Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-09-23
AGRICULTURAL.
MATTER PREPARED SPECIALLY FOB
TIE RECORD UEIoN.D
Increased Interest in Jersey stock-Agri,
cultural Journals and their Sur
neutrality-suspicious. Rains

Those who examined the cattle exhibited
at the late State Fair were struck with the
large exhibit of Jersey cattle as compared to
the exhibit of other breeds Of stock and COM
pared to the exhibits of Jerseys in former
years. We are not prepared to state the
number of either breed on exhibition, but we
think there were more than double as many
Jerieys as of any other breed. Only few
years ago the first Jersey made its appear
ance at the State Fair and at that time il
was regarded as curiosity, and was almost
the subiscs of ridiculs. The idea that ami
mails ike those could become popular as
mich COWS was considered impossible. a
great many regarded it as but little, if any,
improvement on tie old Spanish stock Of the
country. The color was similar, and its loose
build and peaked points were quite sug-
gestive of the wild animals that roamed the
plains of the State before the settlement of
the country by Americans. The Jerseys
were smaller than the Spanish cattle,
and to close observer had no other
resemblance except in general ground color.
Within few years they have become the
most popular cattle in the State for the dairy
and for the use, as COVE, of private families.
No one now thinks of buying shorthorn for
family COW, and few use them in the pure
blood for the dairy. The Cross between the
Jerseys and the shorthorns makes good,
bodied, short.leggei cow, of mild disposition
and good mixer. Her hair is fac and soft
and generally of solid colors. She gives rich
milk and good quantity of it, and will give
milk Just as long IS she is well fed and care.
fully handled That is, she gives milk from
the time she comes ia one year till the time
she comes IN the next year. We do not sp-
prove of milking SO long az this, however.
The calves are not large, but they are strong
and hardy and feed well. OF course the
thoroughbred shorthorns are more valuable
for btef cattle, but for the diaries give us the
cross. We have had no experience with the
cross between the Jerseys and the Ayrshires.
We see no reason why they should not make
good mich cows, but they would be too
small for general use, and the qusiity of the
milk would not be as good. Both tbs Dur
ham and the Jersey give rich lsilk, and the
jersey being the older and more thoroughly
fixed breed, transmits its characteristics, H.
GLIDING the richness of the milk, TO the
right in giving encouragement to importers
and breeders of jersey cattle, and We are
satisfied that their continued use il the dairy
will be kept up. In numbers, the stock ex-
hibiEion, so far as horned stock was con.
cerned, was not up to the exhibit
lions of mauy former years, but
we asked prominent Jersey breeder
how it compared with the exhibitions of for
mer years, and received the reply that it was
better than ever before, and for the reason
that there were more Jerseys on exhibition.
The Jerseys are becoming muck more geuer-
ally distributed than any other imported
Thoroughbred stock, for the reason that SO
many are purchased and kept il the towns
and cities for family use, These are generally
well cared for and are bred to bulls of their
own breed, and the calves are all raised and
60 into the hands of neighbors and friends,
to be kept in the same way and for the same
purpose-for family cows. Thus they are
becoming introduced everywhere and are in
creasing rapidly.