The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-12-13
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Jersey Cows-Don't Get Cheated.

Jersey tOWS-bOu't uCt
AS there is now let up in our long
dry spell aud it is raining beautifully, l
have the heart aud leisure to comply
with nv promise and give you my ideas
of Jersey cattle. They have been bred
for wears for their milking qualities alone
and excel so far ali other breed. accord.
ing to the tests both in the quantity and
quality of their butter They are kind,
gentle, docile and aiiectiouate in their
dispositions and very pretty little things
most excellent for the butter dairy and
for family cows. 1t is not the quantity
but the quality Of their milk which gives
them their distinction. The males are
generally spteful, cross and vicinns
which is strange when the females are SO
gentle and kind. The calves are very
tender and delicate and require good care
and attention. As n breed they are
small.boned, ight.feshcd cattle, which
are hard to fatten They take on flesh
very slowly aud arc therefore untitled
for beef cattle, if there was any OF them
after you get them fat |! is perfectly
understood among beef raisers that heavy
ilcshcd animals lay on fat more readily
than light, and .he flesh is generally
more tender and juicy. Therefore ~
there are but few such animals as AL
nhen. panyey. Nalne The 2nd and Mary
Ann of St. Lamberts, this breed is not
the one for the general purses OF the
country. 1t takes Il great deal Of picking
to get first class cow Of the Jersey as
well rs all other breeds, and unless you
get q good butter COW, you have the next
thing to nothing. Her calves are too
small for vcal5 aud too poor Tor any mar,
L., ,.ilI,. Va ShDrn The
negroes might sell quarter on Il biscuit
for snack The grown cattle are too
small for oxen of which 80 many are
used in the South, and her own carcass
is worth but little for the shamblcs. No
breed of cattle has had moro care be.
slowed upon them None Of late years
have he'd the benefit OF SO much printers
ink. The COWS that make the enormous
yields Of butter are well prepared for the
test and of course lave all of the bc.t
butter diet they can consume during the
test, land it is seldom you ever get any
clue to the amount of good rich feed they
consume) and when the test is finished
the great yield Of this wonderful COW is
heraldcd over the whole land and not
one word said about all those that on the
common treatment of cows, make moth
ing. We arc thus led to suppose that
the entire breed would do the same
thing or something like it, if their owners
would Just take the trouble to make the
test and let it be known. 1t is only
those families of Jerseys that have been
very strongly in bred in the great butter
strains that you can count OH breeding
your fine cows like themselves, and even
then our great Jersey inancier5 generally
prefer to sec their performance at the
pail before they pny large prices for
them. There is no breed of cattle in my
estimation more valuable Tor any single
speciality than the Jersey, and no breed
in which the uninitiatcd can be moro de-
ceivcd and cheated for the simple reason,
if they do not make thnt, they are Of
very little value for any other purpose.
The good ones are worth more money
than the average farmer has to pny for
them and the bad ones wont yield him
much profit. The breed of cattle which
will suit the farmer best is that one
which will make butter and milk for his
family, oxen for his teams, and good val
liable carcasses Of beef for the hhanbles
when he is done with them. Which Oi
the improved breeds now in the United
States will suit your country best for all
these purposes, time and experience
alone will tell, but, feel sure, it won't
be the Jersey. Still like to so into the
fields aud pet and carcass the kind, nf-
fcctionate, pretty little things aud like
very much to eat their rich yellow,
sweetly favored butter. No one should
buy ? Ieraey wi,hont knowing its actual
performance at the pail if old enough to
milk. If too yourg to milk, know we'll
the performance of its ancestors in their
yield of butter for several generations
back; that it has n good, rich, yellow
hide OH it, good milk veins, and rs many
of the other marks of good mother rs
possible, and he can then get cheated
quite as often rs he likes.
GEO. CIIRISMAN.
Warren Farm, Va, October 1883.