The Portland daily press., 1882-01-09

with firm faith in the future of the Guern-
sey as the COW that will naturally lead in
diaries where the choicest butter is made,
the writer has embarked in breeding those
cattle only. The grades are large and well
marked, often being deemed pure, so strong
" do the bulls imprint their long inherited
traits, and when bull calves come, they are
easily made large veals, or good beef AMI
mails.
To this faith have the writer's conclusions
been led by personal experiments, COM
menced and carried on without any preJu-
dice or preexisting opinions. As far as
the influence of many friends among breed
ers has been felt, it was not at first at all in
favor of the Guernsey, for little was gener-
ally known of them; the Jersey was deemed
the perfect Channel Island COW, and well
indeed have her worth and beauty rewarded
the enthusiasm of her admirers. A consid-
cradle amount of research into the origin OF
the Channel Islands cattle, does not lead to
any facts showing different sources from
which the Guernsey, Jersey and Attorney
cattle we're derived. They were undoubted-
ly from the same breed, or same commingl-
ing of breeds, but as interchange among
the islands has been restricted, and into
Guernsey prohibited, the modern breeding
has varied in some respects, although all
have been continuously bred for producing
butter.
A very costly and accurate work on do
nestle animals, published in England In
1870 contains an illustration of Jersey
cow and calf owned by named breeder in
Jersey. The COW is yellow, and with the
exception of rather dark head is very like
the present type of Guernsey; while the calf
in every particular is as good an illustration
of a Guernsey as could be now produced.
In connection with this it may be said that
among the early importations into England
aud the United States of Attorneys, as be-
fore the herd book times they were popular
ly called, there were undoubtedly many
Guernsey cattle, as well as Jerseys of the
original large, light colored type that so
commended the breed in the hands of the
early breeders The change since then
seems to have been on the Island of Jersey,
and ii is accounted for in the writer's mind
by the desire on the part of Jersey farmers
to produce animals of "deer-like form and
COLOR to adorn the lawns and paddocks OF
England, where deer were not available,
and they have been richly rewarded by COM
handing market among the men OF means
and taste of all countries.
The sturdy Guernseyman has been evil
IDENTIFY less influenced, and has kept on with
the aim of butter production until his COW
is fairly golden ear, hoof, horns, skin, and
her cream, are rich and yellow, and her
UuIIef l6dus Jue Jersey Ny d icl 80 iiaei SIN ~
price, She is large, stately and composed;
can be bred in America to Short-Horn size
if desired, and can with care in selection
and judicious crossing meet even the Jersey
in the competition for beauty; but above all
she will be the COW in the dairy of luxury;
and grades from Guernsey bulls can be re-
crossed until as beautiful cattle are pro-
duced as any farmer need care to have sur
round him in his broad pastures.
The writer's inquiries for the "best dairy
breed for butter'' were sincere and long-con-
tinued, and at last in the Guernsey he has
found more than was expected, and all
dairyman should need. His original smbi-
ton on butter was to average thirty cents
per pound, but the Jerseys gave it lift
much above that, aud now the Guernsey
carries it to seventy-iye cents, and each
COW makes large amount. How much
will be announced later, when the animals
are fully accimated. AS yet it is not
deemed prudent or desirable to feed heavily
animals imported to bring us new stock,
their breeding being so manifestly impor-
tant.-Corr. Country Gentleman.