Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-04-17
agricultural.
Address
DELIVERED BEFORE TIE WINDSOR COUNTY
JERSEY ST OK ASS CATION, FtB-
EUARY I'm, 1872.
HY CHARLES DANA Of w5oDsrcrs

Farce lies q cluster OF isIets known IS E
Chanucl l-ia,ds Only four Of TIE O. arc -.-
habited, 5 ,rk, Al .e ney, Gue-n-ey q d. .--.
Toe history % these Islands Is D. t.rtsrtc-
from tie tsa4lar character IF thtlr sua Dr.
Iants ard government and the r, EHer.
has originated ono 0f thc most lusIkt.t
classes 81 cattle ~ which we have am rec e3
When William the Conquer1r invaded Eng
and. tie Lords OF these isles fJlI,Hed h.s
banner and uniting their fortunes with ais.
they became dependencies on the Bfl.I-.
crown. Through all the subsequent aug.-
which war and revolution have made. ,5a1
have ever retained the allegiance which fol-
lowed the Norman Conquest
Their 2 lverDment and their sOcia! .l.i.-
TUTORS have, however, been very lt.lc ji-
turhed hy The crown, and they are still .fs
"A colony Of AnglO-NJrmens than Of 4ritis
subjects. IL Is to this peculiar isOlafi 80 ans
comparative .clusion ire N the world arJua.
them. we are largely indebts for t ulrit,
Of that race Of cattle for which they u-.
eeI ebratcd OF the four islands nam. d. Il
Isle o. Jersey is much tire largest Sa-k I'D
but small population. Alderney only &.
limited number, and Guernsey not MANY
more. Jersey, the most easEery Gi th,
group, is 10 the form of paralielOgrs ia ar7
about eleven miles long by ~ broad iet
surface of this island - described as being
intersec'ed by continuation Of valley.
which run rom north to south, gradually
increasing IN width they approach tic
south until in many places they unite a1l
form small bur fertile plains. On the Ear. b.
crn side the coast rises abruptly above f.c
level OF the sea from $50 to 400 feet. np.,.
On the southern SIDE 1t Is nearly level wt'
the waters edge. Here then, in a clilat-
mild and temperate, the heat never exec ".
nor the cold Intense where orchards lr
bending with delicious fru, and the sp-.a--
ing grass Is fresh and ine,-and where t.,
inhabitants largely retsIn their priml-...
cust9r s and aabi.s-is tie home 81 r..
Jerseys THE origin Of these cattle is soa ~
what q =eure. bu5 the more generally DC
cciged OBJ iHi0E is. that they were from + i
mandy, distant about 20 miles 90 the uo-..-
west cIass of France. Col lie C0utour
the Queens Aid de Camp ia Jersey, gr.-
IN letter 10 COL. Nariog the fOlIJwf-
outline 0t their history
=. Ia the year 1879, the jersey COW wr-
considered 50 superior 70 any other ther
known, that an act Of our legislature va-
passed pr3hi1Iting the importation or cow
heilers calf or toll under penalty OF 2HU
Livers (tbout $50 with the forfeiture
boat aud ia .kle, besides 50 Livers to be I'M /
posed on every sailor on board who did uut
inform d tie attempt 1t importation. More /
over, tile animal as to BE- inmmedlatel1 /.
s!aug Uttered and the meat given to the poor. /
e Oar BIZ, ed 80 lie adds, - We believe To D. .
a I.cGL pure bTecd-Ite original miikin (
and outrageous qualities havug been lur-
proved mJte Jh4u three qItTters of a ccu /
t4ry by car-iuily crossing Iu tie line. t.uU-
without much regard 90 beauty OF f.Tu
Lat-r, since tie formation Of our society Il
1881, great attenrioa has been raii to CON
bine beauty Of form with Jutter problem.
habits"
Elr.ier oven than this, according to an
account found in the Herd Book, the Alder
new was held IN high repute in England |
III. moro than Loo years ago, Tabitha
Brambl-, wrote 10 MIS- GurylIin, housekeer-
er at BrambleJie uaIl-'' am astonishta
that Mr. Lewis should give away Alderney
without my prIvity aud cDncurranee. Alder
Dey gave Tour gallons day ever since tho
calf was sent u market At the time %
the formation Of the lc.etv in 1891, alread,
ALLUDED 10, an attempt WAS first made hs
fixed rules To improve the form and Quallt:e-
of the Jersey COW. Two beautiful cows q
the best qualities were select d as models
One was held % be perfect IN her barrel ana
fore quarters-ttc other "a ally 50 In heI
hind quarters From these two. scale On
p ints was laid down 70 be tie rule foI
governing the judge in all clttle shows
the Jersey Agricultural Society The accu-
raey Of this arrangement is proved BY tie
fact that since that time 10 material chang
las been made IN the scale oil points Oiginal
" es,ablis ed From this brief sketch y
will be seen that the Jersey COW laws CLAIM,
TO a long and cIrefully preserved ancestral
line. IL Is bel evei that no other class 0,
cattle can claim 80 high honOrs of this kind.
as none more thoroughly stamp their quail
ties upon those OF other breeds when crossed
with them.
In 1865, one Of the earliest breeders o.
Jerseys IN this country, visited the Channel
Islands and on his return gave the following
descrlp Of the COWs Whose history We are
describing. " The Jersey cow is Of medium
size. Her head Is long and slender, TN
muzzle hGc and usually encircled with a black
band occasionally the nose is Of buff
color when tber' IS a corresponding buff
band around the eye. The horns are usually
short, small az the base, tapering and tippcd
with black. The limbs are slender and
very fine her hips broad and deyoloved, her
neck slender and rather long and the body
IN the best specimens, rOtun1 approximating
to the Short Horn model somewhat, vet with
sufficient angularlty to ensure milking pro
penstIes The abdomen is well developed
giving evidence OF sound nutrition, the ex-
ternal milk veins convoluted and prominent.
the udder broad, running well forward and
behind, teats squarely placed, rather short
than otherwise, and OF q fine yellow tint
The Jerseys are of all shades Of color, from
pale yellow fawn, through all the inter
mediate shades even to red. Others have ar
inter mixture of black and gray, known a.
French gray and that merging into black.
with an amber c0lCTed land along the back
tie muzze always shaded with lighter
color: and individuals are often seen black
end white or pure black unrelieved by an,
other color - On the whole" in the Ian
guPEe OF another, = honely. blood like and
gentle, with a most kindly temper, living to
re Ietted and readily becoming a great
vorte with those who have her about
them whe ther in pasture. paddock OF stable.
The difference IN the appearance and form
Of this ciass of cattle. known under the gen
eTal rame OF Jerseys, IS variously accounted
Tor. According to Col. L. Cuuteur, already
quoted. the Alderneys as such, are few il
humber and having been crossed with the
Jerseys and Gutrnseys have lost all distIn-
guItheo ana hxed type. The Guernsey accord
ing To the authority already mentioned. is Z
larger animal than the Jersey. cuarser il
the cad and heavier in the hone-tbe horn.
are longer and thicker at tie base and MOI
usually crumpled-rhe rump is more ant 10
assume th; PECULIAR drUUp which eeemr
characteristic OF the breed, and there Is .
~ant oil that symmetry and neatness Of furu
VII CD MAJ ks the highly bred jersey. Bu
tsa oahy COW che oaunUt be txc,l!ed Ib,
tkIn IS Il splendid rich. yellow hue, and
tie uddtr aId teats are TINT, d with cbrUme.'
addition to this Col. LeCOuteur says: