The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1882-09-09
JERSEY COWS.

The following valuable points of a
good Jersey COW, given by Richard
Goodman, Jr., in the Country Gentle
man, will be read with interest at the
present time when this stock is so very
popular
"a good Jersey cow will sell to-day
for Ssoo where good native will bring
$50. $500, $500, or $1,000 are fire.
qucntly paid for Jersey combining,
With some fancy points or very famous
strain of blood, good butter yield but
leaving out fancy color and noted pedi-
gree a good registered Jersey COW will
to-day bring at least four times the price
of good native. Why is il that COW
very much under the average size of 4
good breeding animal, and with very
few of the milk or meat points which
farmers are wont to admire, has come
TO out-rank the native four or five to one,
and to stand on an equality with any
thoroughbred in the world ? II is be-
cause the Jersey is the most profitable
producer OF the best butter tina, the fol-
lowing claims are to-day admitted by
those who have fairly and thoroughly
Investigated the merits OF this breed
81. The Jersey is a thoroughbred and
possesses as fully as any the thorough
bfed's capacity TO respond to feed be-
yond the amour; required for the daily
repairs of the wastes Of the body, and
will make this extra return in butter Is
surely IS the Shorihorn will make il in
beef or the Ayrshire in milk.
90. The Jersey. being thoroughbred,
can be depended upon to transmit; il in
breeding. in mos; cases, the good quail
ties of one parent in many cases those
OF both parents and very often the be,;
qualities OF remote Is well Is immediate
ancestors.
IS. The Jersey produces the bcs,
butter. The butter globulcs have 4
larger average size in Jersey milk than
in that Of any other breed, and in con
sequence OF this larger globulc the cream
rises quicker, and hence is exposed i
much shorter time 10 the air and injury
from fermentation, odors. and dust, and
requires in deep setting the use OF fewer
tins and less ice and labor The larger
globule has thinner envelope, and con
Sequenily ohurns quicker than the cream
OF other breeds, and is better adapted
20 all varieties OF churns. The larger
size OF the globule gives better texture
or grain 10 Jersey butter than tina, OF
any other breed. The color OF Jersey
butter IS better the year round. and on
all kinds Of food, than iha, OF any other
breed except the Guernsey and though
the Guernsey equals the Jersey in this
respect il falls far behind in tina, more
important element-icx;urc or grain
The butter OF these two breeds has no;
only higher color but a more sprigh,ly
flavor than that OF any other.
a.. The Jersey makes more butter in
proportion to his size and feed having
a small body she has just so much less to
build up in youth and 10 supper, and
repair day by day.
IS. The Jerseys come in a, 20 10
- months, thus making a saving over
most other breeds of 4 year Of food.
handling, and protection.
SO. The Jersey. As a rule, goes dry
a shorter period than any other breed,
twomonths being over the average period
and many produce butter and calves
without drying off.
SO. The Jersey gives more butter in her
milk in proportion 10 the other elements,
thus making in particular, a great saw
ing in the amount OF water TO be MIXED
from the bag, TO be carried TO the milk.
room. and to be- provided with room -
This makes no small saving Of time,
labor, and material in the course Of
year.
'S. The Jersey will stand more corn
and other Winter grain feeding without
getting fat she will pu, the oil into
her bag rather than into the carcass.-
This is point of great importance in
these modern days &C allihe.year round
butter making.
''0. The Jersey will make cream
cheese OF the highest quality in texture,
flavor, solubility, and body. And they
make beef of perfectly good color,
grain, and flavor. They will make, OF
course, but a medium quantity OF beef,
but as the bulls, when well handled, re.
main gentle to i great age, and will al
ways be in demand for use upon natives
as we'll as grade and registered Jersey
cows, come into profit early, and are
long lived, it is seldom that this breed
will find its way to the shambles.
"Io. The Jersey has shown herself as
well fitted to thrive in all climates and
upon all kinds of food as any breed, and
some she surpasses. She has hereditary
thoroughbred tendencies which entitle
her to the favor of scientific breeders
the quality and amount of her butter
yield are placing her in the highest es,i-
nation of buttcr-makers, and the beau
ty Of her points and coloring will al
ways make her unrivaled in English
parks and American lawns.
'Threc-fourths OF the highest priced
butter used in New York and New Eng.
land to-day is made from Jersey cows
IL brings from 30 to So cents per pound
and the demand is greater than the sup
ply"
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