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The Jersey Cow Nelly.

MI. -. OtldttOH,
county, ILL.,, sends to the Country
Gentleman the following interest,"
ing notes upon this famous jersey
Cow now owned by Col. Charles
F. Mills, Of Springfield. Ill. Mr.
Stratton writes;
At the time OF dispC sing OF my
herd of imported jersey cattle OF a
few months ago, reused to put
any price on Nelly, as she was the
best COW could find on the Island
that l could purchase, and in my
Judgment Better than some they re-
fused to sell. My extended visit
on the island gave me the oppor,
tunity OF examining in person all
the best cattle they had. Nelly
has a record on the island OF sixteen
pounds of butter in seven days,
eighteen ounces TO the pound Jer
sey weight. Since importation,
under mole favorable conditions l
have made a careful test, as L per-
sonally conducted the same. made
affidavit to the result. Nelly calv
ed May y, 1881. The trial was
made from May % TO June 2,
seven days. Her highest yield OF
milk per day was hfiy-one pounds;
the lowest forty-six; the fourteen
milkings weighed 344 pounds, or
AN average of over to'ty'nine
pounds per day, from which was
made twenty one pounds we'll
worked, unsal!ed butter
The COW is solid dark fawn,
black points, fine, neat head and
horns, very rich yellow skin, a
perfectly formed under, large teats,
and a Flanders escutcheOn Of the
first order. Sire Lemon, f. 5.
40; dam Little Browny, ?. S. %.
1t will be seen that Nelly is nearly
related to the famous cow COomassle
and other noted COWS, whose per
tormances prove conclusively that
the defendants Of these COWS may
be depended upon for like Or wen
Letter results, II properly bred.
Nelly has never failed, at the
bands Of competent judges, to re-
ceive the fist and sweep-stake
prices whenever exhibited on the
island or in this country. AT the
Illinois State Fair in 1879, where
the best Jersey herds in the United
States we've strongly represented,
Nelly was awarded first prize as
COW, 4 years and over. AID sweep
stakes COW or heifer, any age. in a
ring OF iOrty-tour entries, and a
larger and better class OF Jerseys l
have never seen together on either
side OF the Atlantic. The table OF
butter records recently published
proves that as far as the test OF
quality by the yield OF butter is
concerned, Nelly Is the Lest tested
COW imported tom the Island OF
Jersey.
Nelly is due to calve in August.
1882, iiom tie service Of the im-
ported bull Royalist 29O6, whose
Gam. Regina 30, has a record OF
eighteen pounds per week, Jersey
weight, and Regina IL. IA -
pounds in seven days.
The purchaser OF Nelly 6456,
Col. Chss. +. Mills. OF Springfield,
lii. is the owner of the famous
COW Lady Mel IL 1895, whose
monthly record of ninety-three
pounds of butter in thirty one days,
Las not been nearly approached by
any cow on the Island Of Jersey OIL
in America. This addition 10 the
Elmwood Lerd OF Jerseys gives
Col. Mills one-third Of ali tie Jer-
sey COWS OF unquestiOned purity
OF breeding that bave published and
well-establshed records as having
produced over twenty pounds OF
butter in seven days.
The pedigIee mania. fancy points
nd other aesthetic notions IN Jer>
sey breeding are cnly incidental
considerations with the practical
Needer, who has long since earn
ed that tie butter standard Is the
only test q The value Of this breed
Of cattle.