St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-03-20

does hut one thing i'll a superlative way.
If one wants to raise working cattle the
DevonS are beautiful to the eve. and
have been trained to the yoke for many
generations. If be wants early maturi-
tv in the beeves the ShOrthOrns have
no rivals. If he desires IA large quantity
of good milk for the nearest village
market the AyrshireS are hard to beat.
BIT if he wants il pet family COW, giving
ii small quantity of very rich milk for
his table. he may safely invest in Il
Jersey COW. 1t is so rich i'll cream that
we should not like to repeat the state
mcmtS of creditable witnesses, who have
MIXED the COWS, poured the milk into
the lactumeter and measured the thick
ness of the cream. and churned and
worked the butter with their own hands.
Five quarts of milk have been known
to make Il pound of butter. Heifers
with their first calves sometimes make
five or six pounds of butter IL week. and
COWS ten OF twelve pounds Il week. I'm
extreme cases. nineteen pounds have
been produced i'll IL week from one
jersey COW. of course in flush feed. and
with a> much meal as she could digest.
1t is not reasonable to expect that Il
COW giving milk SO rich in butter will
give very large quantity. The aver
age of Jersey herds probably does not
exceed to T. quarts per COW daily in
good pasture. The milk is very palata-
bic. and children once accustomed to it
are apt to be disguised with the thinner
fluids furnished by the milkman. The
butter made from il is of the deepest
yellow. very solid and waxv, and of
the richest flavor. 1t is unlike any
other butter that comes to the table
and the initiated would not fail to de
tcct it among Il hundred samples made
from the milk of other breeds. The
cream is so highly colorcd that the milk
of Il single jersey COW in ii herd OF
dozen natives will increase the color of
all the butter made from the dairy
There is Il steadily increasing de
maud toI Jersey butter in the Boston
and Philadelphia markets. where the
article is hest known. In the suburbs
II these cities this breed is very highly
appreciated. and the butter brings from
- cents to - Il pound. 1t * quite the
fashion fnr wealthy families living in
ihe suburbs Il part of the year tn keep
one Or more Jersey COWS. The Jersey
l. valued not only for her milk. but for
her e>thCiIc qualities. She Is very gen
lie. eats from the hand. comes readily
at call. and take kindly to pcttin%. She
i rather Il graceful object upon the
Lawn. and. unlike the deer. requires no
wire fence /" keep her from slrayiug.
Much attention has been paid of late
Years /" the improvement in the form
nm, la. .,,,,l
can now he found in many herds very
attractive /" the eye without ANY loss
OF the Valuable qualities that chaI.lr-
trlI/c the breed. quite ~ good Jerseys
az now raised in this country ~ are
iupuitcd. and We are Inclined to think
that uUr best breeders are even more
cdIc!ul "t pcdigrc,> and of breeding
ion Valuable points than they alc in the
Isle OF ,Il>c}. They can bc bought
quite H. cheap. and with the additional
advantage of = PERSONAL know ledge of
'':c breeder ~ i NouC"rr tnr the aii-
lhcntiritl of the pedigree. In the
northern pants of the country the DER
>cN> arc already aclimaird. and are
found Ia do quite as we'll as in their ma
1--WE island. They are not dainty feed
ell. iul eat readily the vegetable refuse
of Iirc family. and appear to enjoy it
quite - we'll ~ the pasture. To ii"
thcit best. they want abundant feed "t
-o"d quality and comfortable quarters
kept rcL>"nlhlN clean. Imcricdn lq-I
fica}joTjN
AE"Ur IIEN>. +" have hens lay
through the winter. Hogs lard mixed
mp with wheat screening. and fed to
Them once - day. besides their usual
feed. will sci Il hen /" lay immediately
after she has been broken up from set
ting.
The benefit derived hy fowls from
eating charcoal. ia acknowledged. The
method of putin" ii before them l..
however NOT well uudcr>tnud Pound
ed clHrcoal i not III the shape in which
fowls usually find their food and con
~cVu"ntll l. not very cnticing Ia them.
com burned on the cob. and the rctl>,
Which consists almost entirely of the
grains reduced To charcoal. and still re
tanning their perfect shape placed he
t"l" them. l. gIccdily eaten with al
marked Improvement in health. as i
shown 10y the brighter color of their
combs. and their producing Il greater
.NrraS" of eggs than before. HoSton
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