The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-04-06


and / ounces Of butter, and which when
sailed amounted to 4e pounds and l2l
ounces. This performance was under the
auspices OF special committee OF the
American Jersey Cattle Club, the test be-
ginning at G:O5 P. NJ. on Sunday evening,
February %, when the COW was MIXED In
the presence Of the committee, in order 10
clear the udder for the trial. On the Mon
day following she was MIXED at 3 o'clock
A. NJ, which, practically, was the first
milking for the experiment, and during
the continuance OF the test she was MIXED
regularly three times day, the hours be-
ing 5 A. NJ, IL A. NJ. and p. ~, or an inter
val OF eight hours between each milking,
except the last day, when she was MIXED
ut 6:05 r. NJ, in order to correspond with
the time OF the preliminary milking. She
was MIXED at the intervals OF eight hours
for the reason that her udder would not
hold the milk she was capable Of produc-
ing in twelve hours. The butter was care
fully weighed, aud sailed in proportion Of
an ounce OF salt to each pound Of butter.
The COW also proved herself to be above
the average as mixer, she yielding q
fraction over ~ pounds and 12 ounces
daily, or abont2l quarts, while her average
daily production Of butter was a fraction
over pounds and 10 ounces, or at the
rate OF about one pound Of butter for every
8! pounds OF milk. To give it in quarts
We will state thata pound OF butter was
produced from less than 81 quarts OF milk.
The first four days Of the test she produced
% pounds and 5 ounces OF sailed butter,
which is greater than the records OF many
remarkable COWS for whole week, and
during the latter three days OF her test she
produced 81 pounds and Z ounces Of un-
sailed butter.
The feeding during the test was done
regularly, and consisted daily OF twenty
two quarts Of ground oats, fifteen quarts
OF pen. one quart Of wheat bran, and
TWO quarts OF linseed oil cake (iorty
QUARTS, with as much hay carrots and
beets as she could eat. Thia amount is q
large quantity; but the COW had excellent
digestive capacity, her appetite was con-
stantly good, and she always showed a
disposition to consume all that was allowed
her. She is a young COW, being only 5
years old. having been calyed on Febru-
AIRY 90, 1871. She was sired by Khedive,
a Comassie bull, her dam being Princess,
a cow OF the Welcome strain. Her weight
Is !, 1l2 pounds, and she dro, ,ped her last
calf on December 81, 1884, or seven and a
half weeks before the beginning Of the
test, and in order to prepare her for the
trial she WAS given six weeks Of very high
feeding, which largely contributed to her
success.
far, ,,,on+h, o.,a tLo p,.o,{ ~ so,,t
cled the remarkable feat OF Mary Anne Of
st. Lamberts, who produced IS pounds Of
butter in week. Five years ago COW
that could produce 20 pounds Of butter in
ono week was considered remarkable
one, but that limltYas gradual y exeeeded
until the Holstein cow Mereedes Fesshad
30 pounds a week, which stood nnchal-
lenged pntil beaten by Mary Anne. Prin-
cess I'd had made previous record Of Fl
pounds 10 OUNCES Of sailed butter in one
week, and, though considered strong
rival OF Mary Anne, yet no one was pre-
pared for her last record Of IS pounds and
y ounces, which is II pounds greater than
any before attained.
The result proves that We can assign no
certain limit to the capacity Of our ami
mails, for spch test gives but little indi-
cation Of what Princess Sopld DO on grass
alone, bqt it demonstfrates what can Re
doneby good management. Although q
large quantity Of food was consumed, the
COW did not waste 1t, but converted it into
a valuable product, In that respect she
yas Q superior butter producing machine,
requiring no greater SPACE and care than
an inferior animal, and demo nstgating the
importance Of skin and knowledge Cd Tie
part Of those xhs mako dairyilhg (, 4 s sFs
breeding, demonstrating the truth Of the
old maxim that "blood will tell.n Her
famous record should stimulate improve
meat all oyer the country,