The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-05-19


with the few tests that have been made;
the butter is the highest and deepest
tone of all self-colored buffers; the but
ter Will 60 farther; it has a peculiar rich
flavor and aroma: the beef IS remarkably
Juicy and well interlaid with fat of the
deepest color, tender, and Of the highest
flavor. and the carcass dresses well and
proitably Considering that there are
but 900 head of cattle on the island,
and that there must be more or less close
interbrecding, the Guernsey COW is Il
very sure and regular breeder, and re-
produces herself and her fixed types
with cxactitllde; her docility and gentle
ness, most important traits III dairy
breed, are remarkable, and the males are
Of an amiable and gentle disposition,
seldom becoming cross or desiring to
roam.
In size avoiding the diminutiveness
or the one hand and the gross size on
the other, the Guernsey is Of the size
easiest maintained for good returns; and
when killed for beef, cuts to profit; as
oxen. while not q1ick-stepping, they are
patient and assiduous.
The color is peculiar, mainly running
in shades of orange and lemon fawn,
either in solid masses OF prettily broken
with masses of white. Formerly black
and brindle were more common than at
the present time The skin is usually Of
so rich a golden color as to be unrivaled
and extraordinary. It's unctiousness
mellows the skin and softens the hair
and exudes i'll a yellow bntyraceous Sc
cretion. The golden rim around the
eyes, the collections in the ears, and the
dandruff at the end of the tail, al pro-
claim the wonderful richness Of the ami
NAL.
POTENCY OF THE BREED.
The long continued similar course of
breeding which the Guernsey has under
gone gives it that power which We term
potency; the ability to produce like, to
repeat itself, whether upon members of
its own breed or upon those of other
breeds. It is this quality which renders
the Guernsey bnlls so valuable to stamp
their get with the peculiar richness of
the breed; this is so lasting that it takes
generations to breed it out. We know
of an instance where bull was intro
duced twenty years ago, and the butter,
as marketed from his descendants, shows
the rich color and the good flavor to this
day.
The continuity of her yield is one Of
the most valuable traits of the COW, for
by this pertinacity up to her calving
even, the moderate milker in this length
of time catches up and yiells in quantity
more than the COW that milks well for
three or four months, or that goes dry
for two or three months, gradually fail
ing up to the time of stopping. This is
especially valuable to the owner Of but
one COW, and where he owns two COWS
and insists upon their taking Il natural
and needed rest of six weeks or two
months, he can arrange it SO as always
to have his milk and butter. Like the
hare and tortoise, it is the steady mixer
that beats in the long run.
GENERAL PURPOSE MERITS.
The Guernseys are hardy and tough,
and therefore fitted for any section Of
this country. and we know of no breed
so fitted for the pidlyincreasing dairies
of the West, the far West and the
Northwest. On their own island they
are exposed more Or less every day in the
year, in the day time in the hot suns and
at night to the heavy dews and to the
atmosphere heavy with cold and damp
ness, provocative Of rheumatism in the
inhabite nts The farmer and the dairy
man want COW of good size they can
turn for beef, that while alive will pay
well in milk and butter This seems to
be sine qua non with farmers of the
East as wei as of the West. If these
cattle on small island are exposed to
the bleaching sun and to such wltherins
blasts that I have seen whole hedges,
trees and shrubs blackened by them as
by q devastating fire, can stand such
changes. they are well fitted to the hard
life on many of our unsheltered farms.
Killed Her Betrayer.
Robert Wright was shot and killed at