American farming and stock raising, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments . eesy andbutyraceous matter of 0,210 to 0,469. From these facts we see that the quantity of butteris such as to allow our best milch cows to vie with any other l)reed. Except the accurateexperiments and examinations of Dutch milk by Professor Baumhauers, no others areknown to me. I have intentionally pointed out the quantity of butyraceous milk matter,because, judging from the information derived from abroad, some foreigners doubt this, bywhich they disparage unjustly the quality
American farming and stock raising, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments . eesy andbutyraceous matter of 0,210 to 0,469. From these facts we see that the quantity of butteris such as to allow our best milch cows to vie with any other l)reed. Except the accurateexperiments and examinations of Dutch milk by Professor Baumhauers, no others areknown to me. I have intentionally pointed out the quantity of butyraceous milk matter,because, judging from the information derived from abroad, some foreigners doubt this, bywhich they disparage unjustly the quality of this breed; therefore, I add, that caseine, butter,and sugar of milk are to be found in their milk in as large quantities and of as excellentquahty as in any other milk breed, with the exception of the Alderney, and possibly some ofthe mountain cattle, which they greatly surpass in productiveness. From the above authority, the high estimate placed upon the cattle in their native *Tlie litre is nearly the same as our wine quart, the difference being so slight as not to be worthcousideriug in this CATTLE. 895 county will be seen. In tliis countiy they are highly valued as milk producers, and aremost commonly found in the best grazing sections, such as the Western and some of theMiddle States, to which they are admirably adapted. They are noted more particularly forlarge yields of milk rather than the richness of its quality, although owners of this breedclaim that large quantities of butter can be made iixra it. It is a^so especially adaptedto the manufacture of cheese. HOLSTEINS. THERE has been much discussion among breeders in this country with regard to theuse of the tei-m -Holstein as appHed to the cattle which it is sometimes used torepresent, it being often used in connection with Dutch, which is inappropriate,since the Holstein races, of which there are several, differ in many respects. ProfessorHengerveld, previously quoted, says in this connection: In th
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