Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-04-23
9a sr ann 4irssaiD'.
Jersey Cattle at the South.


Planter for April We 6ud the follow
ing communication from John Wash
iDgtop, Esq. of Spring Hill. Va. as
to his experience with the Jerseys,
which shows that rapid increase ii
that quarter was anticipated. Mr.
Washington say: prompted main
ly by curiosity, purchased in Sept,
1881. three Jerseys, all pedigree
stock. A bull, 'Blanco % So heitor
and a heifer calf. had the two last
registered in A. J. G. c. as Spot OF
Spring Hill 1862 and CarOlin Of
Spring Hill 147OO.' These Jerseys
were turned in with my SbOrthorn
cattle. aud so remained all the next
winter, faring as they did only little
worse, as they we're smaller. 10 the
spring of 1882 they went into pasture
in quite as good condition as the
ShorborDs. On the LIST Of September
1882, Spot dropped heifer calf; on
the Sd of July, 1888, she dropped
another heifer calf She has been in
full flow of milk since birth of first
calf These two calves were sold last
fall respectively for 5000 and $3.50.
One of them has since sold for S225.
Spot is now four years old. In calf
by my imported Jersey bull Express
and due to calf on the 2Stt of April,
1854. Caroline dropped heifer calf
On the 18th Of April, 1883. Regis
tered Bonnie Of sprug Hill 2S6Sl,
On the 9th If December. This calf is
worth $4,000. Car, line is three years
I'D this month, and in milk. She is
due 10 cslve by Fxpr' SIS in March
next.
Now, to be practical. Do Jerseys
pay Your readers can answer this
GU, stion by solution Of the follow
ing problem; What is the value OF
any cow that from the lst Of Septem'
Lcr. 1852, 10 the 2Slh Of April, 1888,
inclusive, has brought and probably
will bling three calves at prices above
nsmed, to which may be added her
milk aud butter? Again, Jerseys are
good breeders 1.-THE best). They also
breed for many years. Assume that
Spot will probably bring eight or ten
more calves. Take the two sold as an
approximate standard Of the value OF
all. and what will be the approximate
net profit on these calves? The breed
ers in the valley Of thoroughbred
Shorthorns can easily solve this pro-
blem. A gentleman in Henrico cOun =
ty, who raises the best horses in the
W old (r,sl blue bloods), can answer
it. although not q jersey or cattle
man. Again, l do not expect to sell
another calf Il, m Sp or Caroline at
Dove lrlees. Why? because Jerseys
are steadily advancing in price, Sec
on dly, they will be served to the very
or cam Of blue bloods.
''IIaviDg satisfied my curiosity, hav>
ing experimentslly discovered that
Jer se,s are not 'hunbug; havir @
derived i,cm Spot and Caroline IL UGH
con fort BY way Of superior milk snd
buiier md having in my judgment
recuvtd enough ofproft from to- m
to satisfy any reasonable farmer, /
n; de srisrgtmeDls with Messrs. A.
PA NJ. B. Rowe, of Fredericksburg,
TO run a cooperative jersey farm.
Here, during the spring and fall of
1883, my herd Increased to thirty
brt ediDg registered cows and boifers.
After r,seIyiDg from the beifer calves
iuChssve wanted, the rest, SIX in
nun Der, were I'D last fall at from
FIVE 10 nine mt ntbs Id foi 5000. The
Blancy calf dio not bring so much,
These are the beginning; the first fruits
of my herd.
'Butter.-With no other dairy ar
rangement than that for my famil,
the proceeds Of sale of butter for 1888
exceeded my expectations. For 1884
in January Gan unfavorable month"; l
shipped ia pounds of butter to Rich
mend at 40 cents per pound, no. prin
ted. This butter yield is the resultant
after the calves are supplied from their
mothers. My calves are not rails d
oD skinned milk or cruel.
From 'Blsnco' l also obtained a
Irn.b Der Ct grades, Jerseys ard Short.
horns. They have not been sold.
Here l am unable to state profit from
this source.
i am induced to write this, because
In the February number Of your val
liable paper I did lot read one line
about Juseys,' whereas the sgricCl-
tural papers north, west, and even
south Of Virginia, are 6lled with let-
tiers and statements about the buffer
yielding COWS, particularly about the
erfeys, the queen Of Them all. Again
the demand 10 the states south OF
Virginia has never been equaled be-
fore. Agaio, Virginia is a middle
state, between the extremes of tenn
perhure and free from the sudden
changes Of The West. She more Dearl,
approaches The climate If their native