Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-07

and its secretary, Mr. Geo + Waring.
pretty freely, and below we print It couple
Of extracts. one from the OHIO Farmer and
the other from the PracticaI Et,mer.
1t has been next to impossible to get an
animal registered unless it had clear
pedigree to animals already in the regis
ter. Among other items in getting an i'm
ported animal registered, must be u photo.
graph of the animal and lots of cortifi
Gates, so the matter was one of consider
able difficulty, but we did not know before
the reason of such difficulties being put in
the way, not being in the ring Th, is
what he says of the club;
This club was bnilt mp on the exclusive
principle that seemed best adapted to these
"impoIted animals. Afer these impor-
tatinns had been going On for Il few years
and hid begun to fill the market, as som"
imagined, there were charges, real or
imaginary, whispered around that Fowler
WAS not square in his dealings, that he sub
stituted animals in England, etc. Rules
of entry to the Herd Register were then
encountered with all sorts of absurd con
ditiuns, until it was practically impossible
for Fowler to bring over animals That the
club would enter, and he WAS compelled
tn desert the field. From lhal day o this
the club has been working in Ii tie mar.
row rut that has well nigh destroyed it.
usefulness except to few choice spirits
who cluster round its head center and
draw susenance through the umbilcal
cord that connects it with IL generous pub
lie. What has the club done to in.lncc the
bu ter dnirymen of this country TO intro
duce Jprs Y blood into their herds9 Hay
ing gotten rid Of Fowler, the rules were
sufficiently relaxed to let in imported ami
mails, but has anything practical been nc
comp shpd toward PROVING to the saIi,ftr-
ton of the butter dalrymen Of the country
that the jersey is superior to The native
COW us II Tut er producer? Outside Of IL
certain air of responsibility that is attach.
ell to the club which has acted us II frs e.
cl IS advertisement for Jersey c title, am
unable TO recall single act of the cluh
that could in amy way rebound to the inter-
est of the plain butter dnryman.
And here is where he pays his respects
to their scale Of points"
have SD ken dsrcspectfuly of the Jrr-
sey Cattle Club $ scale of points What
| mean is, that his Gale has no II single
"pnint that APPLIES 10 HE Usefulness Of
aruw. 1t simply IL Temps to make Il
Standard FIR whr at this day, is consider
cd thc points OF b. auly in IL jersey COW
In q her words, Mr.. Warng and his
friends, like The popular mIIInrs of II
city, "set the fashion in II mat ter oI
taste which will cause change in II few
wears, when possibly "Romtn nose >
will take the place of II dlshrd face,
and IL yellow muzze' b preferred 10 Il
"dArk one. vi course, line tails and
the direction the hair grows on IL COW :
hind leg are snuh momrntuus questions
that even the stern DEGREES of fashion can
not change them.
Let IL, pu, this scale Of points to II prnc
teal test. Mr. Jones is running IL bu tel
dairy of native COWS. He RAISES some
hcifels md buys some COWS He wishes
to prctll>e COW. Two are otlore fol
sale. No when tested by the cluh's
ale, mtrks full one hundl ed points. No
,. when tes,el by the clubs scale, draws Il
blank each time. When MIXED, No. :
gives tivr pounds more milk than No !
and also mark three per cent richer milk
by the cream gauge. Has any one doub
HIS 10 which COW this old dalryman woul,
take? Nv lei us shift the scene. Two
cows are registered Jerseys, and No.
has given eighl pounds more milk. an,
marked six per cent richer milk than No
L Has any one Il doub which COW th'
fashionable breeder would tlkk? Let IL
90 further. 1t is IL fact that No. , Ina
made one hundred pounds more butte
than No. /, and yet the breeder wOu
lose money by purchasing No 2 in prefer
ence TO No. |, simply because this scale q
points has cut out real merit, and sunsti
tuted the test hat young ladies apply t
Madam Bagateles bonnets.
We have been compelled to differ irol
many of Mr.. Hardin's methods and not
few of his conclusions. but in this he
undoubtedly correct; and while the sea-
of points may work to the advantage
the seller of stock who has the ftshiunab
strain, there can hardly be II more perm
eious influence to the practical dairyma
who wants II COW for her product, III
profit for the dairy. A year or two sint
we were one of the judges on Jersey Gov
at the New England tair, and when the
were brought out for exhibition we askt
the exhibitors if they had, any of thcr
statements of what the COWS had done
the year, or any portion of it. At this Il
chairman Of the committee, IL Cattle Gil
man, said he did not want any such stat
mrnts, or care for them all lie wanted
know WAS that the cows wore rrgistere
and then Judge them by their points.
remarked that where we cam iro n il W;
a matter Of some Importance. We
Vermont wanted cows for milk, and
make tut er, AMI if the COW had sevt
heals and ten horn, like the beas In Re
ell ,tion, ii she would give more milk III
make more butter than any other co
that COW was the one WE wa, ted.
There can be no idea more misohievo
in It's elects on our dairy interests tn
the one persistently put forward by Sor
fashionable hee irls, of solid coluls,
black points an bla k ungue, or lav
and white. All these are OF no more il
po,tance or in any way indicative of t
value OF your COW, We mean the inlrin'
dairy value, than the color OF your coat
indicative OF its warmth.
The jersey COWS are vlIu .bo us but
makers; that is what they are bred f
and they are valuable for that because
nearly or quite two hundred years III
have been bred for that purpose and
thai end alone. 10 substitute for that Z
another ana an entirely different one,
which one Is to strive, is all well enoug
il one wishes speckled cattle, as JAG
did, or any other fancy OF color, but it "
run lh, breed Tor tie excellence which
made il famous So when you h.
breeders talking gusningly Of black POI
and solid colors, etc, az valuable mar
THINK Of The Irlshmln who WAS maxi
his pig think he was driving him to Dl