Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-09-30


uhuer the auspices OF the Virginia Jer.
sey Cattle Breeders Association. and
VIII be conducted by noted New York
aucuoneer. Such eminent Jersey breed.
ers rs MesSrs. N. b. howe n Co. A.
Erskine Miller, Joseph Il. Anderson. Jr
howe Il Chandler, Rowe a Washiagton
w. Gordon Merrck, and other VIRGINIA
breeders will make consignments TO This
sale from their fine herds. Si1tv-6vo
enim@s-all recorded in the American
Jersey Cattle Club Herd Register-will
he sold, consisting of mature COWS. hei-
iers' bulls, and bull calves. and repre-
senung most OF the leading families OF
TINS valuable breed of dairy cattle.
Inns remarkable breed OF dairy cattle
Is supposed TO have reached a definite
type hundred and City wears or more
ago, and from that time ct least II il
safe to call the Jersey thoroughbred.
ana no one can deny her that title when
u Is seen with what wonderful precision
she reproduces herself il 10 this qnal-
liy OF prepOtency that has given the
Jersey such a high Standing IN every
country where she IS well known. Other
valuable traits which this breed pos
sesses IN q pre-eminent degree are a
quiet aud docile disposition and hardy
constitution. She has demonstrated her
adaptabllIty to any and every climate.
outstanding alike the extreme heat of
the far south AM the rigors OF tho Can
ada winters.
BUTTER COW.
The Jersey is butter COW par ercrL
icHcc. This is her strongest and best
claim, and 1t Is everywhere acknow-
lodged. "A such she stands unrvalcd ,
and it is when used as a butterp1oducer
that she gives the greatest profit Still
as elmple milk-producer size holds high
rank, giving very frequently four gal
Ions, and sometimes as much AS six gal
Ions OF the richest milk daily for long
periods and. unlike all other breeds of
dairy cattle, the Jersey rarely goes dry
at any time. It is this persistency in
milking-oDe OF her most important and
valuable characteristics results in
creditable records. as a rule, for the milk
product for the year.
The annual milk product OF Jerseys
IN America averages decidedly more
than that Of our native mich COWS.
And there are many COWS reported whose
annual milk yield has ranged from 1000
pounds to 1900 pounds. But, as said
before, II Is when viewed as butter-ma-
chine that the Jersey Is prominently
valuable Her capacity for yielding
enormous quantities Of the richest
cream Is marvellous, and when converted
into butter Of delicious, nutty flavor,
firm texture. and deep orange color 10y
the dairymaId's magic wand, 1t makes,
IN truth, product that is the centre or
nament Of the most tempting breakfast
table. 1t is no wonder then that the SUI
perlstive excellence of Jersey butter is a
ncvcr-endlnR theme forpraise with those
who are familiar with II, lamentably
small as the number at present Is, un-
fortunately.
But a better day is dawning for the
butter dairyman, as well as for his pa
irons. Our people are ewaking to the
exceeding value of the Jersey as n but
ter-producer, and they are not going to
be satisfied any longer with "scrub
DAIRY cattle or their poor product.
DAIRY VALUES.
Within the last seven or eight years
breeders Of Jersey cattle in America have
become satisfied that the only way to as
certain the true dairy value of their ami
mails is to test them separately Tor butter,
and thus has been brought about the
present admirable system OF testing Jer-
sey COWS. 70 no one perhaps Is due IN
larger measure the credit of first inau9u-
rating this system than to MAJOR Camp
bell Brown, Of Tennessee. al estimabie
southern gentleman and gallant Exon
federsts who I'm the days that tried
men souls was well known in this city.
lie with his associates, Messrs. Thomas
Il. Malone and William j. Webster, OF
Tennessee. both gentlemen Of national
reputation as successful Jersey-breeders,
compiled and published Butter Tests
OF jersey Cows" IN two volumes, which
is not only u standard work but yerita-
bile vade DecUm to the breeder who Is
abreast OF the times.
Major Brown was the first choice of
the society as well rs the Virginia breed
ers for expert Judge OF Jerseys at the
Exposition, but, beng IN delicate health,
he WAS compelled 70 decline the INVITA-
ton. Ills place. however, Will he filled,
and most acceptabiy so, by has friend
CAPTAIN Webster. who will he at the Ex-
position during the cattle week to Judge
the Jerseys. 80 the fortunate winners
of premiums Will have a good right 70
be proud OF their triumphs when the
awards shall have been made 10y such an
expert.
NEARLY sHNES POUNDS DAY.
Thestandard fixed forthe buiterrecord
is fourteen pounds III seven consecutive
da,s. There have been about fifteen
hundred tests made, ranging from il
pounds ~ 46 pounds l2s ounces OF but
TER per week, the highest records beng
those O, Princess II. as pounds ~
cunccsl. OAf1rd kate l39 pounds j.
oaucesl. Mary Anne of St Lambert l3G
pounds J.. Ounces), Ethleel II. go
pounds - ounces, Insie OF Riverside
-80 pounds b. ouucesl, and Ida OF ST..
Lambert go pounds . ounces.
There are several great families OF Jer-
seys, each possessing some particular
strain OF blood that has its special adyO-
Gates, and each being named after It's
most distinguishei member such as,
for example. the Alfhea- Rioter (or
AS il is sometimes called the "Eurotas,
that great COW being understood 10 be
the fountain head Of TINS family the
"Stoke Pagis Ill.," the "CoOmassie,
the " Signal, &c.
FANCY PRICES.
A great number Of tho representatives
Of these several families have been sold
for large sums in the last few years,
notably in the case Of the first three
mentioned above. For example, twenty
five descendants having more or less of
the blood OF Lurot0s sold for SSl,J2O,
or on average for the twenty-five OF
Sc. 252.S0: twenty-five descendants of
Stoke Pagis H., Victor Hugo, Pau
line blood sold for S8l, l5e, or an ave-
RAGE each OF s],246, and twenty-five
descendants of COomassle fetched $f',
S75. averaging g.. 800 each. IL was estl-
mated In 1883 ihat ibe market value at THAI