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

TIE JERSEY cow,
Inc Jersey is an old fashion breed Of
ows, having boen bred for over a centur,
ton one OF the channel islands-ahe Island
os Jersey The name, Alderney has been
fBiVeu them in the United States but wc
}can see no reason for it, or find any author.
Hy Tor the name. When first BROUGHT n
snotico the Jersey is said to have been n
scraggy, eve neckcd, hollow backed bvb
ipped, fat sided" creature, and for n lnnn
.ime very little progress was made in ronnJ'
Hng up her form /; but man being procrcs.
'sive Creature has a way of COMBINING tho
peaut!tut with the useful, and by iudicious
-; sotections, with close adherence In tho
.sss ii. /; fef.-fcs. las
s,fasbioned a,bcautiful animal out of tho
4 ancient Jersey cow, and now she has "thc
thchd OF iawn, soft eye, an elegant crump
horn, small cars, clean neck and throat
- aiue bones, fue tall" etc. The points
sare too numerous to give here. The. jersey
ms butter COW. This is her strongest and
most important good quality, and there is
no doubt that she will give more butter
erea given quantity of milk than any
Known breed OF cows. Some advocates OF
other breeds claim that the Jersey butter
Bui not Keep as long as the butter from
acthcr breeds of cows, but this is only
motlch, and lacks confirmation however,
eaiiowiug it to be an established fact iteouhts
nothing in my opiuon, for old butter is not
at all q favorite of mine. The Jersey is by
Sno means an inferior milk COW the yield
asof 4ilk is from three to six gallons per day,
and from ono and . half to two galiaps.of.
mix will yield one pound of the richest
3orange colorcd butter. 1t is claimed upon
sgood authority that the milk of an average
Jersey COW will yield 300 pounds of butter
Sin year. While recognizing the charac-
teristic points of excellence of other breeds,
the superior merits Of the Jersey COW as
butter producer, in point of quality and
quantity, stands at the head of the list
and there is an aroma, color, and tex
turo to their butter that cannot be found
in that of any other. The most famous
Z Jersey COW of which have any knowledge
Wis owned by Mr.. Charles o. Ellcms, of Cit.
nate, Mass. Mr.. Ellems has refused
y $4,000 for "Jersey Bell" In ten days
FsStser 90 wing she. made three pounds and
s.Ss swp ounces o. spsR. .-dayrayeragcd
: - week for three months.-
- syeis ma,s, posud Of,
buttcr all through the Summer, and IA De-
ceniber onfS four 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
I would be advisable to buy unre gistercd
stock of a reliable breeder. You will have
to pay more for pedigrecd and fancy colorcd
; stock, and probably not get better animal
Z 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 a good thoroughbred
aSbull to cross on his native cows There
are no. Jerseys in this county that + know
of, but ] have seen: some fine specimens,in in
Fairfield county. z ...s5, Us 4.
Now, Mr.. Editor, will you be kind
q enough to allow me to digress and say that
staked and ridered fence twelve rails high,
while very important, does not make good
7.fcow 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
are obliged to starve. Now is good time
81 to commence preparation for a luccrne patch
& Make pen just large enough for the num-
Der OF cows on hand and when the pen is
0ery rich, move to a new pom adjoining the
old. Keeping this moving up to Septem-
bcr or October, then prepare thoroughly
> and plant lucerne; no crop will pay as well.
Clover will do, but lucerucf will furnish
moro feed than any grass that grows. Re-,
member4to hayes sthe.l fi0fs. enough, pre-,
pared well, and success is almost cerfain.-
RuLANDER, an Chester Reporter.