The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-05-12
FARMERS DEPARTMENT
Articles pertaining 10 the Farm will
be cheerfully accepted from the Farmers
in this vicinity.
JERSEY CATTLE.

any opinion Prof Porter may give will
be accepted az expert testimony ON all
matters pertaining to farming. Prof
Porter has charge of herds of Ilolsteins,
Ayrshires and Jerseys, and has very
correct account of everything they con
sumo and produce. Let us have that
account. Why are breeders of Jerseys
always anxious TO give not only the
amount produced but its cost, and why
do the champions of IIolstein- Fri s,ans
parade the production, and always keep
an oininous silence ON the amount Of
food consumed.
Mr.. Warren is engaged ia the very
laudable enterprise of building up II herd
of thorough -bred cattle. Neither lac "r
have any registered females for sale
We are Offering males of our respective
breeds in the same market. l thought
it might interest probable purchasers if
a test of the claims we make was made
in their own midst. do not think they
would take any interest in trial If one
of my cows against one in some distant
locality. As my proposal is declined,
and Mr.. Warren claims the superior
quality of lIOlstein-Friesian oyer Jersey
butter, offer to send five pounds Of
Jersey, and Mr.. Warren shall send five
pounds of IIolstein-Pricsian butter to
Newark, as you have as good judges as
can be found anywhere. The butter shall
be tested by committee and after the
test shall be presented to the Editors of
the DELAWARE LEDGER. II shall he pure
without artificial coloring or aduIeratiun
of any kind except salt.
Mr.. George Abbott, jr., Woll-known to
shippers of good milk in your vicinity,
in a recent article says
"With all the laurels The Channel Is
land cattle have SO long worn, they have
had to bear the popular reprUuch of pro-
ducing milk supposed to be peculiarly
poor in quality after the extraction of the
cream. Yet it appears that the milk Of
the Guernseys and Jerseys, while excell-
ing all others in solid fat, also excels all
in solids not fat and analysis indicates
the SKINNED milk of the Channel Island
cattle to be superior to that of any other
breed.
There is, believe, a popular Impress
ion that the milk of Channel Island cat
tie is, because of its superior richness
of less weight, bulk for bulk, than the
milk of other breeds, and that in conse.
quence the producer of Guernsey and
Jersey milk is placed at some disadvan-
tage in selling the same by weight.
There seems no foundation for this i'm
preston, the milk of the Channel Island
breeds is known to be of greater specific
gravity, and consequently heavier than
that Of other breeds.
The milk of the Guernsey and the Jer-
sey COW is therefore again acquitted; in
fact it seems invulnerable at all points,
and we may, think, claim the super
iority of the milk of the Channel Island
for all purposes"
While we deny the oxistance of the
general purpose cow we admit there is
ON the market general purpose butter
that is butter that may be used OH the
table or for wagon grease, but is much
better suited for the latter.
Mr.. Warren objects to the term lard
for what he is pleased TO call bulter The
word credited TO MIR. /. IT. Walker a
reliable and RESPONSIBLE gentleman for
many years engaged in butter making
and having with much care and exnensc
established herd of over 200 cows Sc
lected and bred for that purpose.
That we are not alone in our .elief
hear what Mr. G. w. Failer snvs-"The
uolsteins breed of elephantine build
and bulk. with great capacitv for mill
of poor quality, pretend to rival the Jer.
sey for butter. However they do not
excite serious apprebensions in the
minds of Jersey breeders as il is so evi.
dent to every candid mind that by reason
of the immense volume food necessary
to support their huge carcasses. and TO
produce the great Weld of milk. even
though poor in quality, with which they
are credited, they will never become |
dangerous competitors of the Jersey for
profitable production of butter. Public
tests in England show that pure TTol. |
stems require about double the amount
of food to produce pound of butter that
it does to produce it from JERSEY"
There is one quality of the Jersey not
generally appreciated and that is her
value as purely milk COW. They are
most persistent mixers, and their an
nual Weld is always SURPRISING 10 the