Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-04-14
Jerseys for Beef, Butter, Cheese and Work

STocKBRIpGE, Vt, April s. 1880.
Mr.. Editor In the farmers meeting at
Bellows Falls, as reported in your paper of
tho Goth instant, Mr.. Richard Goodman of
Lenox, Massachusetts, advocates the Jerseys
for beef. Whoever has eaten of their beef
will heartily agree with him. There is such
delicate mixture of fat and lean in their
flesh, and it is SO rich color that it attracts
the eye of connoisseur at once. Veals,
also, of Jersey cows are altogether superior
to those of any other breed. In every re.
spect as feeders, as beeves and as veals, they
certainly equal any other breed, and in ex-
cellency of flesh surpass any that | have
seen. As workers, all who have driven them
have testified to their quickness, tractability
and capability of endurance, rendering them
equal to the Devons. As to cheese, | may
say without fear of contradiction that their
cheese is as much superior to that from
other breeds of cows as their butter is.
They are an old, if not the oldest, estab-
lshed race of cattle in England, and why
should we not expect that the general law of
thoroughbreds should hold with them
| The objection against them is, first, they are
small But this is met, first, by saying the
cost of keeping then will be proportionaly
small, and more in number can be kept on
the same amount of food so as to make as
much beef and better in quality than can be
made from the Shorthorns and second,
their size depends greatly on the manner of
their feed from the first, and on special
strains of blood. Two years ago X. G..
| Newton of Rochester killed half-blood
Jersey COW, five years old, that dressed over
nine hundred pounds. There are Others in
that neighborhood that would easily dress
from five hundred to six hundred pounds,
and this is large enough. Some say they
are wild and vicious. | have had several
and have had none such, but on the other
hand they were tractable and remarkably
domestic. They seem to be the cattle for
all places and for all purposes, and we may
with pleasure hail their increase. But
notice that one of the speakers at that
meeting thought if other cows were as
well fed they would make as good butter as
the Jerseys. Perhaps that gentleman has
discovered how to make silk purse of old
wool pants. If he has not, his theory is a sur
mise. The secretion of each breed is pecu
liar and Jerseys are not Shorthorns, mol
Shorthorns Jerseys. All the laughing al
the latter and at their owners never will al
ter the quality of their butter nor make il
one whit less delicious and palatable, MOI
bring it one iota nearer the product of Other
cows. Red cows of any breed may make
yellower butter, exceeding good cows may
make more pounds in a season, and many
COWS rightly managed yield the git-edgeC
butter, but it is only Jerseys that yield Jer
/ sey butter and whoever is accustomed t.
eat it will Immediately detect the difference
between the taste of the one and the other
Commission houses may deny it and sent
you an inferior price, but the value is il
} the butter nevertheless, and the commission
r merchant doubtless receives the profit. w
are told to always take special pains to hav
everything clean about the dairy, to skin
the milk as soon as it begins to sour, h
I churn often, ETC., and when all these an,
, other directions are followed, and the nices
q article of butter is put into tubs and fol
y. warded TO commission merchants, word |
not infrequently sent back that the butter i
n injurel, is frOWy, or something is the matter
e aud you get little for it. But you sent a
4 article that would grace the table of tn
! most fastidious, and you knew it was nc
hurt, nor liable to hurt in any REASONABLE
Q time it might be held for sale, You can bu
h feel there is willingness TO defraud yol
y but in most cases it would cost more TO il
vestigate than the butter is worth, and 20
J. take the prudent course. All the hindranct
II to success in Jersey dairying are not yet n
70 moved but persevere. Il. s. HUBBARD.