Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-02-04

This is a perfectly reliable statement, based on
accurate records, and made by gentleman of char
aetor who has spared no pains 70 got the best Of
the breed and 70 keep them In the very best manner
from an Intimate personal knowledge Of his herd
do not hedtate 10 endorse his statements In all par
uculars. lie cream In his family without stint
aud has not boon able TO learn from actual trial how
much butter his herd would make in year.
might quote other authorities, but you
are a reading people and can read Of their quail
tiles all through the country.
thought the statements about Jersey cows
we're little strong. But by talking with the
late Charles Kinney, and seeing whit his cows
were doing, and also Horace Putnam L. G.
pitkin aud others, thought would purchase
enough to test them. purchased two cows
and three heiiers with calf, found them as
represented and am satisfied with them
have now n thoroughbred bull and twelve cows
and heileIs, and intend to have my dairy en-
tirely lull bloods and grades, as soon as pos
sihle. They are profitable because they will
give milk longer than any cows | ever owned /;
you can milk them ten or twelve months, then
you will have to dry them OF they will not 90
dry If you milk them. have one that will
calye In six weeks that will make three pounds
of butter week
They come to maturity earlier than other
breeds IL is nothing uncommon for them to
calye at eighteen months old they come in at
two most generally, and are as good as other
breeds at three therefore you save one years
keeping. Notwithstanding objections on the
score OF yiciousuess, have found them all right :
you treat them gently when young, and you
soon have set Of pets around you that you
cannot help Inviting your friends out to see
They are very peaccable; You always lind them
where you put them; they are not rowing
around as The larger breeds are they will hold
their now Of milk when the pastures become
short better than the other breeds that | have
They are generally in thinner flesh, for the
reason that they make more butter than other
cows from the same feed. do not wish 10 be
understood that high feeding does not agree
with them, for am convinced that they will
return much larger profit from high feeding
than frOm0ur ordinary way of feeding. By
high feeding mean TO give your cows the
value Of four quarts OF corn meal in connection
with good hay in the winter. And in the
summer give them good pasturing, and tie
them up night and morning, and give them
meal, or its equivalent in green fOdder-such
as winter rye for July, green oats for August
sOwed corn for September prefer either our
northern or sweet c1rn) and by October would
return TO the four quarts Of meal again that
is, TO let them get what they can, and give
what milk they will
The time has come when our farmers cannot
Afford to carry on the dairy business in the old
way. The dairy is our main hold and we
must look this matter square in the facc, and
not be content with dairy that will make one
hundred and fifty pounds Of butter to a COW in
a season, when others, in some sections, arc
making two or three hundred pounds, and
even more, from q single cow. Where you
hear Of q herd Of Jersey cows, there you hear
of hige prices ndlaTge yields OF butter, Why
is this 7 II Is because they are better adapted
70 attain these results than any other breed
II is for these results that have gone into the
Jersey stock, and from what experience have
had with them, expect TO reach that high
standard described by others. think If the
farmers Of Washington county would wake up
in this matter, and look around. them, and see
what Is being done in this matter OF making
butter which brings high price, they would
see where aud how the high prices are received
--they would find those dairies composed mostly
ofgrades and thoroughbred Jersey cows, Some
may say 1t is only fancy Admitting that II 4.
faney lbut don't think itis) then put a fancy
article upon the market, and you will get q