Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-02-11
Jersey Cows.
BY A. j. HOLLISTER.

Read before the Farmers Meeting at q
session of the .State Board Of Agriculture
held ut East Montpelier, Jan 9, 1874.
l have been invite by the committee of
arrangements to furnish a paper on Jersey
stock, and their adaptation to the dairy
interests of Washington county. 1t will
not be my intention at this time to say
much about other breeds, such rs the Dur
hams Devons or Ayrshires. We admit
that for beef the Durhams are superior to
any other breed But the West, with its
cheap corn and never failing supply of
grass, can furnish beef at figures that we
cannot compete with. AS for Devons, they
make nice working cattle, and the cows
show better points for work than for but
ter. OF the Ayrshires | have not much to
say; they are great mixers, but poor but
ter-makers; if | were going to sell milk /
should prefer the Ayrshires. AS for the
native breeds that were brought into this
part of the country at an early day, they
were undoubtedly better stock for butter, but
they have been bred with thoroughbreds.
grades, and scrubs, until they have become
almost extinct, with few exceptions this
much for other breeds will now cOnfine
my remarks to the profits of the dairy,
speaking of Jersey cattle especially. tits
fact that the Jersey can make more and
better butter, and it will bring better
price in market, than that made from any
other breed of COWS, for these reasons :
Tney are hardy, good feeders, and not liza
BILE to the garget They have been bred
for years expressly for butter making.
They give larger proportion of cream
than any other breed, and the butter is of
higher color, and better flavor, and
will stand high temperature before be-
coming soft, and they return a larger per
cent of cream for food given.
l have had some experience in feeding
Jersey COWS with other breeds of COWS
that convinces me that they will return a
larger profit for the feed consumed than
any other b eed.
When I commenced feeding my COWS
last fall with corn fodder, there was no in
crease in the milk of the dairy, excepting
the Jerseys; they increased their quantity
one-third, and kept that as long AS the corn
fodder lasted.
At the present time | am feeding hay
with no grain. My COWS are all dry ex-
cept my Jerseys; they are making from
two to four pounds of butter week.
They are profitable, because they are
hardy and stand the climate better than
the Dufna1nS Oh lue saline leeu lucy are
SO constituted that the feed they consume
returns d larger profit than any other breed
of cows
have made some experiments with my
COWS this winter. / have set one hundred
pounds of milk from Jersey COWS, COM
mencing December 22d, and it produced
nineteen and one fourth pounds of cream,
which made nine pounds of butter.
To show what other people say refer
to a letter in the New York Tribune by
Mr. Beekman:
1t is important to keep the best stock ones means
will allow. Selected native cows ale good, grade
Jerseys better, bat pure Jersey unapproach-
able for making gilt edged y butter The Jersey
is emphatlcally the " coming =" COW for those who
wish cream and butter fit TO set before king )
There is a richness of Color fragrance, delicious
flavor and soiidy about butter from Jerseys which
no other breed can supply.
In connection with the above it may be
of interest to see statement by Col. Geo.
E. Warning in the american Agriculturist
for June, giving the record Of the full herd
of his neighbor, Mr.. Andrew Robson. of
Newport, r. /. Eight herd-Dook Jerseys,
as follows: