The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-04-11
rRuTa STR StER THAN sIc ION.
Wonderful accord for W nderful
Cow,

W AACOOi0 AVA "
Cow.
For several years frequent surprises
have awaited persons all over the /
country who are interested III cattle
breeding, and especially in the breeds
ing of Jersey cattle. Test after test
have been made Of the butel>pro-
ducing cattle. and each successive one
has been considered more wonderful.
Within the last eighteen months sew
eral tof these tests have teen made,
and from the records kept we mention
II few. First came the COW Mary
Ann, of st. Lambert. In days II
pounds 7 ga w. Of butter We're pro-
duced. which was then, We believe,
the largest OH record. But another
followed with Princess ID. when the
production WAS d pounds III W At
terward, in the same time, the butter
made by Ida st Lambert Was 30
pounds 2 IL o. Then on anolher
test Mary Ann Of st. Lambert pro-
duced in 7 days 81 pounds II IL oz
and it was thought by many that the
climax had certainly been reached.
But it seems rs if wonders will
never cease. The COW Princess ID,
8046, owned by Mr.. s. NJ. Shoemak.
or, of Burnside Park, near Baltimore,
Md. This COW was MIXED dry, MS
stated in the Jersey Bulletin" pub
lished at Indianapolis, Ind, on the
evening Of February cd. The first
milking included in the test vas made
the next morning at 8 o'clock. She
was milked every 8 hours afterwards,
81. m. II y. m. and 7 p. M, until
the evening of March LIST, when she
was MIXED at 5:05 p. M, making the
duration Of the test 7 days to the
minute. The COW, it is stated. was
MIXED at intervals If 8 hours, be>
cause her udder would not hold the
milk she made In II hours.
The scales upon which the butter
was weighed was brought from Fair.
banks & Go. for that special purpose,
and was tested and certified as correct
by the manufacturers. The daily ra>
tons of the COW were % quarts Of
ground oats, 10 quarts pea meal, 2
quarts linseed oil cake and ] quart OF
wheat bran. The weather was cold
and snowy, and interfered somewhat
with her daily exercise. The yield Of
milk was 299 IL pounds. from which
was churned A pounds IL OF. o.
) unsalted butter. At the rate of one
ounce of salt to one pound of butter
the result is 46 pounds II IL ounces
Of sailed butter, the greatest yield or
record, and which it really seems Car
never be eclipsed.
This COW was s years old when thi
8 test was taken. She is by Khedive
{ P. s. 103 out of Princess F. s., 455
, She is a light fawn color, with whit,
=, belly, white switch, very yellow skin
= a large, perfectly formed and yer.
symmetrical udder, with large tents
/, Her weight is 1925 pounds. Her las
y calf was dropped December 3lst
1884, seven and half weeks befor
! the test began. She had been pre-
pared for the test by high feeding 70
: six weeks, which had so enriched he
u milk that during the test only 6 2
= pounds of milk were required to max
3 pound of butter.
:. We have given these facts, believ
= ing that they will be of interest t
= farmers and cattle breeders of Jerse
10 cattle. We will add that there ar
> several herds of Jerseys in East Tel
= nessee, in which these cattle are nor
or less nearly related to this wonder
;. full COW.
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