The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1883-10-20
AGRICULTURAL,
The Butter Record of a Famous
Cow

hhD SaNhot noCofa VI q AttOh1 /
Cow.
Eurotas, Bomba and Jersey Belle, of
Scituate, have become famous for their
butter records, the yields being so large
as to cause many to suppose that the
limit of butter production had been
reached ; but new competitor has en-
tered the field, and ''Mary Anne of st.
Lamberts," owned by Mr.. V. E. Fuller,
of Hamilton, Ontario, has surpassed all
others in yield.
This wonderful COW, in butter test
made under the auspicies Of the Cana ]
dian Jersey Breeders Association, gave
twenty-four pounds and thirteen ounces |
of butter in seven days, and for three
days of that time she gave thirteen
pounds and four ounces. Being further
tested, without resorting to the forcing
system 1.-THE feed being five quarts of
ground oats, with grass), the yield of
butter was 200 pounds and two and
half ounces in sixty-two days, or at the
rate of three pounds and six ounces
daily. This yield is remarkable on ac-.
count of the length of time in which
she was tested, and as the tests of other
COWS have been for one week only, the
test in this case was not entirely COM
petitive trial. The milk from this COW
is SO rich that four and half quarts of
it make pound of butter, or, by weight,
niIe pounds of milk to every pound of
butter. AS a usual thing, over twenty
pounds Of milk from ordinary cows are
required to make q pound of butter.
Such an animal he's proved herself
llrst-class butter producer, and it is in
teresting to know what she is, from
what strain, and through what channels
have descended to her those qualities so
excellent and remarkable. To state
that she is a Jersey COW is not sufficient,
as there are several families now promi-
nent. 1t is best to classify her as a
''Rioter" COW, since she traces in a
direct line to the Jersey bull Rioter.
Like all the celebrated Jersey cows, she
is somewhat inbred, tracing to Pedlar,
through her sire, Stoke Pogis Sd, in
several directions. Eurotas, another
excellent butter COW, also traces back
in her pedigree to Pedlsr. The dam Of
Mary Anne OF st. Lamberts, though
from good family and closely in bred
did not possess the Alphea blood, al
did Europa, the dam of Eurotas, bu
her sire, Eupper, sired large number
Of noted cows, and her grandsire, Lore
Hangar, was equally as famous. Thes'
> animals, though Lot familiar to many
q are well known to all good breeders o
Jersey COWS.
There is something else to be observes
in relation to this COW in addition to he
famous records, and that is the import
D ance of breeding for the best qualitie
of an animal, instead of for 'points.
9 1t is true that the mark of the escutch
con, the soft velvety skin and the larg
o milk veins are always present in tn
II best cows, but the minor points of colo
d were sacrificed in preference to breed
e ing from the best butter cows, and th
&c result has been that breeders now kno'
Is that they can increase the butter yiel
&c by breeding only for that purpos,
selecting the same family, even If
is compels close in-breeding, the improv
q ment being very rapid under such
At system. .a
Or Although such COWS are perhaps tx
u ~ % 60. "a ,sa.,s-.rs
|, high in price for the ordinary dairyman
q set lesson is taught in the fact that
d one is not familiar with points muc
v can be done in the matter of improve
n ment by judicious selections from ou
10 dairy COWS. An advantage may b
ID gained by starting with good strait
h. but it is well for the dairyman to b
IN come familiar with all that pertains
the breeds, make judicious selection
II observe closely, and although it ma
10 uOJ Do al easy hottol W uOii'o o'i'
= pounds of butter daily from sing
'er COW, yet the results of intelligent effo
10 on his part will not only be satisfacto
,ss but profitable in the end. One of Il
Mo most important objects in good bree
'"t ing is to use thoroughbred bulls onl
,av for the offspring of the best cows M
"a be worthless when sired by an infer
w. animal.-PhiIa. Record.
Nv The Seed Test.
~ Professor W. Caruthers, Consult
Botanist to the Royal Agricultural
" ciety of England, gives in the Nc
7 ane Express, the following pl
for determining the terminating pov
of seeds.
"Let 200, or 100, or 5O-as may
thought best, of the seeds be coun