The Springdale news., 1889-05-24
SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL.
Jersey Cattle in Texas.

jersey Sdttle m exaS.
 My experience in breeding Jersey cattle has been somewhat limited. It is about ten years since 1 bought one thoroughbred COW and heifer calf The next year bought bull calf, from an Indiana breeder, which died before doing me any service. then bought bull from Colonel w. B. Montgomery, which l used three years, getting quite nice bunch of heifer calves from him. These were. of course, half-breeds, ex- cept from the thoroughbred cow I have bought two bulls and one heifer since, paying good prices for them. l have sold my bulls at from three weeks to six months old. for from forty to seventy-fve dollars. One thorough bred COW was killed in somo manner, and four calves have died, and l now have twelve A. J c. C., cows and heifers, two bulls, and about twenty grades, females. 1nclud ing my first purchase I have paid $620 for cattle; have sold eight thorough
 
 heifers, grades. for $540. have sold every year, for the last six, from $500 to $500 worth of butter, and am now selling both milk and butter, my sales for the month just passed amounting to $l85. For the greater portion of the time l have fed cotton seed with sheaf oats or other hay in winter with pasture all the time. For the last year I have been crushing corn and cob in giant mill and mixing this with the seed. To this l now add bran. I find the better 1 feed the better re- suits l get In fact, 1 believe in full feeding My stock is all stabbed in bad weather. In pleasant weather they are turned into a large yard after feeding l rely largely on grass both for making milk and for the growth of young things. My calves are taken from the COWS at four or five days old. They are fed whole milk till some four weeks old, afterwards skim-milk warmed to some 90 degrees for few days when they are given milk di rectly from tho dairy as soon as creamed unless it is very cold. As soon as they will eat it they are fed cotton seed and bran, or chops or oats as may have it. l have usually allowed them to breed as soon as they would. Have had calves dropped by heifers only seventeen months old but do not advise coupling until one year old.
 The strong points off Jerseycow are: her ability to convert her food into rich milk in paying quantities; to con tinue this all the year around; her docility; health and general thrift, all combining to render her par eXcel&ce the family or dairy COW. They sGtm especially adapted to the South, as it is a climate similar to that of their na- tive isle. They thrive on scant past ure, because Of the light build and active, nervous temperament, at the same time respond to liberal keep in good flow of rich milk. Volumes have been said in her praise, and l do not remember to have seen any thing l regarded as an eXaggeration. She is the rich mans pet the poor mans sup port; returning more in value for what she is fed than any other of the animal kingdom. In increasing num- bers she is ready to redeem our own Southland from its bondage to king cotton and the Northern dairyman who makes ''western buttern out Of cotton-seed oil, tallow, lard. Annatt0 soap, axle grease, etc, ad nauscam.
 It is not claimed that the Jersey is a special beef animal but when the grade steers have been fed they have shown good results. In this however, can not speak from experience, az l never fed a beef for market. The Messrs. George and Andrew Hamilton, ! Of this county, tell me that the grade Jerseys they have fed have paid them better than any other class of stock. The Rowe brothers, who are also feed- CTS, say that they prove satisfactory At the last "Fat Stock Show," two Jersey steer carried off the honors for best beef. and. believe, for profitable ness of production. But 1 sell grade bull calves for veal, and if 1 lost them, find it profitable to breed Jerseys for the dairy.-L. E. Giles, in Southern Cultivator.