Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-04-15
An Excellent Record.

Mrs. NJ. +. Jones, Brockville, Canada, in
Country Gentleman.
I have Jersey COW with one serious
fault, but she is so remarkable, both as
mixer and a stock producer, that l should
like to give a short account of her. Her
fault is, that she sucks herself when fresh
in milk. and SO constantly as to be great
loss and annoyance. But. strange to say,
as the season advances, she sins less frs-
quently and finally discontinues the bad
habit entirely. She has had this trick
since she first calved, and has never grown
better or worse in the habit.
She is a registered COW, solid light fawn,
with black points, wedge shaped body,
large udder and soft mellow skin. In
fact she is beautiful animal, and was
medal at Ottawa. She was dropped Feb
calf, solid fawn, dropped August, 1876 (;
1877; hcifcr calf, solid, born dead, April,
1878; heifer calf, solid, dropped April,
1879 bull calf, solid, dropped March 12,
1880 hcifer calf, solid, dropped January
30, 1881.
This COW, rs you will observe, had her
sixth calf when she lacked just three days
Of being six years old herself. Five of
these were heifers, and with the exception
of the one born dead, all lived, grew up
and did her credit.
During the last year weighed her milk !;
that is. all Of it that she did not drink her.
self From March Is to December Is,
1880, our share of the milk was 4, 1881
pounds. and this included her drying off,
as she gave but 43 pounds moro milk,
then went dry and calved the 3Oth of JAN
uary. may add that it was difficult to
put her dry. She calved March IL. fully
two months before she had q bite of grass.
Then followed the most trying summer
for cattle that VIC have ever experienced
here. and, as We were short, both Of
pasture and green fodder, she was fed
much OF the summer on hay and bran.
Winter set in early; we had snow and
frost i'm October, and the COW calved in
January, just 1Ot months from her pre-
viOus calving. Her year was, therefore,
short and unfavOrable one. Yet, in
spite of this, and in spite of her sucking
herself, she yielded 4, 1884 pounds of milk
in nine months, which included most of
her drying off. and then had her sixth calf
at six years of age. think that under
the circumstances she has done we'll.
Referring to the milk record, find she
was giving % pounds daily, last March, on
day food. In August, in the midst of the
drought, and being due to calve in five
months. l find her giving % pounds daily.
have been foolish enough to part with all
her calves except the last one. Last sum-
mer sole her yearliDg heifer for $500 and
have since regretted it. In the years when
this COW calved upon grass, she gavc, at
her flush, sixteen quarts day as q three
year old and four year.Old. 1 am aware
that many COWS do better in fact, have
larger yielders myself, but think that,
all things considered, she is u good pro-
ducer.
Another Prolific Cow.
There is a very prolific COW at East
Windsor Hill, CT. April 16, 1877, she
gave birth to twins, one male and one
female; March 10, 1873 she gave birth to
trip'ets, two males and one female, making
five calves in eleven months and three
days; July Q, 1879, she gave birth to
twins, both males October z, 1880, she
gave birth to triplets, two males and one
female, making ten calves i'm three years,
five months and twenty-One days. The
calves have all been Of good size,