The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-11-12
Whole Color Of Jersey Cattle.

There Is no denying the fact that the
breeders of Jersey cattle are very much
! prejudiced in favor of whole-colored
Jerseys, whether fawn. gray, or black;
in the earlier stages of this fancy, quail
ty to was in many cases sacrificed for col
or. But since the whoIe-color has been
thoroughly established, the breeders Of
this favorite variety of cattle in Penn
sylvania. have, by careful selection and
importing go"d whole colored animals,
raised the standard as high as the parti-
colored animals ever stond ANY one
can be easily satisfied of this fact by
visiting the herds of Mr.. Chas. L.
Sharpless, Col. Henry Thomas, or the
small herd of select animals owned Mr..
John Yewdall, all of Philadelphia.
The herd of Mr.. Sharpless runs to
fawn and gray, while that of Mr.. Thomas
is black, and probably the only black
herd in the country. In reference to
one of his heIfers he writes as follows:
81 have black helfer which dropped
her first calf July "a, 1875, being at that
time 26 months old She was put to
the test the third week after calving,
when she gave II quarts o milk daily,
which yielded for the first week 81
pounds of butter; she has since increas-
ed her yield of milk to Is quarts per
day. Can any of your readers beat the
above?"
IL is some time since we visited the
herd of Mr.. Sharpless, but we have no
doubt bnt what he can show equally as
good a record as the above. In reference
to this subject. the editor of the Agri-
cultural Gazette writes as follows:
If the value of Jeasey stock is TO rest
on color, deterioration will surely fol-
low of those useful qualities that are
far more noticeable in the old-fashioned
parti- -colored COW, than that which will
he found among the generality of fine.
high-bred, whole colored fawns, grays,
or foxy, so-called JERSEYS ] have owned
hundreds of acclimated Jersey stock,
and have never, as a rule, found the
whole colored such large producers, as
manv parti-colored ones. In fact, by
far the most butter-prodncing COW I
have ever possessed was not only parti-
colored, but the most ngly and nhgainly
beast of the lot. yet her stock have new
er failed to show their large butter max
ing qualities.
The trne type of Jersey COW is in
fact an animal that will not make meat
do not say that this ia not improved
upon, by acclimatiOn and slight in
PRODUCTION of a harder breed, of which
what are termed Chichester Jerseys are
the best description; neither do ! say
that Jersey breeders in the Island itself,
have not in some instances breed that
shows a disposition to make some flesh,
and very probably NAV then, by follow
ing up the requirements of fashion; yet
maintain that prge Jersey should
throw the bulk of her feeding propert-
les into butter, and but little to flesh.
The parti-colored good COW may not
have bnt white spot, especially under
the belly, but throughout the body The
rich yellow skin, under any colored
hair, will be found. black, white or fawn.
] have seen the commencement of
whole-eolored herd, the property of
noble duke, to obtain which have seen
wealthy and large producing cows sold
off to prevent an animal remaining with
the slightest stain of other than one col
or. have. heard from good authority
that usefulness has been sacrificed for
fashion in this instance, which. if follow
ed up,.a as it rapidly is, have no donbt
that the future rich Jersey will be beef,
not butter, as it was.-[ Fancier's Jour
nal.