The Dawson journal., 1883-11-01
Jersey Cattle.
To the Editor of the Bulletin:

"A oodUelIcHO WdS lndue In yOul
paper few days ago that | had
ordered a herd of six or eight
thoroughbred jersey crows, and as
a matter of interest to those who
have fancy for fine stock, you
may publish this article if YOU
consider it worth attention.
A short time ago / CHANGED tc
meet Jersey breeder, and had'a
conversation with him on the sub.
Ject of breeding Jersey cattle, and
as related by him, the business
appeared SO fascinating and with
al SO profitable, L determined to
buy a few cattle and attempt il
myself. Following his advice. and
that given by other experienced
and competent breeders with whom
l consulted, to start right, l deter
mined to buy the best cattle to be
had, as the foundation of my herd.
This same gentleman told me of a
reliabl and well informed breed
er who would shortly leave for the
Island OF Jersey, to buy number
OF Jersey cattle for his own herd
and for others who might give him
orders to fill, and to him I have
given an order for four, not six or
eight as you stated, all calves from
flVe to ten months old. / am told
animals of this age ship a great
deal better than older ones. and
their is less loss in getting them
acclimated. Ny animals are to be
registered in the Jersey Island
Herd Register" and this registra-
ton will entitle them to entry in
the Herd Book of the American
Jersey Cattle Club, a privilege
accorded to none but cattle whose
breeding is without blemish. The
purity OF this stock Is SO jealously
guarded that no COW can be regis
tered in the Herd Book of the
American Jersey Cattle Club
whose remotest ancestor is tainted
with alien blood.
The gentleman who will buv for
me expects to leave the Island with
his purity in time to reach Mobile
about the goth of December next,
and place the cattle in quarantine
until the expiration of ninety DAYS
from the day they leave the Island.
This quarantine is unavoidable, it
being required by statute Of the
United States, enacted to prevent
the spread Of contagious diseases
among cattle. L expect to get
mine home by the first of March.
Registered Jerseys of the ages of
those ordered by me are sold by
American breeders at prices rang
ing from $3.50 to $500, according
to breeding, individual merit and
sex; but instances are numerous
where single animals of greater
age, good ancestry and fine per-
sonal qualities, have sold for
thousands of dollars. / am told
that at an auction sale in New
York last March, of yearling Jer-
seys, imported in the fall of 1882,
one hundred head brought over
100000, prices almost incredible
to persons accustomed to regard
$50 fair price for three or four
gallon COW.
The native home of these cattle
is the Island of Jersey, one of the
channel Islands belonging to Great
Britain, and is situated about
twelve miles west of the northern
part of France. It is seven miles
across from south to north, and
twelve miles, from east to west,
and has a population of about
10000; its soil is said to contain
neither limestone, chalk, mari nor
gravel, and its chief exports are
cattle. potatoes and oysters. While
1t is situated little above the 49th
parallel, and this country on the
32d., its climatic conditions are
very similar to ours, the modera-
ton of its climate being produced
by the influence of tie Gulf
stream which sweeps by its shores.
Frost does not occur there often
er than a dozen times in winter
and the summers are long and hot.
The density of population compels
the treatment of their cattle almost
as household pets, and such treat
ment, coupled with in-breeding for
generations, the importation of 9TH
er cattle to the Island being pro-
hibited by law, has produced the
most docile and largest butter
yielding cows in the world, in
which are also combined smallness
and symmetry.
I hope net only to profit by my
investment, but to afford demon
station that stock raising can be
carried on here as successfully as
elsewhere. There are many Jer-
seys in Alabama, scattered from
Mobile county to Calhoun, and
many throughout Georgia, and ]
know no reason why we may not
have them, and find the same gain
and pleasure in raising them al
others do.
JOHN d. RcoUEMoRE.
Eufaula, Ala, Oct. 10, 1883.
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