Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-21

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same process may not be diverted from the
production of milk to the equally natural
production Of flesh aud fat.
Theories and speculation are very we'll,
but their Importance lessons when facts are
at hand. Colonel lie Contour, the queens
aid-de-camp in Jersey, declares that the Jer-
seys feed well, fatten readily when dry, max.
ing good quantity of beef Of superior quail
ity, and mentions one old COW put up to fat
ten in October and killed in January, weigh
ing when slaughtered 1880 pounds, making
a gain of 2O5 pounds in SO days on feed of
20 pounds ofhay, 30 pounds Of Ioots Carrots,
sweeds, and mangold wurzels) and little
wheat straw per day. Mr.. Obed VIII ipple,
of Pomfret, has slaughtered considerably,
says he has dressed two-year-old half blood
steers weighing 625 pounds and mentioned a
three-fourths blood COW as making the best
beef he ever ate. Mr.. Chester Lamberton
sold pair Of half-blood steers in July after
they were two years old which dressed over
twelve hundred pounds, and one three fourths
blood which dressed 66S pounds, A. G
Dewey, Esq, one of same age which dressed
over 700 pounds, neither of which had ever
been fed roots or grain. Dana Burbank and
p. H. Strong both MIXED grade cows through
Al ,,,.,r,,. ,,h;ok yyara cattanaI and killal
| think in December. Mr.. Burbank says
his COW fattened readily and made good beef
and had quarter of Mr.. Strong, aud new
er ate better beef. My own experience
which has been confirmed by every breeder
of Jerseys with whom have conversed, is,
that they are good hearty feeders and wher
not in milk ts-1e on fat very readily.
But there are other objections urged which
cannot pass unnoticed. Mr.. Flint says
The common opinion appears To be thai
however desirable they may be fo1 gentle
mans park, they are wholly unsuited to the
wants of practical farmer and few pages
further on enforces the lesson by telling Of
Mr.. Motley's COW, Flora, which he say,
- made 5ll pounds Of butter in year with
out extra keeping, and finally closes by say
lug that =" One or two good Jerseys in here
of Is or 20 ordinary COWS will make great
difference in quality of milk and butter o
the whole establishment, and might perhaps
be profitable for this object if no other.
| think there are in Windsor County d
good many practical farmers who would
think such COW very well suited to thei
general wants, Mr.. Flint's conclusions to tn,
contrary notwithstanding. Haxton says
The Jersey is the dairyman's friend wher
her milk is diluted with that of ten or doz
en- ordinary COWS, Il wonder if water woulC
not do as well,) and his enemy, should he at
tempt to make butter or cheese from her pro
duct alone, as from the excessive richness Of
the milk neither would keep long" and fnal.
! ly that " she is an ornament to the rich man,
lawn, although devoid of those rounded out
lines which constitute the criterion OF anima
beauty" These objections seem to me tC
possess the merit of novelty at least, and
think the idea that the poorer the butter th'
better it keeps will be new to most Of ou
dairymen, while some may be curious t,
know how an object devoid of beauty can b,
an ornament.
To practical man the beauty OF Gov
lies in her possession Of those points which
indicate a good mixer, and good mich COW
very rarely shows those grounded outlines
while giving milk, but she is generally poor
and her bones show in outlines quite Other
than rounded. Ii the value in nutrition 0
200 lbs. Of hay and half bushel of meal il
required to replenish the waste of the system
and make ten pounds of butter in give
time, the COW which makes that amount vii
not make flesh beside II she takes on AesI
she won't make the butter if she make
more butter, or is fed less, she grows poor
Having considered the question in sor
of negative way, the question now comes up
"What is the Jersey COW good for ?" Th
answer in its simplest form is, good for mil
and butter. We claim, land we will try t
state 1t modestly) that as the medium of con
vertng forage into milk and butter, she is a
breed unequalled by any other COW tina
she will give larger per cent of butter, 0
a deeper color, richer flavor and finer grain
from the same food, than any other, and tina
she transmits these traits with great certaint
and in marked degree to her offspring
that she is orderly, docile and quiet, aud wi
finally when dry make as much and bette
beef than any other COW from the same feed
ing,
But it is as butter COW that she stand
pre-eminent. The instance quoted by Nj
Flint Of Mr.. Motley's Flora is a remarkabI
one. Nearly as much so was Mr.. Dayer
ports Kate, which gave 2l quarts of mil
fold fashioned measuFel per day, and NJ
Reeds Europa, which made nearly 10 lbs.
butter per week, These were all importe
COWS, aud Mr., Davenport (since deceased
wrote me that he never knew u poor co
from either Of the three.
Converse aud Flagler of Arlington, Mass
report the product of Lady Milton"
years old, for June, July and August, Q