Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-01-18
Jersey Milk.

years held it's position as the best III
he market. A few croakers are yet
20 be found who maintain that 1t has
too strong taste for their pa'ates,
but as a rule it brings from 70 to 5O
per cent. more than any other but
ter; and this notwithstanding the
largely increased supply. The more
Jersey butter there is, the more 1t is
in demand The fine, dry, waxy
texture, the deep golden color and
the lively, aromatic, nutty flavor OF
this butter have given it the front
rank and will keep it there. And 1t
is getting to be generally admitted,
not only that the Jersey produces
butter which brings third more per
pound in the market, but that she |
produces in the course Of the year |
three pounds of this for two pounds |
produced by any other cows. In |
other words, the community is about
ready to admit that the Jersey cow,
as a butter producer, brings her
owner more than twice the income
that any other COW does.
But it is not as butter-producer
that I wish to speak Of her in this ar
ticle, bat as amilk- producer. There
is as wide a field opening for the
Jersey cow and her owner III the di-
rection of milk as of butter There Is
a growing conviction in the commun
ity-villages as well as cities-that
they are paying large prices for misk
and getting thin, watery stuff, The
result is that, III some cases, well-to
do families have their milk direct
from particular farm daily; and
sometimes their farm is half mile
! out of the village and sometimes half
| q hundred miles off from the city
| These families are able and wiling
to pay from S to Is cents a quart
/ daily for milk which they can believe
is from healthy cows and clean quar-
tiers, and which they can see Is rich
and sweet. Many families see that
they had better be particular about
their milk than about their butter
even, and in New York they have
come to consider milk cheap at tif-
teen cents a quart If it IS healthy,
clearly Jersey milk from which they
can get rich whole milk for the chill
dreD, sweet skim milk for cooking,
and delicious cream for their coffee
and oatmeal.
There isn't q farmer within two q
three miles Of any village or within
the same distance Of railroad sta
ton. less than so miles Of large
city, who can not double and quad
ripple The price he is now getting fo1
his milk if he will stock up witt
Jerseys, or high grades, and keel
himself and COWS and their stables
| and their food and all Of their sur
roundipgs and belongings clean
: He won't have to spend much none,
on advertising their Jersey blood an'
! his neatness either; Jersey COWS an'
cleanliness will always attract Gus
t mers, and VII always bring pay
ing prices, and will not oyerstock tn
y n market for long time to come.
# So greatly have the value of pur
milk and the luxury of rich milk I'M
pressed themselves upon people tia
r. not only have many wealthy privat
: families arranged for their own Gel
tain supply but associat ons
householders in London and man
Re cities IN Europe, and IN sewers
" cities in this country, have bee
formed for the purpose OF provldlI
an the families of its members with
l pure and rich article. IheI
associations have the advantag
which attaches to all large corp
rate bodies it "enabIes them
give and receive substantial guaral
d. ties for the faithful supply OF sat
~ factory milk. To quote again frc
the interesting prospectus of t
- Lacrel Hill Milk Consumers Assoc
q ton OF w orcester, Mass
q they propose mot only to inspt
z the milk, but TO keep watch over
s conditions, of feed, water, and sto
y which have to do with the furnish
81 of wholesome milk, and which ;
Fl commonly left to chance" This
81 gained effort to improve the n
81 supply viii as certainly IN the 10
"a run benefit the producer as 1t
p Immediately the consumer. AS
81 maintain that the farmer who 6
g good JERSEYS, and takes care OF the
@3 is able to produce the best milk II
n probably, We look upon any mo
81 ment, private or pubic, towards
"a improved milk supply, as certain
81 rebound to the benefit Of the Jer
"a breeders.
e Encouraged by an unlimited
lei mand (at ten cents quartz for
II milk of the clean Jerseys OF Dir. st
. tie Echo Farm company has b
IA formed for the permanent contin
Va ton and enlargement of this V;
"a able route" Mr.. Lawrence, L
e DAYTON, and Mr.. Livingstone, /
e New York, receive ten cents q
"a for the milk of large herds OF Jers
q Mr.. Taylor, al hour from Phlia
5 ~ phia, is selling for seven cents al
: Is farm the milk from his Jersey
!, OF eighty, and finds the buslues
Il satisfactory that he does not cal
= "a sell any Of his COWS, even at
- apiece; and would like to
12.2-- 3 twenty more to day. A gentle
3NT an hour from New York
the New Haven road is Sc
his Jersey milk for fifteen c
:. quart Ill the city, and is enlar
TUX his herd as rapidly as he can
j. K. good cows, and is of the OPT
sam sam that he can afford to pay his