Litchfield enquirer., 1873-07-17
Jersey Cattle.
By Judge Geo. F. Byyo'at, Madison, Wis, before IViscoasin Agricut-
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 By JtdGe Geo. F. Bsyaat, Madison,
 Wis, 6etore IViscoasin Agricut-
 turat Contention.
 In deep bay, on the northwest coast of France, opposite theeentre of England. lie the Channel Islands, little visited by the outside world, few years ago made famous in the world Of literature as the retreat of Victor Hugo, who, from here, sent forth in letters of living light, the warnings and thnnders of his indignant soul Only four ef these island are in- hablted ''Sauk" by one family Alder ney by the Government officers of Eng land Guernsey by fourishing seafaring people, and Jersey by the most complete colony of independent, small, genteel farm CTS in the known world. The political dls- turbances of eight centuries have not de- stroyed the forms of law courts, the 1n- heriting families, the heraldlc records, feudal tenures of possession, of these fol- lowers of King John, and their agricultr- raI language of to-day, is the same old ries ago.
 In olden times, all through the long years of Huguenot persecution, these is- lands were the asylum of the persecuted for opinions sake, and in the latter times, Bonapartists, Orleanists, Republicans, Communists, Liberals, and Radicals, have hailed with joy the harbor of St. Heller, from which they could see fair Frances shores forever distant, yet forever near. v Since the days of seven centuries ago, when Philip Agustus defeated King John and the French wrested Normandy from England, and the Channel Islanders chose to follow. the British crown, sthere has never been war between these two f1a- tions, but q descent has been made by the French upon this but seven-mile-di dis tant isles. But no suns setting has wit messed the French flag on their shore, though many bloody day has been fought between these loyal to Britain and their near neighbors. No taxes are or have ever been levied upon these fortunate people; no Custom House official or Collector of Internal Revenue preys upon the friend less stranger, or the friendly to the manor born. The whole expense of the Govern ment has always been paid by the English crown.
 With mild and genial atmosphere with a soil so fertile that their COWS need but the length of their tether to get food in their rich pastures; within daily steam communication of London and Paris, and as 6 consequence their nearness to the greatest markets of the world; with plen- tiful schools and colleges far cheaper than in England; with no religious controver- sies-is it any wonder their valleys laugh and sing, and that the people flourish in happy contentment.
 From this isle of Jersey-and not from the State of the Camden and Amboy R. R. Co.,, comes this unrivalled breed of cattle. The reason of their being misnamed ''Al- derney" was because the officers of the British army stationed at the fort on the Isle of Alderney first exported some of these deer-like cows to their friends in England. Their importation into England commenced more than century ago. h. deed, long before the independence of these United States, "Alderny' COWS had become famous as producers of cream and butter in England. In 1781, we find mistress of Brambleton Hall, se- verely reprimanding Mr. Lewis, foreman and overseer of the herds on that estate. for giving away Alderney without her 'privity and concurrents, because he be- lieved in fat cattle, and forgetting that AL derney had given four gallons of almost cream per day ever since her calf was sent to market-an early illustration of the unfairness of Short-H Horn breeders when competing with other breeds.
 This Island of Jersey is hardly larger than Staten Island, N. f. Its largest farms consist of not more than from 10 to 20 acres. Every farm has an orchard of apples and pears. They raise no grain except wheat, horned cattle constituting the main stay of their agriculture, the av- craze keep being one animal per acre, an average COW giving II quarts of milk per day, or 9 pounds of butter per week; one- third of their land being planted to roots, one-sixth to wheat, the balance to or chard, pasture, and hay.
 Bred by such a people, cared for by their wives and daughters, for several cen turies with but one aim: to have a tame pet COW that would produce the largest possible amount of rich and highly color ed cream from given amount of food, 1t is no wonder she became famous, and 1t IS her superiority in this that 1 claim spec ialty for the Jersey COW of to-day. It is true that here, as in England, she has come into notice after the Devon and the Short Horn have attained a worldwide here as there, with true John Bull antipathy, they at first were declared worthless, and the officers of this society Gas was informed), laughed out of the premium list entirely for some years this not English bred imposter. But latterly this feeling in England hes changed. Eng fish dairymen, not beef makers, have been induced to try them, and finding they would make more and better butter, have looked to the cash side of the account, and the little Channel Islander for the Queenly Short Horn. So in America, among butter makers, they are fast com ing into repute, and real gilt-edged but ter is made only from the produce of Jer- sey COWS.
 have heard of the butter of no other COWS bringing from 70 cents to $1.20 per pound in the market. Mackey $ Waring of New England, and Sharpless of Phila- delphia, make and sell that kind from their Jersey herds. I have experimented some, and watched the experiments of others, ln butter making from pure Jer- seys and grade Jerseys good deal, and l believe that from given amount of food a pure Jersey COW will make thirty per cent more butter than COW of any other breed; that grade of Jersey, got by Q puTc-UEeu Uull, VIII uldttc ~ per CSu1 1uOEc butter than any other breed. have known grade Jersey COWS, got by high grade Jersey bulls that were failures, but of many grade Jersey heifers, whose sire was pure blood, have never known one single one that was not more than an ex- tra COW.
 There are good many of these grade COWS in this city whose owners would want from S75 to S15O for them, while or dinary good COWS can be bought for from $50 to $50. Gentlemen in cities, who keep but one COW, and small farmers near towns and villages, who keep but two, and who like good rich milk for their tea and coffee, and who believe that the pure article is much better for their little ones than chalk and water, are beginning to appreciate this breed
 A Jersey COW will not give as much milk in her flush as some other breeds, but for ten or eleven months facts show that she excels all others in her produce of cream. The milk of one Jersey mixed with that of three or four 'pale" COWS will give the butter of all a respectable colorlng.
 They have been called a puny, tender breed, but experience proves that when