, 60 to 90 pounds. Mature cows, 1,000 to 1,500 pounds. Mature bulls, 1,500 to 2,000 pounds. Average production of cows with official yearly records, up to January 1, 1926: Milk, 10,141 pounds. Butterfat, 384.64 pounds. Test, 3.80 per cent. Guernsey.-Originated in Channel Islands. First importation of registered Guernseys, 1830. Number in United States: Purebred, 80,000; grade, 1,900,000. Color: Fawn and white, with fawn predominating; sometimes red and white. U. S. D. A.-10-1-26 Weight: Calves at birth, 55 to 85 pounds. Mature bulls, 1,200 to 2,200 pounds. Cows with official yearly records, up to January 1, 1926, 20,931. Average production: Milk, 9,615 pounds. Butterfat, 480.1 pounds. Holstein-Friesian.-Originated in northern Holland and northwestern Germany. Formerly two associations in United States, Holstein and Dutch Friesian; combined in 1885 under present name. First importation, 1795. Number in United States: Purebred, 528,000; grade, 10,500,000. Color: Black and white, not blended, but sharply defined. Largest of dairy breeds. Weight: Calves at birth, 70 to 105 pounds. Mature cows, 1,100 to 1,750 pounds. Mature bulls, 1,600 to 2,200 pounds. Cows with official yearly records, up to January 1, h1926, 23,622. Average production: Milk, 15,697 pounds." Test, 3.39 per cent. Jersey. Originated in the Channel Island of Jersey. First importation of Jerseys under that name, 1850. Number in United States Purebred, 232,000; grade, 29,300,000. Color: Some shade of fawn, brown, or cream color, solid or spotted with white. Smallest of the leading dairy breeds. Weight Calves at birth, 40 to 75 pounds. Mature cows, 700 to 1,200 pounds. Mature bulls, 1,200 to 1,800 pounds. Cows with official yearly records, up to January 1, 1925, 22,355. 1 Average, production: Milk, 8,287 pounds. Butterfat, 444.37 pounds. Test, 5.36 per cent. Bull Associations. A cooperative bull association is an organization of farmers formed for the purpose of joint ownership, use, and exchange of three or more high-class purebred bulls. The purchase price and cost of maintenance of the bulls are distributed according to the number of herds or the number of cows owned by the members. The organization tends to establish in a community one breed of cattle and a systematic means of continuous dairy-herd improvement by making the maximum use of prepotent sires. Breeders Associations. The interests of the different breeds of dairy cattle are in charge of organizations of breeders, which determine purity of breeding, verify pedigrees, register eligible, animals, and publish herdbooks. Some of these associations record and publish sales and transfers and attested records of dairy performance; they also establish standards of excellence and carry on general breed-promotion work. The details of the work are usually left to the secretary. The names of the various associations and the addresses of the secretaries are as follows: American Guernsey Cattle Club. Secretary, Karl B. Musser, Peterboro, N. H. American Jersey Cattle Club. Secretary, L. W. Morley, 824 West Twenty-third Street, New York, N. Y. ] 138 |