Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-02-21
FROM SPARTA.
About Cattle in General and Jerseys
In Particular.

tai my expenses by stopping some OF
the papers / have been taking, and
not being much of farmer, | had
concluded to leaveofF the STANDARD.
But your commendable efforts to en-
courage progress in farming and
stock growing, and the real excellence
ofyour paper, caused me to change
my mind.
| am myself trying to start a Jer-
sey herd. / have two fine COWS reg
istered with the A. j. G. c. One of
them dropped fine bull calf on the
Goth of December last 1t was sired
by Lord Linwood, 1858. / put the
calf in hall between my stables, and
one of my mules bursted down his
stall door and killed my calf. l felt
like thinning out the mule race a lit
tie, but considering the "meanness of
his ancestry and the hopelessness of
posterity," accepted the act as a les
son, and that is, never to allow mules
or horses to run with or be able to
get to'valuable cattle, or other stock.
After this experience l was in Nc
Minnville and saw horse in a lot
with friends Jerseys-an old gray
horse at that. 1t will not do. One
fine Jersey cow or heifer calf is worth
as much as anybody's mule.
have learned another thing about
cows and calves. In cold weather
young calves should remain in the
stall with the COW, for the mother
COW will lie down with her back close
up to the calf and keep it warm.
There is danger of freezing a young
calf in very cold weather. So, with
my lesson with the mule, l waited
for my next calf, which my young
COW dropped on st. Valentines day,
a fine, large heifer calf, sired by Bur-
lington Boy, 6227. Its dam, a dark
gray, sired by Folley's Duke. So we
have two, fine cows now in full flow
of rich milk. This you see gives me
three females all registered and sub
ject to registration. My cows are all
large, and to still produce large Jer-
seys, l have added to my three a
magnificent young bull, "Renbro,"
1916. He was sired by LIE Brocq's
Prize, 1850, he standing at the head
of the great Beech Grove herd OF
Churchman Il Jackson, Indianapolis,
Ind. lie Brocq's Prize was imported
in August, 1878. Every member Of
his ancestry was a noted and great
animal. The dam Of my young bull
is a large shapely COW, and a grand
mixer, with extra fine udder. She
traces to Ramchunder, rs, he t.
Rajah, sire Of many splendid COWS
among the number Old CONAN, who
tested - pounds . ounces tor Maj
Campbell Brown. Besides all these
extra fine blood lines in my young
bull, he is fine looking and has the
popular color, nearly solid dard gray
Now, have | not really good foun
dation to build herd from? Officia
reports say that of all the cattle il
the United States, ninety per cent O
them are scrubs. If this is so, NJ
danger of Over-stocking the country
with Jerseys or any other good breed
Our experienced farmers claim
that there is money in raising regis
tered Shorthorns, Holstenes, anC
other breeds. But the stock anC
registration must be kept up. The
dairy business is immense in thi
country of ours. Our best informed
men claim that the yearly product o
butter is l, 400, 100000 pounds, whicl
at 80 cents per pound, would be 1920,
100000. Now allow 200 pounds t
the COW and we find that it will tax
100000 cows to supply the butter
So we see this is one of our creates
food supplying, money making occu
patiOns. We Tennesseans allow Ill
nois to ship butter to Nashville an
sell it for 80 to 40 cents per pound.
is shame. Look at our wonderfu
climate, pure, sweet water, and gras
growing lands. Farmers, sell O
your scrubs. Get good stock, If onl
. one, let it be pure. Build bette
f barns, shelter your stock, and if
was pure blOOded stock you woul
shelter it. Save every ounce of ma
nure, raise more grass, rest you
poor old weeping farm with delicious
, juicy grass and fill your barns wit
sweet scented hay. Do less har
work. Instead of having your wit
, and children up before day cookin
! for the hands to get into the cor
field wait fill DAYLIGHT. while th