The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-01-18
JERSEY CATTLE.
boston Enterprise and Southern C,,,,o,
.hited In Raising Blooded STOCK {,
South Carolina.

N9t everybody knows about the fash
lonaoie craze for Jersey cattle which !.
ilrnisins nowadays In our best society
mat these beautiful creatures should i,
maze pets of BY those who have time and
money TO spend upon them is not Any.
Ptlsing. Through their superiority &c
aairy COW, combined With their sur.
passing beauty and gcntleness, thew are
rapidly coming to supercede other cattle
ia the estimation of those who admire
hne animals Of the class. They orn ss
pretty to look at as fawn and ,ho;r
.l',h' OF wonderful richness, is from 81
so1V per cent. cream, or even more. In
sohle oi our fashionable suburbs it is AZ
much the thing for our ladies To have
t.eir pet Jerseys rs it is for London la.
ules 10 lavish their love ON lapdogs.-
ana surely the custom is one more cred.
l:aoie 10 them. Many Of our best known
cillzens have their herds of fine JERSEYS.
some OF their stock is very valuable. Col.
onel II. 5. Russell Of Home Farm, Mil.
Ton, mas celebrated animal of the Co.
massle family for which he paid $4,000 at
recent New York sale. Mr.. Harvey
-. farker has some very high priced
animals, and there are celebrated cows
OF the Jersey Belle Of Sci,ua,c, Eurotas
Aiphea and Rex families which are held
at fabulous values.
jersey cattle are so called because
they originally came from the Island of
Jersey in England. The first impor,a.
| 'ion TO America was made about thirty
years ago. Every animal Of the unmix.
ed original stock has since been register
Ell III the herd book of the American
Jerscy Cattle Club, and the value of the
animals so registered has been greatly en-
hanced by the certainty thus given that
they are Of the true blood.
During the past few years the MANY
eXcellenccs of the Jersey cattle have
caused herds of them to sprinr np nil
over the country. The people of the
Honth, as well as those Of other parts of
the United States. have caught the infec-
ton. Everybody knows how passionate
ly fond of well-bred stocks the Southern
gentlemen were before the war, and how
| many rich-bred animal roamed over
their plantations. During the war these
animals were swept away or mixed up
with those of the common herd, 90 that
the stock greatly degenerated. Since the
close of the war Southern farmers have
mad but little money to spend in raising
blooded animals. OF late years, how.
ever, their prosperity has increased, and
now they arc beginning again to turn
their attention to their former iavori,e
pursuit. In South Carolina particularly
is this the case. Until within three or
four years, the people there have devoted
themselves almost wholly to the raising
of cotton. Of late, however, not a few
of them begun to raise stock and grain
instead. and for three years past the rails
ing Of Jersey cattle has received in the
State every year more attention. There
are at present four herds in the State,
and all of these are doing finely. The
section of the State known as the Pied
mont belt has soil and climate pecuI-
arly adapted to the raising Of improved
stock. Probably one Of the largest herds
OF Jersey cattle in the South is that at
Millsdale farm, Grcenville S. c., owned
by Messrs. Mills & Walker. OF these
gentlemen Mr.. James Walker is a we'll
known resident Of Boston, while Captain
.. L. Mills, his partner, is South Care
linlan. In their association Boston en-
terprise and Suuth Carolina energy and
capital are happily combined. Their
farm comprises 325 acres, and is situated
one and Il half miles from Greenville
Court Honse. When they started in bus
iness, about three years ago, they began
with Tennessee and Kentucky bred Jcr.
seys. They soon found, however, that
these cattle did not acc!mate and wore
predisposcd to fatal diseases. Indeed it
is common belief in South Carolina
that any COW or calf brought from the
other side of the Cumberland mountains
will die. Mr.. Walker being aware Of
this fact from the bitter experience
turned his attention to buying in Maine
and Massachusetts instead. Last Janua-
ry he bought five head of Jerseys out Of
the herd of Mr. II. u. Parker of Parker
House fame at Valley Farm, Framing
ham, Mass, and four head from Messrs.
George Blanchard & Brother, Broadmoor
farm. Cumberland, 5ie., all young stock.
Mr. Walker says that last August, when
he was in South Carolina, some Of these
cattle had grown to be heifers Of fifteen
months. He never saw as large ones of
their age anywhere, and fine withal. He
is satisfied that they aro moro fully de-
veloped and finely finished than if they
had remained in Maine or Massachusetts,
proving clearly to his mind that Maine
and Massachusetts, are the places to buy
Jerseys for shipment South. On the
strength of this he has recently shipped
thirty.six head of American Jersey Cat
tie Club stock. Eight of these were from
Colonel G. T. Mattocks, Riverside Farm,
Baldwin, Me-; ten head were from Mr..
J. +. Brown, Elmdale Farm, Lunenturg,
Mass. the Dixie Harris, No. 1874
from A. Lawrence Edmands of Newton,
Mass. and eleven head from George
Blanchard & Brother, Broadmoor Farm,
Cumberland, Me. Mr.. Blanchard's stock
did 80 we'll before that Mr. Walker conclud
cd to try him again, and Mills and Walk
er we're fortunate enough to secure from
Beoodmoor the Bell Of Broadmoor, who
has won numerous premiums at the
fall fairs, Arne Belina, No, 1921 :;
Dagmanldn. No 1908; Nataline. No.
Is, ,019 Carrie Dane, I'd, No. IL, ,24l Glen
ker, No. II, ,253; Glen Ola, No. 1882 /;
Eva L., No. l6,344; Lady Fawn 5th, No.
!6,342; Guinivere of Creambrook, No.
17,25l, Kate of Broadmoor, No. 17,24S.
He also purchased several head of Alon-
20 Libby of Saccarappa, Me., who
also breeds Ayrshires, and who sold Co.
lionel j. B. E. Sloan of Charleston the
Ayrshire heifer Daisy Maine. Our es.
teemed citizen Judge j. !. Burbank of
the White Mountain stock farm, Shell
burn, n. H., has sent with Mr.. Walkers
shipment to Hon. B. F. Crayton, ex.
chairman of the Board Of Agriculture of
South Carolina, the following Ayrshire
heifers Gypsy Maid Sd No. 5000; Sa-
lena 4th, No 6049; and Lady Mary 9Th,
NJ. cnnn