The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-07-30
cows WHOSE OWNERS LOVE THEM.
Tho Fancy Prices Commanded by Jerseys
Used to Decorate n Lawn.

" There is nothing like Jersey COW and
a pea fowl for the ornamentetion of lawn"
said gentleman at his country seat in Con-
necticut last week. As he was describing
the points of beauty of sleek 1.-the little
COW, with head and eyes like deer, a tall,
whi'e-oearded man drove up, aud asked
permission to look at the COW. The accent
of the stranger indicated that his home was
In the South, and his digni6ed courtesy and
solemn good nature recalled the manners of
the planter before the war. He slowly
circled around the timid little COW, put
few questions as to her registry and history,
and then surprised the owner by plump
offer OF $500 for the animal, and bonus of
$25 for making the sale.
Alb, but she is not for sale," said the
owner. g will, however, give you the
refusal of her at that price if you will leave
me your address,"
The stranger produced card which
showed that he lived in Western State,
although he appeared to be thankful that
he had got his raisin' down in tho blue
grass of Kentucky. He was making his
annual trip through New England picking
up Jersey cows and heters for his herd,
and he said that he would "be very happy,
sab, if you would do me the honah to sell
me that three-yeah-old, for I confess, sab,
that she is q beautiful animal.n Being
unable to make purchase, he did not
object to burning cigar under the shade
of veranda and to revealing his love for
Jersey beauties,
There's no other such sort of cow" he
said, " and upon my honah, sab, as q gen.
tleman, know men who are as much in
love with these shy little animals as they
are, sab, with their wives There arc no
such mixers, and no COW sells like them.
There's Mary Ann, up at st. Lambert,
Canada, that has yielded four pounds of
butter in one day. She's worth $50 900
Mr. Darling of tho Fifth Avenue Hotel, in
New York, has beautiful animal, that pro
duces twenty odd pounds of hutter week.
The milk of n good Jersey is about eighty
per cent. pure cream; and, sab, have
MIXED Jersey and churned the vessel OF
the same time, and when / finished sah /
had small quantity of butter in the vessel
merely by agitating the milk as IL came
from the COW. This shows how rich the
milk is
Tho Jersey COWS sell from 5000 to
81, 900 according to their record as butter
makers. Their butter sells for from eighty
cents to one dollar pound, and il it is
well made it will stand firm without ice in
warm weather. At my herd sell the
cream by the inch 1t is collected in regis
tering cans, and sold according to the num-
Der of inches of cream registered"
" suppose the cows are great pets"
"0n the contrary, they keep wild nearly
always. 1t seems to run in their blood. II
is said that the stock is the offspring of a
buck deer that in early times SWAN over
from the coast of France TO the Jersey
Islands. They arc like the deer in some
points, and the young calves are very like
fnwns- Tic COWS whan- thav -eus IN l,l.ss
grass are hard to find. They drop down in
the grass, and make themselves as small rs
possible. | give you my honah, sab, ]
have been within ten feet of COW in blue
grass field, and have failed to see her.
They have way of hiding themselves like
game. We are mailing the experiment ou
West of regulating the sex of the progeny
from the foundation COWS, 30 as to get al
many beifers as possible, and we belieyt
that we will succeed. The bull Jerseys arc
not so profitable to handle. | think we will
be able to increase the capacity of the COWS
in this country. You know we arc export
ing short-horns from Kentucky and are
selling them to the very breeders in Eng.
land who supplied us some years ago. The
breed is improved here, because of the lime
in the wnter and in the food. II gives more
bone and adds weight and strength to the
beasts. / believe we can SO treat the
Jerseys MS to be able to increase their capac-
ity. They are not fit for beef, because they
are of lean kind, which you cannot fatten
But, sab, lime water and blue grass are
wonderful bone and muscle makers. "-Neo
York Sun.