The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-05-03
Ter SEY CATTLE

4 Jersey CATTLE. efsft4
The Jersey cow has been held in high
repute as producer of cream and butter
for over one hundred years.
Cononel ]. S. Couteur of Bellevue, Is
land OF Jersey, writes under date of Sep
TENDER I4th, 1860, to Geo. E. Warning,
NEWPORT, r. I. seThe outline of our breed
is this. In the year 1880 the Jersey cow
was already considered SO good and SO
superior to any then known, that and act
Of our local legislature, (Which for such
ends is quite independent of the British
parliament,) was passed, by which the
importation into Jersey of any cow, heifer
calf, or bull, was prohibited under penalty
of 200 livres with forfeiture of boat and
tacle, besides fine of 50 livres to be i'm
posed on every sailer on board, who did
not inform of the attempt at importation.
Moreover the animal was decreed to be
Immediately slaughtered, and its flesh
given to the poor"
All laws passed since then upon the
subject are equally stringent, no foreign
horned cattle are ever allowed to come to
the Island of Jersey but as butchers meat
Taking into consideration the very strin-
gent laws against importation, the long
period of time they have been bred on
the Island of Jersey, and the high estima-
ton in which they have been held by the
Jersey men, there can be no doubt but
what the breed is perfectly pure, and
that they posses all the fine qualities claim
ed for them.
The Jersey cow is singularly docile,
with the graceful head of a fawn, soft
eye, and crumple horns. The skin is very
thin, of an orange color, the ears small
and thin, and lined with deep orange
tinge.
''The limbs of the Jersey cow are very
developed, her neck graceful and rather
long, body refunded with sufficient angu-
larity to insure milking qualities. The
running we'll forward and well up behind.
Teat squarely placed and of a fine yellow
tint.
The great and increasing demand for
cows of this breed proves the necessity
for regular supply ofrich milk for family
use. For this purpose the Jersey cow is
especially adapted, one that will give dali
ly ten or more quarts of milk at their flush
and not fall much below until within six
weeks of calving.
The superiority of the Jersey COW is
shown inducing the largest amount of
rich and highly colored cream from a
given amount of food.
The Jersey milk separates its cream
more completely than that from any other
breed and for butter is superior. The
cream rises quickly to the surface, and
churns with great facility.
The butter brings better prices than
that from most other breeds, and good
butter is easier sold at high prices than
poor article at low price. An exchange
says of the breed:
'In the English Channel, near the coast
of France, there are three Islands, viz:
| Alderney, Jersey and Guernsey. On these
| islands, for over one thousand years, with
| out admixture of other stock, these cattle
have been bred with the view solely of
developing high quantities in the produc-
ton of milk and butter. So well have the
Channel Islanders succeeded, that in this
direction, these cattle have no superiors in
the world. What the Short-horns are in
the direction of beef, these cattle are in
the production of rich, golden butter,
both as to quality and quantity. Though
bred on all three islands, the cattle go at
present by the name of Jerseys; but the
cattle are essentially one breed. In older
regions, Jersey butter commands very
| high prices. For instance. Mr.. G. S. Sar-
gent markets his in Boston, getting ST IS
per pound throughout the entire year. A
Mr.. Burnett (son of the cocoaine man,
who lives near Boston gets the same price.
Geo. E. Warning, JJr., of Newport, R. L.,
is also a butter maker, but has only been
able to realize 81 per pound, though he
hopes to equal his neighbors in quality
and price before long"