Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-08-06

AFANOUS BUTTER COW.


The most famous living butter COW to-
day is Jersey Belle of Scituate, the
property of C. O. Films, of Scituate,
Mass, dropped.in 1871, and bred by r.
d. Sohier. She is now nine years OLD.
She is beautiful COW OF rich yellow
fawn color shading into darker tint upon
the head, diversified and mapped out
with considerable white. She is above
medium size, weighing $50 pounds when
in her best condition, and really repre-
sents exactly such an animal in appear
ance, as well as characteristics, as may
be, and frequently is, produced by the
direct cross of the Guernsey and Jersey
breeds. One of the best uses, by the
way, TO which inferior or unregistered an,
imals of either Guernsey or Jersey blood
| can be put is to mingle their blood
Cross-breeds develop, with great unlfor-
| mitv, the excellencies of both of the pa
rent breeds. In the case of Jersey
Belle of Scituate," it is question which
probably can never meet with solution
how much of her rare qualities does
she, or does she not, owe to remote
Guernsey cross? Her butter Is OF as
rich color, and very much the texture
and degree of firmness (or rather lack OF
| firmness when compared with average
Jersey butter) as the highest colored
Guernsey product, and this high color
| is held throughout the winter. The Films
COW we have said is day the most fla
nous butter COW living. We mean to in
innate that she holds that position only
until some rival shall be fully attested to
yield more than % pounds 13 ounces OF
butter in a week, or more 705 pounds in
a year. Some COW will surely do this
within a wear OF two, SO that unless this
wonderful COW excels her own record she
will be forced to accept a second or even
| lower place. -1HericaR Agrtculturist.
HETFEIs FROM THE BEST MIXERS.
We think all the best dairymen are
agreed in regard to the profit of raising
their own cows to supply additions to
their herds. Very few have ever selected
valuable herd wholly by purchase. 1t
has been said that if total depravlty can
ever be alleged against farmer, 1t Will
be found in his representation on the sale
Of cows. We have often enumerated the
important points in favor of home-raised
cows and one of the most important is
the opportunity of selecting the heifer
calves from the best mixers, both for
quantity and quality. If the dairyman
gives no heed to this point, he will per-
petuate his worthless COWS with fhls good
ones, and thus never improve his dairy
herd. A large majority of dairymen
have cows in their herds that do not pay
their keeping and as they do not apply
a test to the individual COWS, they con-
tinue not only to keep them, but to breed
from them. This is the most suicidal
policy. Although We strongly recon-
mend dairymen to raise their own cows,
We are far from advising them to perpetu
ate their poor cows. 1t would have been
better policy to give them AWAY to fa
vorite brother-in-law The heifer calves
from only the best COWS should be raised,
and the weeding-out should go on still
further. When these heifers come into
milk, those that do not come up to the
proper standard should be discarded. A
careful test should always be made Of
each COW in the herd, and of each heifer
during her first period of milking. If the
heifer has the appearance of well-form-
ed mixer, and of having had good dam,
it may not be iudicious to pass upon her
during the first milking season, if her
quality is below the standard, for the
next season may develop her satisfactori-
ly.-Lire Stock Journal.