The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-05-31

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3 cows, having boon bred for over century
fon one of the channel islands--she Island
yof Jersey. The name, .Alderney has been
fkfven them in the United States, but we
Scan see 10 reason for il, or find any author
tlty for the name. gWhcn first brought to
tnotico the Jersey is said to have been
'scraggy, eve necked, hollow backed, high
hipped, Hat sided" creature, and for a long
Eime very little progress was made in round
Nng upsher fern but man being procres.
Sslvo creature has q way of combining the
beautiful With the useful, and by judicious
= sotections, with close adherence to>tha
sas mas
s.fasbioAed albeautiful auimal out of tho
Z ancient Jersey cow, and now she has 'the
shead OF fawn, soft eye, an elegant crump
horn, small cars, clean neck aud throat,
Z s&ne bones, a fine TAIL" etc. The points
farc too numerous to give here. The Jersey
ds butter COW. This is her strongest and
most Important good quality, and .here is
mo doubt that she will give more outer
areA given quantity of milk than any
Known breed OF COWS. Some advocates Of
sothcr breeds claim that the Jersey butter
sHiii not Keep as long as the butter from
4uthcr breeds of cows, but this is only
moticn, and lacks confirmation; however,
$Aiiowiug it to be an established fact, itEounts
( nothing in my opinion, for old butter is not
sat alfa favorite of mine The Jersey is by
Sno means an inferior milk COW ; the yield
,lSof milk is from three to six gallons per day,
and from ono and q half to two gaAops.Of.
mlk will yield one pound of the richest
5orange colored butter. 1t is claimed upon
Fgood authority that the milk of an average
Jersey COW will yield 300 pounds of butter
Gin year. While recognizing the charac-
{ teristic points Of excellence of other breeds,
athe superior merits of the Jersey COW as
butter producer, in point of quality and
quantity, stands ut the head of the list
and there is an aroma, color, and tex
q turo to their butter that cannot be found
in that of any other. The most famous
a Jersey COW of which have any knowledge
Wis owned by MIR. Charles o. Ellcms, of Cit
nate, Mass. Mr.. Ellems has refused
y $4,000 for "Jersey Bell" In ten days
pttsr- 2Eipg she. made three pounds and
sWo ounces oT 1nttest''- st''--'rps.> ,daE-.ayeragcd
N week for three mouths.
- IN 4garis of hea MI {lk Z mh hle pound OF,
sbuttcr all through the summer, and ii De-.
ce1iber only f6des quarts were required
Tho Jersey cow is kind and gentle; rather
smaller than the Aycrshirc; of all colors,
but fawn color is tic fancy color. Both
= Ayershires and Jerseys breed various colors
and arc just as pure and thoroughbred as
those of the fancy colors They can also
be pure without being registered, but it
{ would be advisable to buy unregistered
4 stock of reliable breeder. You will have
sS to pay more for pedigrecd and fancy colored
: stock, and probably not get better animal
2 The Jersey is becoming great favorite
and is being rapidly introduced by our
: Southern farmers. 1t will pay any farmer
to pay tho price for good thoroughbred
to cress on his nativ6f COWS Fhere
stare no. Jerseys in this county that T know
of,spltI have seen some fno specimens IN
Fairfield county. u. =
Now, Mr.. Editor, will you be kind
. enough to allow me TO digress and say that
= q staked and ridered fence twelve rails high
while very important, does not make good
COW pasture. From my observation this
high fence is all the recommendation moro
than half of the COW pastures have, and if
! there is no other provision made, some COWS
arc obliged to starve. Now is good time
!, to commence preparation for luccrne patch.
4 Make pen just large enough for the num-
Der of COWS on hand and when the pen is
: Vcfy TtCH, uloVc 'o u he" pun auJoinihS thc
old. Keeping this moving up to Septem.
q Der or October, then prepare thoroughly
= and plant lucerne; no crop will pay as well.
Glover will do, but lucerne will furnish
more feed than any grass that grows. Re-
mcmbersto haye the lot rich: enough. pre-
pared well, and success is almost certain
RULANDER, an Chester Reporter.
Glover is regarded as among the very
best of fertilizers, especially for exhausted
soils, by several correspondents of tho
/ World, as shown from their recent coDtri-
buttons, and here is strong corroboratve
scnteaee by writer in the Vermont Free
man: 81 claim that can take field that
) has become go exhausted in fertility that it
will not produce profitable crop of any