The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-04-16
A WONDERFUL BUTTER RECORD.

The following account of test of the
butter capacity of a Jersey COW, made by
the AmericaH Jersey Cattle Club of New
York, will be received With wonder by
persons who have not given some atten-
ton to the butter producing qualities of
the finer strains of Jersey cows. The
article is taken from the Jersey Bulletin,
of indianapolis, and is directed to John
I. Holly, President of the Club, as fol.
lows:
DEAR S1R-Having been appointed
lean Jersey Cattle Club in witnessing the
test of the Jersey COW Princess I'd SO46,
owned by Mrs. s. NJ. Shoemaker of Burn
side Park, near Baltimore, Nd, Irespect.
fully submit the following report:
The test began at 6:05 p. m. Sunday
evening, Feb. %, when the COW was
MIXED dry in my presence. The first
milking included in the test was that at
8 a. m., Monday, Feb. 22. after which the
COW was MIXED at intervals of eight
hours, namely, at a. M, II q. NJ, and
z o. NJ, of each day until the last, Sum
day evening, March l, when she was
MIXED at 6:O5 p. M, to correspond with
the time of the preliminary milking.
The duration of the test was thus seven
days, to the minute.
The COW was MIXED three times day
at periods of eight hours, because her
udder would not hold the milk she made
in twelve hours.
was present at each of the twenty one
milkings, and did not lose sight of the
milk until after it had been placed in
nine. can Mosely cabinet creamer. The
lid of this creamer, the doors and the
ventilators were carefully secured each
time by tape and seals firmly affixed to
the wood and each stamped with my
private seal.
The cream on being removed from the
creamer, was placed in large buckets in
wooden box made at my suggestion,
and this box was likewise sealed and
stamped. These various seals remained
intact, except when broken by me to
admit the milk of each milking or to
draw off cream. I was also present
when the cream was placed in the churn,
remained while it was being churned,
and weighed the unsalted butter, the salt
to be added Zone ounce per pound), and
finally the salted butter. The butter was
worked to my entire satisfaction exceed
ingly dry, as will be seen in the fact that
the salt when added made almost a clear
gaiE.
So that, from the time of milking until
the salted butter had been finally weigh
ed, the milk, cream and butter were
either within my sight or securely sealed
in the creamer or box described above.
The scales on which the butter was
weighed were bought of Fairbanks & Co.
for this special purpose, after having
been tested and guaranteed by them to
be accurate by U. S. standard. Inclosed
is letter from Fairbanks & Co. to that
effect. The COW was fed at the discretion
of Mr.. O. Ricklefsen, manager of the
Burnside Park Herd, the daily ration
being: % quarts ground oats, Is quarts
pea meal, 2 quarts linseed oil cake, 1
quart wheat bran-total, 40 quarts, be-
sides carrots, beets and good clover hay.
Her appetite was constantly good; in
fact, she seemed always ready to eat more.
The weather during the test was disa-
greeable, cold and snowy, and interfered
somewhat with her daily exercise.
The following is the result of the test !:
Yield in seven days 2991 lbs. of milk,
from which were churned A. lbs. II or.
of unsalted butter, which, when salted
at the rate of one ounce to the pound,
gave 46 lbs. 123 OF. OF, salted butter ready
for market. The great gain by sailing is
due to the fact that the unsalted butter
was worked so very dry that when the
salt was afterward worked in, no water
or buttermilk appeared in the bowl. 1t
should have been said above that the
butter was twice washed in the churn
when in granular form, removing every
trace of buttermilk.
Princess I'd S046 was dropped Feb. %,
1877, and was, therefore, exactly eight
years old when this test began. She is
by Khedive, P. S. 103, out of Princess,
F. S. 1894, being Coomassie. Welcome
COW. She is in color light fawn with
white on belly; white switch, very yell
low skin, has large sevedge escutcheon,
large, perfectly formed and very SYM
metrical udder, with large teats; large
and very prominent tortuous milk, veins.
Her weight, Mr.. Ricklefsen informs me,
is 1,125 lbs., and she carries no super
huous flesh, being fine in bone and mus.
Gle.
Her last calf was dropped Dec. 81,
1884, seven and a half weeks before the
beginning of this test, for which she was
prepared by six weeks of high feeding,
which so enriched her milk that during
the test only 62.5 pounds of milk were
required to make pound of butter.
Respectfully,
J. HENRY GEsT.