. Agriculture and the farming business . are the Holstein, or Holstein-Friesian,as they are officially named; the Jersey; the Guernsey; andthe Ayrshire. The Shorthorns are also a favorite class,combining in large degree both dairy and beef kept for one year in various experiment stations ofthe United States Department of Agriculture show the fol-lowing average ratings as milk producers of the first fourof these breeds in the station herds: Pounds Per cent. Pounds Per of milk of fat of fat total solids Holstein 8699 Jersey 5508 Guernsey 5509 Ayrshire 6533 Average 65
. Agriculture and the farming business . are the Holstein, or Holstein-Friesian,as they are officially named; the Jersey; the Guernsey; andthe Ayrshire. The Shorthorns are also a favorite class,combining in large degree both dairy and beef kept for one year in various experiment stations ofthe United States Department of Agriculture show the fol-lowing average ratings as milk producers of the first fourof these breeds in the station herds: Pounds Per cent. Pounds Per of milk of fat of fat total solids Holstein 8699 Jersey 5508 Guernsey 5509 Ayrshire 6533 Average 4^355 300 283 274 252 534 AGRICULTURE AND The Holstcin cattle have been known, as a dairy breedfor more than two thousand years. Some three hundredyears B. C. a people known as the Friesians, coming fromsomewhere on the shores of the Baltic, settled in the RhineValley in Germany, bringing with them their white coatedcattle. Within the next century the Batavians entered this. Banastine Belle do Kol, a cliampiou Iloli>teiu cow vvitli arecord of 1, pounds of butter-fat iu 365 days. same territory bringing with them herds of black combination of these two herds produced the blackand white cattle now known as the were first brought to the United States about themiddle of the last century and have since that time becomeone of the foremost dairy breeds. The Holsteins are notedfor their marvelous milk production, great food and diges-tive capacity and strong constitutions. Their milk, however, THE FARMING BUSINESS 535 is not so rich in butter-fat as that of the Jersey or Holsteins are larger than any of the other dairy point of numbers they come next after the Jersey in theUnited States. The Jersey cattle are famous the world over for theirabundant and rich milk production. They were, in fact, thefirst of the dairy breeds to attract public attention for dairy
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